Archive for August, 2011

Dual Boot Windows and Linux: Single and Multiple Hard Drives

The internet is full of technical articles, many of which are way too complicated for the average computer user who just wants to solve a simple problem. If you pay close attention, the internet is also a place where the “gurus” spend a lot of time yelling for help in discussion boards and forums. So ...Read More

Computers and Data Storage: How Much Disk Storage Do You Really Need?

Even an “entry level” computer today usually includes an 80GB hard disk for data storage. But if this is an “entry level” computer, does this suggest that you, as an “experienced” computer user, really need more than 80GB on your hard drive? Let’s consider what 80GB really translates into. To do this, we will need ...Read More

Five Reasons to do Wireless Networking

I believe that wireless networks represent one of the most significant inventions in human history – almost as important as sliced bread. Now, seriously, bread is certainly easy enough to cut yourself, but try to wire up a network and you will think of this invention in a different way. Just to make the whole ...Read More

Taming the dsPIC30F4011 Monster

Warning! This article contains graphic descriptions. The readers may experience anxiety, confusion, or a burning desire to “start working immediately”. Professional guidance it is strongly advised. Unfortunately, it is sufficient to see the name of the beast, dsPIC30F4011, and many readers are going to shy away, or even burst into tears. No, dear friends, there ...Read More

One Method of Data Recovery from a Dead Hard Drive

Here is the situation. A laptop comes to us with a dead hard drive. Unfortunately, the user needs some files off the dead drive. After much research on the internet and a couple of data recovery quotes we decide to try and recover the information ourselves. Luckily for us the drive won’t spin up at ...Read More

Reset Gmail Password

Windows IE Password Unmask Application Internet Explorer Forgotten Password Recovery Software Friday, September 25, 2009: Forgotten IE password restoration software efficiently recovers lost or forgotten passwords from various email accounts including Gmail, yahoo, hotmail, rediffmail, msn, etc. Internet explorer password rescue tool even decrypts asterisks hidden passwords and stores them safely at user specified location ...Read More

Configure Windows Indexing Service for Performance

The Windows Indexing Service provides you with the ability to perform advanced searches on directories located on your computer and on shared directories on the network. The Indexing Service was introduced with IIS (Internet Information Services) and is now installed with Windows 2000 and Windows XP. The Indexing Service is not started by default on ...Read More

Calculating Your Early Repayment Options with a Mortgage Calculator

If you own your own home or are planning to buy a home, you should become very familiar with a great little tool called a mortgage calculator. A mortgage calculator is an online tool that tells you a lot of information about your mortgage. You can use a calculator to figure interest payments, house payments ...Read More

Novell Operating System – Recovery of Sub-Allocated Volumes

Problem Description Data storage in Novell servers is optimized using sub-allocated volumes. Sub-allocated volumes are a new feature and have been implemented on Netware 4.x to overcome the problem of wasted disk space. These volumes are different from regular Novell volumes because they are more of a ‘virtual’ volume – one that is not ‘visible’, ...Read More

Refurbished Computers

Why buy a ‘new’ computer when you can get the same refurbished computer at up to 80% savings and there is no difference in the quality or warranty? Statistics show that people who have already bought a factory refurbished computer will never buy ‘new’ computer again! Manufacturers are so sure about there refurbished computer equipment ...Read More