Geek Toolkit Recommendation – CPU-Z
Just a quick update for tonight. Sometimes the tech savvy amongst us are called upon to look at all sorts of computers belonging to friends, family, work colleagues and sometimes unwanted...
View ArticleSleep and Hibernation Modes – What’s the Difference?
Over the years the humble shut down menu in Windows has been home to a number of options since it appeared back in Windows 95. If you can cast your mind back fifteen years, the usual suspects in the...
View ArticleGet the Best Deal on RAM Upgrades
Here’s a quick tip for tonight. These days, a lot of computer come with a sufficient slab of RAM installed (and I’d be recommending at least 4GB of RAM these days and 8GB of RAM on 64-bit systems to...
View ArticleWindows Home Server Upgrade – Progress Report
Just wanted to share with you my “upgrade” experience going from the original Windows Home Server to Windows Home Server 2011. This morning I made some hardware upgrades, specifically: adding another...
View ArticleHow to Guide – Installing RAM
I’ve been meaning to get into some “how to guides” this year but found a great opportunity when upgrading the Windows Home Server last weekend. It’s my first one and while I covered everything that I...
View ArticleClassic Windows Gaming: WinTrek
Just a quick one for tonight (and a bit of nostalgia for me too). Back in school I remember the time when we moved away from our fleet of Apple IIe computers (and a sole Macintosh which the school had...
View Article“About This Mac” Just Got Friendlier
Here’s another tidbit of information about Mac OS X Lion. If you are unaware, the “About This Mac” screen has been refreshed to be a bit more user friendly compared to versions of Mac OS X prior to...
View ArticleIncoming Gadget – Raspberry Pi
A quick heads up for tonight. I have had my eyes on an interesting credit card sized computer called the Raspberry Pi. It’s an ARM-based computer (similar to the CPUs found in phones and tablets these...
View ArticleDebug Your Internet with Netalyzr
Here’s something for those network tweakers out there. if you want to do something a bit more than benchmarking the speed and latency of your internet connection then there is a great little utility...
View ArticleReduced Colour Depth When Using Remote Desktop
Here’s a quick tip if you happen to use remote desktop. If you’ve got a monitor of particularly high resolution (such as 2560 x 1440 in the case of my monitor at work) then modern desktop or laptop...
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