reprap: how to photocopy your own photocopier!
I stumbled across this amazing site: RepRap
Its basically a machine that can currently create 60% of its own parts (In a manner of speaking: a photocopier that can almost photocopy itself)
microsoft feeds synchronization has encountered a problem
After doing an XP repair install, I started getting this error:
microsoft feeds synchronization has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.
I eventually found…
Beware the quiet infections
I’ve recently cloned a few drives for customers who have upgraded their computers via Computer Aid.
The process is simple enough: Clone the hard drive to the drive in the new computer, then a…
Error 1311. File not found: d:\sku011.cab
I was installing Microsoft Office 2007 on a computer, and part way through the install, I get:
Error 1311. File not found d:\sku011.cab
Hmmm… I haven’t had this problem installing office before…
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WiFi (802.11G/N) signal strength
WiFi is such a strange beast to work with.
I recently had a customer in a high-set house, who would have the internet dropout fairly often.
The setup was: adsl modem connected to a netgear WGR614…
McAfee security suite – unknown computer detected
I was diagnosing an intermittent WiFi fault with a laptop, when the company general manager wanders in and asks if I’m doing anything on the network.
I say, yes, I’ve put a new WiFi adapter in the…
How reliable are internal laptop WiFi cards?
I’ve started noticing a interesting trend: the built-in WiFi in laptops seems to break quite often.
Whats worse, is the failure seems to be either intermittant, or causes hardware timeouts…
how to connect a monitor / ADSL modem, correctly
I’ve seen this happen a few times:
Someone gets a new monitor / video card / ADSL modem, and they also get a confusing (ie more than 2) number of cables.
So, if you don’t know much about…
Fast video cards: watch your power supply.
This PC had many problems. On the surface, it should have been quite reliable:
- Core2duo E4300 (1.8 Ghz)
- gigabyte 9800 GT
- 4 X 1Gb DDR2 RAM
- 2 X HDD
But it would often crash, generate BSODs,…
PC Maintenance Tips To Help Prevent Computer Problems
Wouldn’t it be great if your computer was programmed to perform preventive maintenance on its own? This would automatically prevent various computer problems and increase the efficiency and life of…
