September 2009
10 posts
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... →
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,…
August 2009
10 posts
PC Maintenance Tips To Help Prevent Computer... →
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…