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Please follow this email chain between myself and our friend Karl AKA ATA.
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Here’s the scenario….
Backed up info off old laptop to external HD.
During XP install I saw two identical drives…nuked the first partition and tried to install. XP said no. Nuked the 2nd one…XP allowed the install. JOY!!!
You know where this is going [...]

The title of this question here is a little misleading because you can use this little web app to serve lots of stuff besides quotes, like random ads or words of wisdom. Get your geek on and swap out scripts and images galore!Originally we used the free RandomQuote ASP generator to feed our geeky quotes [...]

After figuring out I could edit Blogger blog posts from my mobile I decided to see what I could do with my TiVo while I am away. I went online and did some research. I found this tid-bit from Dave Zatz (Sling Media) and gave it a shot.Allow me to bring you kids up to [...]

Hey Kidlings,Commodore 64 here with a quick how to in photoshop. Have you ever downloaded an image you’d like to use on your website but it was sandwiched on top of some ghastly color which totally doesnt fit with your “flow”? Well here is a quick, no-frills, way to a transparent image that you can [...]

The title of this question here is a little misleading because you can use this little web app to serve lots of stuff besides quotes like random ads or words of wisdom. Get your geek on and swap out scripts and images galore!Originally we used the free RandomQuote ASP generator to feed our geeky quotes [...]

After a week out of the office at my Mac OsX server training I am totally swamped. Throw in holiday shopping, a new baby and AtA… Whoa boy!

So Sunday’s post will be a quick roundup and excerpts from my two newest posts on MakeUseOf and a couple of AtA faves.
I demoed and reviewed Mint.com. [...]

Please follow this email chain between myself and our friend Karl AKA ATA.
—————————————ME
Here’s the scenario….
Backed up info off old laptop to external HD.
During XP install I saw two identical drives…nuked the first partition and tried to install. XP said no. Nuked the 2nd one…XP allowed the install. JOY!!!
You know where this is going [...]

This is not a joke, I repeat, this is serious business! I found this while surfing around on Digg, and thought this was one of the most interesting “features” I have ever seen.
According to Microsoft’s Support website, if your computer starts playing classical music such as “Fur Elise”, or even more modern hits like [...]

So it looks like Microsoft has heard us belly aching and now has released a fix. I will not be applying it until I either see more issues or read otherwise. Here is the information – you decide:
You receive an access violation error and the system may appear to become unresponsive when you try to [...]

I love using Experts Exchange: an online forum to find technical information that is usually buried elsewhere. I have never purchased a login from them and have a free account. If you search they will sometimes give you an answer without paying, but as soon as you click a link BANG pay up.
Check out this [...]

This is an oldie and a goodie. Using NT Offline Password and Registry Editor from http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/. This small boot floppy or cd is fantastic and I have been using it for many years to reset peoples forgotten local passwords on laptops and even to gain admin access of Windows XP.
After you create your Boot Floppy [...]