I have been on a training course since Monday and will be for the rest of the week. I am looking to refresh my Microsoft MCSE certification that I achieved back in 1998 and am currently on Microsoft course 2277C, … Continue reading
Here are some of the free utilities that I use. AntiVirus. I have used Avast Home antivirus software for several months. I have found this to be an excellent product and would recommend it. It is free for home use, … Continue reading
We lost Internet connection for an hour this evening. After having it 24×7 for so long, it seems strange when you can’t just go on the web. When it did finally come back, while waiting on the phone to to … Continue reading
I have been having increasing problems with spam emails recently and so decided to do something about it. I have installed Spam Assassin and integrated it with my mailserver (Hmailserver). It does a resonable job of identifying most of the … Continue reading
About a month ago, Mum’s computer crashed just before we went on holiday. I managed to coax it back into life, but the disc was failing. Last Monday, I replaced the hard disc, but after copying that data over the … Continue reading
Since my trial of VoIP a couple of weeks ago, I have purchased a Linksys SPA-3000 from BroadbandBuyer. I have configured this using the wizards at Voxilla to get me started, and then adjusted the dialing plan and added additional … Continue reading
I realised today that I hadn’t had any emails to my family tree email account for several days. Unfortunately this was due to a rule I put in place to deal with some spam that I was receiving. The result … Continue reading
In view of the high cost of 20pence per minute for calls to New Zealand, I experimented today with making phone calls over the internet. I have subscribed to a service from VoipTalk and installed a software phone on my … Continue reading
I replaced the power supply and the computer started. That was a relief. I need to investigate an error message I get on shutdown, but other than that all systems go again.
When I came down this morning, the computer I had just put the new hard disc in was beeping at me and had a burning smell. Somehow, I just knew this wasn’t right, so decided to just power it down … Continue reading
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