Posts tagged “Windows”
Uninstall
Are there applications in your Install / Uninstall list (in the Add/Remove Programs dialog box) that you’ve already deleted from your system? Or that, when you select them and click the Add / Remove button, give you a message that the uninstallation can’t proceed? Sure, you could leave them there and forget about them, but
Print Screen
Ever wanted to take a snapshot of your screen? Well, hit the ‘Print Scrn’ key and a bitmap will be placed onto your clipboard. You know the clipboard – it’s that mysterious Microsoft netherworld where things go temporarily when you hit Edit | Copy or Edit | Cut. Open up your favorite image editor, and
Shortcut
If you frequently open the Device Manager, place a shortcut to it right on your Start menu for one-click access. It beats having to open the Control Panel, double-click System and select the Device Manager tab every time. Right-mouse click the Start button and select Open to open the Start Menu folder. Right-mouse click inside
Desktop Clutter
If you want to show the door to the InBox, Recycle Bin, or Microsoft Network, here’s how: Run REGEDIT and drill down through the layers to find HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\ SOFTWARE\ Microsoft\ Windows\ CurrentVersion\ Explorer\ Desktop\ NameSpace Click the plus sign (+) next to NameSpace to reveal several numeric fields. Clicking on any one of these will
Excellent Error Message
Jason received this error message from one of the NT Servers at work: While validating that COM3 was really a serial port, the contents of the divisor latch register was identical to the interrupt enable and the receive registers. The device is assumed not to be a serial port and will be deleted.
WinCE
This wins the Quote-of-the-Day award from the hundreds of workers slaving away here at davidgagne.net: “plus, it runs winCE on a RISC processor. when will people learn: winCE is for toothless vietnamese hookers with no thumbs. if you’re serious about mobile computing, at least use PalmOS, if not Mobile Linux on a Crusoe” – My
conversion
I’m pleased to report that the conversion was successful. Budweiser (my home computer) is now powered by Windows 98. Speaking of the evil empire … I found this over at stopgap. I am continually amazed at the comedic power of the ‘net.Happy birthday to Firda! Her day is Friday, but since she’s on Bangkok Standard