Microsoft Cold Caller SCAM
A friend of mine just received a strange phonecall from someone telling him they were a representative from Microsoft and saying his computer was infected with a virus and they offered to help him...
View ArticleWindows 7 SP1 Installation Problem
Whilst updating my main machine (Linux, Snow Leopard and Windows 7) to Windows 7 SP1 I had a problem installing the service pack. It would error out after a short time with an error which referred to...
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5GB Free – Online Storage And File Synchronization
When I ran out of space on my paid account with another provider, I decided to find another free option to boost my cloud storage. Enter SugarSync, its proved to be every bit as fast, reliable and...
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MD5 File Hash
Here is a small utility I created to compare the MD5 hashes of files. If anybody finds it useful then I may do some more work on it. Download MD5 File Hash here
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Block FaceBook on Windows
This (extremely) small utility will block access to FaceBook by utilising the Windows hosts file. If you discover any FaceBook domains which are not blocked then please leave a comment on this post...
View ArticleSteamOS Isn’t What You Think
I will quote the following, thanks BB10: “The neatest thing about SteamOS may be the fact that it doesn’t necessarily need native Linux titles. The OS is capable of streaming games from...
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Bootcamp Tools on Windows 8 and 8.1 X86 (or 32 Bit)
I was dissapointed to see that the Bootcamp Tools were not compatible with Windows 8 32 bit so I decided to try and find a way around the problem on my Mac Mini. I already had a working and activated...
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My Windows Alarm Clock
I don’t know why but I woke up today and made an alarm clock in visual basic. “alarm.mp3″ can be changed in the installation directory if desired. Its very simple but works fine: Download here. Source...
View ArticleFailure configuring Windows updates. Reverting changes. Do not turn off your...
I was stuck in a loop, “Failure configuring Windows updates. Reverting changes. Do not turn off your computer”. I have been in this situation previously on a newly installed machine and reinstalled...
View ArticleFix: iTunes home sharing not working
If you have a Windows computer that cannot discover a share on your network then its likely that iTunes is routing the sharing data over IPv6 instead of IPv4. The fix is simple: Click the start button...
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