Today when I went to use the recovery disk on my Toshiba laptop, in order to prove to Toshiba that the DVD-RW drive is bad, I received the following message (printed in ASCII art): WRONG MACHINE
If I ran the disks in Windows, I got a similar message telling me that the recovery CD Rom was not for my machine, but that it was built for a Satellite 5200 only. Interestingly enough, the machine IS a Satellite 5200. Continue reading “Wrong Machine” Error message on Toshiba Satellite
One of the questions I get a lot is “Why Linux?”
Why do I use Linux?
I can give you the standard lines… “It’s more secure than Windows”, “It’s more stable than Windows”….
While neither of these are untrue, it’s more than that. Continue reading Why Linux?
Start – Settings – Control Panel – Administrative Tools Computer Management Continue reading To change Drive Letter Assignments on XP
Right Click on Start button, then choose properties. Continue reading Change from The new XP look to Classic ( or vice Versa)
Right Click on Start button, then choose properties. Continue reading XP – Quick Launch Items Overflow space allowed, I can’t resize
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Windows 2000 and XP hides certain files in this dialog box by default, but we’ll show you how to make things right. Continue reading Show All files in Add Remove Programs
Microsoft is spying on you. They are watching everything you do and everything you say. Now honestly they don’t have the resources to watch it all, but they could if they wanted to. And if you would like to stop them, then start with these easy steps. Continue reading Stop Microsoft from Spying on You
Start/Run/Regedit Continue reading Disable or Enable Balloon Tips
With Scheduled Tasks, you can schedule any script, program, or document to run at a time that is most convenient for you. Scheduled Tasks starts every time that you start Windows XP and runs in the background, and it starts each task that you schedule at the time that you specify when you create the task.
To open Scheduled Tasks:
Click Start > All Programs > Accessories > System Tools > Scheduled Tasks. Continue reading Scheduling Tasks In Windows XP