Invest some time to go through this video. Upon completion you will know a lot more about Windows 8, a major revamped Windows version (at least at the user interface level). You will also find out that many old and traditional features are still there, just under a new skin.
(UPDATES 2013-07-07) There are problems when creating bootable USB drives and I’ve found a comparable utility that seems to be working better. Download the program from the following site:
http://download.cnet.com/Free-ISO-to-USB/3000-18511_4-75880271.html
There are circumstances when you may want to write an ISO image to a USB drive, bootable or not. This free utility called ‘ISO to USB’ could come in handy.
Program Information
ISO to USB is a free and small software that can burn the ISO image file directly to USB drives; these USB drives include USB flash drives, memory sticks and other USB storage devices; it also supports to create a bootable USB disk with Windows operating systems……(click here for details)
HP Windows Media Center computers often come with a remote control and an Infrared receiver/transmitter. There are many version of this IR transceiver built for different versions of Windows. So if you use the remote in the version of Windows that it is intended for, you don’t need a special driver as it will already be included in the Windows installation.
But if you happen to have the following specific model but would like it to work in XP environment, you will need a special driver (download here) for it. Be sure to identify the device as all versions of the transceiver look the same physically.
Model: OVU400102/71
P/N: 5187-4593
VID_1934&PID_5168
If you remove a USB drive while data are still being written to it, you may end up corrupting the drive and it becomes unusable. The device shows up as “XXXXXXXX U167CONTROLLER USB Device” in Device Manager when plugged in. The device LED light just blinks forever and Windows cannot recognize it properly as a mass storage device. If this happens to you, the following little utility may help you reclaim the drive (but not the data though).
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?2kpxnoep835dak4
If you are on Windows Vista, 7 or 8, set the compatibility mode to Windows XP SP2 and run as administrator.
Google Reader has fallen victim to the company’s latest “spring cleaning,” an annual list of products that will be shut down.
Reader lets users “subscribe” to new posts from any website. The tool allows readers to categorize those various “RSS” feeds, giving them easy access to a lot of information on one website………………(read the whole story)
When your ISP’s Domain Name System (DNS) is out of service, you may experience problems browsing the Internet. In this case, it may be a good idea to use an alternate DNS for temporarily bypassing the problem. A good choice is to use the free DNS from Google. Here is the technical information.
If you have multiple computers in your network and don’t want to change the TCP/IP settings on each computer, you can change the DSN settings on the router and restart the router. All computers will take the new settings next time they connect to the router.
Microsoft will be killing off its Windows Live Messenger chat service on March 15, transitioning its more than 100 million users to Skype.
The company announced its plans to discontinue Messenger in November, but Microsoft sent a firm timetable to its users through e-mail on Tuesday. Microsoft (MSFT, Fortune 500) is directing customers to sign in to Skype with their Windows Live login information, noting that their contact lists will automatically show up in the Skype software…….(read the whole story)
If you experience problems (e.g. no dial tone) using your Voip phone after installing a new router (where you will get a new IP address from your Internet service provider), the following may help resolve the issue.
Disconnecting and reconnecting the phone adapter (ATA) may not solve the problem. In this case, you need to log in to the ATA (find the IP address of the ATA from the router’s local network status page). The password may very likely be ‘admin’. Go through the details of the configuration to see if anything is suspicious. Finally reboot the ATA from the configuration tab. You may notice your ATA will now be assigned a different IP address by the router. Hopefully your Voip phone should work again after performing the above steps.