TechLog for October, 2008

Three old but simple tips

Scheduled system tune ups and installation of system updates and patches reduces problems and cost of use.
Properly configure your power management options, it can help conserve power and prolong the life of your equipment.
Print selected text only(From a file)

Select the text
On the ‘File” drop down menu click ‘Print’
In the dialog box,look in [...]

Money; The Microsoft Way

Boxed Microsoft Money - 2007 Deluxe

I recently had a client come to me because they bought an older laptop and needed some finance software. They weren’t concerned with with what it was but Microsoft Money was the first to come to mind; mostly because I remembered seeing it on the clients other desktop PC.

AMD falling apart?

AMD logo

I remember much earlier in the year reading about the trouble that AMD was having; I thought Intel was

simply going to take over the world of CPU manufacturing. It looks like AMD hasn’t given up yet though. They have decided to split up into two main parts: Chip producing [Continuing on as AMD] and chip [...]

SkyBlueCanvas

SkyBlueCanvas - Screenshot

SBC is a very neat little piece of software. So neat and simple to use that I tried to configure it to run this website.
I spent a few hours tweaking it but got discouraged when everytime I got something right something else went wrong. The pages are all nice now, but the menu no longer [...]