Got no money? Want a graphics program? Get this: Expression 3. I don't think you will regret it. It is great and it's free, free, free. Might take a while to download if you are not on a broadish band - 55 megs.You will need to spend a little time getting used to how it works and having a … [Read more...]
If you go down to the woods today…..
....you may meet one of these. I don't know if it's for real, but I do know that John Deere, the company behind the insect, do make very sensible tractors and stuff like that. Although seeing the contraption they have created seems to beg the question: Have their engineers and designers been … [Read more...]
A must have utility for Windows users
Some of you may have heard of the Windows registry - the heart of most Windows systems. It's a sort of database which records settings and lots of other info about the operating system. The only trouble is that this database tends to fill up with lots of useless entries and this can lead to poor … [Read more...]
Wi-Fi – not.
I have a rather neat wireless connection to the www. Well, correction, I did have a rather neat wireless connection until today. I switched on the PC, waited for a few hours while it booted up. Then I tried to check my mail. A no connection to the server message came up. Ah ha! The server is down. … [Read more...]
Windows on the world
Is it just me, or does my Windows box slow down a little every time I install a newly released Microsoft patch? I don't know. Or maybe it is just death due to registry bloat. Or maybe my PC is getting old and tired.I'm seriously thinking of ditching SP2, but I believe that this means that I cannot … [Read more...]











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