BSOD again

My darling new laptop regaled me with yet another jolly memory parity error blue screen of death message today. Tomorrow I shall give Dell another tinkle and see if they will let me exchange my RAM. Parity to the people! … [Read more...]

My computer is suffering from the heat

I used my compressed air to blow out some of the dust from the vents on my laptop, and I even locked the CPU fan with a bent paper clip to stop it from be spun to death by the high speed air.  Good I thought that will sort out the high temperature readings.  Only it did not.I switched on my … [Read more...]

First real post from my PDA

Yep, that's right, I've written, or rather, tapped this entry out on my horribly geeky personal digital assistant. It's actually proving to be quite a benefit in unexpected ways. For example, my other half moans when I despair of the TV and plug myself into the www. Now though, I can … [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...]