Slow Windows XP computer booting, strange PC errors and frequent computer crashes are annoying things most people experience. Users frequently complain about computer seems slower than it used to be. It happened to me also. My Acer Aspire One, after a year is slower than it was new from the shop. There might be a [...]

I recently got issued at work a new Dell Vostro 3400 laptop with Intel Core i3 CPU at 2.27 GHz, 2GB memory and 320 GB disk storage drive. The 14 inch display laptop computer comes with pre-installed Microsoft Windows 7 Home Basic Edition operating system. The purpose of the laptop is for use with customer [...]

A new computer server arrived at work, which is for running web application and database back end. It came with a 500GB single SATA hard disk. The problem at hand is how to have some sort of fault tolerance. The option might be to buy a hardware RAID controller which will cost a lot of [...]

I attended a Microsoft seminar about business vulnerability and computer information security threats. The event highlighted the latest Security Intelligence Report (SIR) version 7.0 released on November 2009. A large group of people from end users, software developers, to IT managers flocked the session. The Microsoft seminar series was rightly dubbed “Risky Business”. The report [...]

Application development tools and technology is constantly upgrading. Thus, seldom could you see in newer Windows operating system MS-DOS applications unless they are really important. Legacy dos based database applications are not upgraded in some cases due to missing source codes. The continuous Windows desktop operating system upgrades left out some software DOS applications unusable. [...]

Keeping important files is part of a day to day computer use be at home or office. On my desktop computer, I have dedicated a folder for personal files and work files. The folders will enable me to prevent mixing up things. Nobody would want their vacation photos and videos ending up with work video [...]

Security is very important in every computer system. I could remember that even the logon screen is a door way for illegal intrusion. Thus, it’s recommended to use Ctrl+Alt+Delete combination to login to the system. Older versions of Windows really have this pop up logon screen. This was designed to fend off break ins and [...]

Windows XP update is needed to make a computer run up with the latest hardware drivers and security software patches. The same helpful software could also sometimes break your computer system. The symptoms for a system update going awry ranges from desktop settings reset, unable to detect devices, and worst to failure to boot. That’s [...]

Redhat Linux powers our Oracle ERP Financial Module Application. We have set it up in such a way that users could print to a networked printer identified inside the Oracle Application. There are occasions where people could not print to a particular printer. It was noted that this happens usually after a long work break [...]

I have installed Windows XP on a Virtual Machine and was working on with a regular user account. I was trying to edit Oracle’s TNSNAMES.ORA using Windows XP’s built-in text editor Notepad, but could not due to lack of privilege. Using an Administrator Account to edit the restricted file could be done in two ways. [...]