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Saving your Windows Data with an Ubuntu CD

I’ve found I get angriest when my expectations get altered. I think I”m going to have a nice leisurely weekend, and my computer loses a hard drive. Losing a hard drive is a slow, gnawing, exasperating pain. If you have … Continue reading

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Search Everything – a Review

I have more than one pet peeve about how Windows works. I’ll bet you do, too. Let me see, there’s boot time, the infamous Vista UAC, shut down time, and searching for files. That puppy dog in the XP search … Continue reading

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The Kindle Reader for the Windows PC

I had an interesting discussion today at work. One of my co-workers arrived in the office with a couple of O’Reilly textbooks, and said they are on my bookshelf, if you’d like to use them as a reference. He said … Continue reading

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Windows 7

I want to make a slight digression from building our new computer system to take a closer look at Windows 7 which is due out on Thursday, Oct. 22nd.  I find it curious that the next release of Ubuntu, 9.10, … Continue reading

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Microsoft OEM version

I called Microsoft Customer Support the other day.   I was impressed.  I got an actual person to talk to in a relatively short time after going through the usual  telephone system automatic pick a number if it fits your … Continue reading

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