Hello? Is there anybody out there? It sure has been a long time. Those could be song lyrics. Those may be song lyrics. Who knows? I don't. It's been so long since I paid any attention to my own website, I'm surprised it's still here on the 'Interwebs"... Ok, It has been a long time, for sure. My last posts came right when I started a new job working for 'The man". I left the free-for-all, stress-less life of a self employed Computer consultant to dive back into the 'stress-free' … [Read more...]
Friday Funny – The boss
We've not had a funny in a while... Well, to be more specific, we've not had a funny Display on the site in a while. This is one of the posts that was stuck in my Database. I was able to export most of the entries from the database. Once exported I deleted them but, for some reason they would not import back in and actually show in the site. So, I'm in the process of manually putting things back. And what better type of content to start with than a funny!?!? And, in case you didn't notice, … [Read more...]
Load DLL’s needed for Kernel – XP
Had a user call reporting their computer shutting off suddenly. On reboot, they received the message "On last operation CPU reported a thermal event" Well.. This told me that the CPU fan had probably choked and the CPU had overheated causing the PC shut down. Upon inspection I found my initial thought was only partially correct. The CPU had overheated, that was obvious, because the heat sync below the fan was completely clogged with dust... or a small feline, I'm not sure which. BUT, The fan … [Read more...]
Remote Desktop /console change in Vista SP1
A while back I blogged about Remote Desktop in Windows XP. Since the start of my Vista Quest I have continued to use the Vista remote desktop with great success. That is until I installed Services pack 1. Here lately I've been noticing some differences when I log into some servers I manage. Nothing drastic mind you but there were some things that were no longer the same. So I got to Googeling... I use the /console when logging in to these servers. For those who don't know the /console … [Read more...]
