I wrote yesterday that I missed the Classic Menu in Windows 7. Why the option was omitted is anyone’s guess, but the fact is that it’s gone. I did a search on the Internet and found a few solutions that were all going to cost me. Now, I’m not averse to paying for good software, [...]
Filed under: General on July 26th, 2010 | No Comments »
So I have finally done it. I bought a new laptop, so that the Missus can inherit my old one. It is a rather nice machine – a Packard Bell EasyNote LJ71 I have spent the last twelve hours transferring gigabytes of data onto it from the old one. Not a joyful task. It has [...]
Filed under: Tech stuff on July 25th, 2010 | 4 Comments »
I had an interesting problem on the spare laptop the other day. There were two symptoms – the screen would go blank and the laptop would lock up, or else the Windows bar would develop streaks, as if it had been wiped with steel wool. My first reaction was that the video drivers had become [...]
Filed under: Tech stuff on July 19th, 2010 | 4 Comments »
