The Weekly Geek

It has been a while since I used this tip to check for errors but I was reminded of the need for it today so I figure I would pass it on to you.
The “Help and Support Center” in Windows XP is useful for troubleshooting problems and obtaining information about how to use the operating [...]

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When Windows XP encounters a severe error that has the potential to crash the operating system, it immediately halts the offending program and displays an error message that says the application has encountered a problem and needs to close.
The operating system then prompts you to send an error report to Microsoft. In most cases you [...]

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Well, it was bound to happen. The week before Thanksgiving our shop was building a Windows 2008 server. The technicians and I could not get past the Intel POST screen, the one with the Intel logos only. We removed and tested hard drives. They keyboard and mouse would just not respond and leaving it alone [...]

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I have been personally using Window Home server for about a year now. What is Home Server you ask, good question. Windows Home Server is an Operating System that allows one computer to become a hub of sorts. Not a hub like a switch but a media hub. It is designed to store all of [...]

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I have been working on an article to “deal with” the whining of people about Vista. During that process I found various other writers who were in the same boat as I am. Yes, Vista is not perfect, yes Vista is stable, yes I use Vista.
During my research I came across the PC Magazine article [...]

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