Filed under: Computers, Advice, Tech Tips You deserve no pity when your hard drive dies if you don't bother to regularly back-up your music, photos and important documents. The average drive dies after 3.1 years, so plenty die before then. A CD or DVD sells for pennies, and easy-to-use external hard...

Today, I encountered a problem where the Windows Server's hard drive (C:) was filling up and we couldn't find out why. To get a better handle on the server and how space was being allocated, I did a quick Google on the problem and ran across this tool: WinDirStat. Here's the description from the web...

Image Source: http://burchwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/05/avg_antivirus_system_logo.jpg Amidst all the wonderful stuff coming out of TCEA 2009, one potential copyright violation detected by TCEA member, Seth Anderson: This is my second TCEA convention. I must say that have been impressed with t...

Rusty Meyners (Eustace ISD, Texas) shared a Mini-Notebook (netbook) Comparison Chart and criteria. Be sure to give him some feedback! Source: http://moodle.eustaceisd.net/blog/index.php?postid=218 Mini-Note Computer Evaluations The chart below shows six models of mini-notebook computer, two of which...

Filed under: Computers, Advice, Tech Tips Before you ditch your PC, be sure to completely clear all of your personal info from the hard drive. Unfortunately, simply deleting things doesn't really erase them. (They're still somewhere on your hard drive). So, short of smashing your computer with a ham...

Undeleting files is always a fun experience, filled with trepidation and a suspenseful excitement tastefully layered with hope. You can find it online at: Pandora Recovery is a powerful free tool that provides its users an effective way to attempt recovery of permanently deleted files. And that does...

DriverMax for Windows: DriverMax is a [no-cost] new program which allows you to easily reinstall all your Windows drivers. No more searching for rare drivers on discs or on the web or inserting one installation CD after the other. Simply export all your current drivers (or just the ones that work ok...

Downloaded from YouTube Someone recently asked me, "You know how singers publish their songs as music videos on YouTube?""Yes," I replied...since I'm a complete ignoramus when it comes to music, singers, etc., I asked, "Why?""How do you get the music without the vi...

Update: Last revision to printable tutorials was made on 09/22/2008. When Wes Fryer (SpeedofCreativity.org) published his Audacity and Olympus WS-110 QuickStart Guides, I was thrilled! Unfortunately, in my work setting, these guides didn't work because we had an abundance of Olympus WS-100s, and the...

Google Sites has a lot of possibilities as a wiki. However, until a Google Sites owner can backup and restore the content, it might as well not exist. In reading up on the subject, I ran across this discussion which recommends these solutions.... Use WinHTTrack Website copier Use DownloadThemAll Fir...