I had an odd problem with an SBS 2003 box that just would not shutdown the other day. A quick bit of research taught me that it can be done from the command line, which I totally didn’t know (‘cos I’m an idiot): [Read more...]
IE8 – force your site to display in compatibility mode
January 9, 2009 By 9 Comments
If you have just seen your site in IE8 and you feel like crying because all of your hard work has been thrown out of the window, don’t rush into that re-design just yet. You can force IE8 to act like IE7 while you work on a full time fix, by just including this in the header of your pages(s):
<meta http-equiv=”X-UA-Compatible” content=”IE=EmulateIE7″ />
This will get round some of the new behaviour. [Read more...]
Invalid update control CTF file – AVG 8
January 8, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Can’t update AVG 8 because it tells you that you have an invalid update control CTF file?
(I hate error messages that give no clue as to what you should do about it). Well, here’s the answer I found deep in the AVG user forums:
AVG 8
Really annoying missing CD drives in Windows XP & Vista
January 8, 2009 By Leave a Comment
It really annoys me when they go missing, but it’s ok as there is a simple fix. If you used to have a CD or DVD drive listed under ‘My Computer’ but the icon has just disappeared, don’t panic, just do this:
1. Fire up regedit. (If you don’t know what that is, stop now and get some more help first).
2. Look for – HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE> SYSTEM, and then CurrentControlSet. [Read more...]
Recover deleted public folders
January 2, 2009 By Leave a Comment
If you (like me) have some public folders that everyone needs to have full control over for some reason, then you (like me) run the risk of having some of your public folders ‘accidentally’ deleted by stooopid users (like me?).
So it’s well worth taking a look at this: [Read more...]
Change the default folder in Outlook
January 2, 2009 By Leave a Comment
To change the folder Outlook shows when it first opens, do the following:
Select ‘Tools’.
Choose ‘Options’.
Click on the ‘Other’ tab. [Read more...]
Zattoo – TV at work. Brilliant.
January 2, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Next time you are bored at work and really can’t face missing another episode of Home and Away, check this out: http://www.zattoo.com – It’s a free application you can download (Windows and Mac) and stream all the major UK channels, plus some interesting global ones, straight to your desktop.
Free TV on your PC or Mac
