All of my years of experience with proxies doesn’t much help those who want the benefits of a proxy, yet don’t have the technical wherewithal to accomplish it. As such, I set out in search of a sure thing, a foolproof proxy that anyone could use with minimal setup. I was surprised to find Vidalia. Vidalia has proven by far…
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Some of my job functions require a large volume of record gathering for several cases simultaneously. At first, I was dealing with this task by using a Word or WordPerfect text document (“record disposition log”) with tables indicating the name of the location and what had transpired between my phone calls/faxes to them and their responses to me. Sometimes I…
In this article, I am going to quickly walk you through the process of assembling a relatively basic computer system. Here’s a quick checklist of what to remember when purchasing computer parts: – How many watts does your power supply (PSU) need to have as a minimum? Use a Power Supply Calculator. – When choosing a case, make sure it…
Imagine you’re trying to merge two partitions together using a utility like GParted from a live CD and everything is humming along nicely until the power gets cut. Once the power permanently interrupted the merge, Windows would no longer boot, and all of the important data on the drive was inaccessible. At the time I was performing this recovery, I…
From time to time, a lot of people wonder why their computer is running “so slowly.” The usual reasons for this are as follows: (1) using virtual memory resulting from a lack of physical RAM (Random Access Memory); (2) too many programs utilizing a lot of CPU threads; and/or (3) bottlenecks that can be in the form of a CPU…
Situation: 2GB SD card no longer registers as ‘visible’ to the digital camera and is barely readable within the Vista OS. Potential Loss: ~1.5GB worth of photos and videos of Hong Kong.