Category: computerwelt

Have you ever gotten this critical message or the equivalent? Hi! You’re now connected to the same wireless network you were connected to before you closed your laptop, the only wireless network available, in fact, and your signal strength is Excellent in case there was some doubt about your ability to get a clear signal […]

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Today I got a pack of ten M3 3mm screws from Dell. They came in a small, re-sealable plastic bag. Which was put in a padded envelope. And sent in a cardboard box with foam rubber. … An instant prior to this post: Sigg3: Dell sent me a minibag with eight screws. Put in a […]

Check my übercool Leeloo xfce4-terminal: and with some action going on: Using the –geometry parameter I was able to pin the terminal to the same position whenever I run the desktop launcher. Now I just need to learn how to do stuff without having to scroll, having removed the scrollbar and all. grep is always […]

I’m a fan of used laptops, as they are cheap and reliable and provide exactly what I need a laptop to do; write and surf the net. They also provide me with a little project of setting it up, maybe upgrading it a little bit, and finishing it to suit my exact needs. For a […]

I’ve had some awkward problems with the wireless connection at work – the box is a WinXP Pro SP2 – and they didn’t seem to fit in with the normal heap of wireless issues. What happened was that it took an awful long time to log in on the domain, and starting up the OS […]

I have a hard time updating versions of Symantec AV that’s lagging behind in terms of virus definitions. The servers don’t seem to respond at all, and even less so during the evenings (when the US has awoke). This is a message I got last night when I gave up and turned off instead of […]

When a new laptop to my department arrives, regardless if it’s for homeuse or not, I’m the one to set it up. We mostly buy our shit from Dell, which is not great, but less expensive. There are some models I even like. But whenever we have to buy outside of our Dell business portal, […]

This is a problem I had at work just now with one of my 300GB external drives. Since it appears to be rather unknown, I thought I’d post my findings here. It took me one and a half day to find out what had gone wrong, but I was able to restore everything back to […]

Thanks to my brother for pointing out this banner to me: I don’t play World of Warcraft, but I’ve seen my brother playing it quite a few times. And I’ve also seen his computer play it all by itself quite a few times when my brother wasn’t home. If that ain’t cheating I don’t know […]