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5 Essential Windows Housekeeping Tips

0 Comments | Sunday, November 14th, 2010

I guess we’ve all noticed all to often how Windows slows down gradually over time and eventually comes to a halt. By following these 5 simple steps about once a month your PC should continue at a fairly good pace for longer.

MS Excel: Sharing Violation Error When Saving Excel Workbook

1 Comments | Sunday, October 3rd, 2010

This error occurs when you launch attempt to save an Excel workbook under various different circumstances. This solution has been specifcally tested on Microsoft Excel 2007 running on Windows 7.

$MS Excel: C:\Windows\System32\SGXLADDIN.DLL$

MS Excel: C:\Windows\System32\SGXLADDIN.DLL

3 Comments | Tuesday, September 28th, 2010

SOLVED: This error occurs when you launch Microsoft Excel 2007, 2003 or 2002 following the installation and subsequent uninstallation of a Sage product such as Sage Line 50 Accounts & Sage Instant Accounts.

iPhone: 3G, Is It Really Necessary?

2 Comments | Monday, July 19th, 2010

There’s a big trade off between battery life and internet speed when it comes to 3G versus EDGE. What’s your choice?

Office 2003: Cannot Empty The Clipboard Error Message

2 Comments | Tuesday, July 13th, 2010

SOLVED: Cannot Connect to Clipboard error when using Microsoft Office while connected to a Windows 2003 Server via Remote Desktop Connection. Hotfix download.

iPhone: Configure Auto-Lock & Suspend For Maximum Battery Life

3 Comments | Monday, July 12th, 2010

Fix your iPhones short battery life and stop it draining so quickly by making a few quick changes to the auto-lock and suspend settings.

HOWTO: Disable iPhone Bluetooth To Save Battery Life

3 Comments | Wednesday, July 7th, 2010

This article explains how to disable Bluetooth on your Apple iPhone 3, 3G or 4. Bluetooth is primarily used for a wireless headset and is often left enabled which drains battery unnecessarily. This article is a part of my iPhone Battery Life Saving Tips & Tricks series.

HOWTO: Increase Battery Life by Fetching iPhone Mail, Don’t Push!

2 Comments | Wednesday, July 7th, 2010

Push Mail was introduced in iPhone 3G and to some it is as indispensable as their right arm. That’s all very helpful but what good is Push Mail when you’re gonna soon lose the one thing that makes it all tick, battery life.

HOWTO: Disable iPhone App Push Notifications for Longer Battery Life

14 Comments | Tuesday, July 6th, 2010

Apps with Sounds, Alerts and Badges can be handy but do you need them on all the time? Extend iPhone battery life by disabling or tweaking.

HOWTO: Stop Windows Live Messenger (MSN) Starting Automatically with Windows

4 Comments | Thursday, June 24th, 2010

This article explains step by step how you can disable MSN Messenger or Windows Live Messenger from starting automatically when Windows starts.

Delete MS Word ‘OfficeAddin’ Sametime Toolbar

7 Comments | Thursday, April 15th, 2010

SOLVED: Easily get rid of the annoying Microsoft Word toolbar that Lotus Notes/SameTime installs with version 8 or later of Lotus Notes. Step by step instructions.

iPhone OS 4.0 BETA Not Connecting to Wireless Network

6 Comments | Saturday, April 10th, 2010

SOLVED: When attempting to connect your iPhone running iPhone iOS 4 Beta to your wireless (wi-fi) network you receive the message: “Unable to join the network {network name}”.

iPhone: Battery Life Saving Tips & Tricks (Updated 19 July)

5 Comments | Tuesday, April 6th, 2010

iPhone 4 and iOS4 promises better battery life but lets face it, this hasn’t yet being proven and even if there are improvements you can just never have enough. This page is a collection of battery life saving tips and tricks that I’ve collected since I entered iPhone land.

Uninstall Guide: McAfee Products

1 Comments | Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010

Download the official Mcafee removal tool which removes over 15 different McAfee products from your PC cleanly.

VPN (IPSec) Prompting For Saved Password

4 Comments | Monday, February 22nd, 2010

You are prompted to enter your VPN password every time you try to connect to your IPSec VPN connection. This happens even if you have saved the password in your Mac OS X keychain.

Mapped Network Drive Launches ‘Open With’ Dialog

1 Comments | Tuesday, February 16th, 2010

Solution to a problem that exists in Windows XP where a mapped network drive launches the ‘Open With..’ dialog box instead of Windows Explorer.

NTLDR is missing. Press CTRL+ALT+DEL to restart

127 Comments | Monday, February 15th, 2010

You receive the error ‘NTLDR is missing’ after switching on your computer or after restarting Windows XP. This article documents several possible solutions.

Limited or No Connectivity – Local Area Network

2 Comments | Monday, February 8th, 2010

A comprehensive guide with multiple methods to resolving this common Windows XP error message.

SVCHOST.EXE – High CPU Usage (90% to 100%)

1 Comments | Monday, February 1st, 2010

SOLUTION: SVCHOST.EXE CPU 99%. Stop svchost.exe from hogging your cpu time with this quick and easy solution.

SKU001.CAB is missing

40 Comments | Wednesday, January 20th, 2010

SOLVED: Fix this annoying error with a simple edit of the Windows registry. SKU001.CAB is missing occurs when a CDCACHE entry is incorrectly present in the registry.