a blog about tech stuff – mostly.

I have installed a new plugin called WPtouch (http://www.bravenewcode.com/wptouch/) that should make browsing this site on the go much more comfortable. If you don’t like it, just scroll to the bottom of the page, and turn it off to view the regular theme (note, you’ll only see the option if you’re viewing from your mobile device).

Has anyone dealt with them? I’ve had a broken PS3 for probably over a year now, and I finally have a little scratch left over to have it fixed. I just don’t want to send the system away to have it “lost” in transit or something else. If anyone has any positive or negative remarks…

I’ve been using Auslogics’ disk defrag for a while now, but I was using an older version.  I have since found that a new version (2.1) is out now, and includes many features that the old version didn’t have. For example, you can now setup scheduling.  I find this to be a wonderful addition to…

If you’re in the market for a home NAS or SAN, you might want to give unRAID a look.  It’s a Digital Media Storage Solution created by Lime-Tech, that features a unique set of abilities.

If you are using a small business server, and you can’t remotely access a computer,  you may need to enable TSWEB or Terminal Services Web Active X Control again. You can download a registry fix in order to fix this problem.  I have a zip file that allows you to enable or disable TSW.  Just…

If you create an additional outlook profile in order to view a different mailbox, you might want the ability to rename your “Outlook” profile to something more meaningful, such as “User – Exchange” or “User – POP3 Comcast”. The names for the profiles that are stored on your computer are in the registry.  A quick…

Visit this page, and follow the directions: http://www.malwarebytes.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=17583

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/274443

This article seems to help fix all of the problems that you may face when decommissioning an old server, and moving to a new one. Throw in DFS confusion, and well, you know how it goes. I haven’t used this article yet, but I’m in the process of doing the exact thing, and I may…

It’s not officially supported, and it probably will never be. However, you can run SBS 2008, with a 2003 server in a virtual environment, in which to install the BPS on. http://supportforums.blackberry.com/rim/board/message?board.id=bps_unite&thread.id=3405