Category Archives: Computer Tips
Firefox Search Bar tricks, changing the default Firefox search from US to UK
I’m a bit of a Firefox fan, despite the fact the browser seems to render colours with less saturation. One of the very nice things I like is the search bar at the top right, which contains links through to … Continue reading
Posted in Computer Tips, scripting general
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Nikon Camera Control Pro Software
Having written in glowing terms about Scott Kelby, who recommended the use of Nikon’s Camera Control Pro software, I now find I am going to speak less favourably about it. OK, first, it almost works well and certainly I was … Continue reading
Posted in Computer Tips, Leisure, Photography, Reviews
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Asus EeePC review
Not a review as such, more of a report about day to day use, really.. I’ve had my EeePC since Christmas day, so not so much of a well worn user test as a first impressions kind of thing. And … Continue reading
Posted in Computer Tips, General Comments
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Voice over IP, VoIP, Sipgate
A little while ago I wrote about the joys of using VoIP for our office communication, and you can read that here. By way of an update I want to explain how we have got four office phones working on … Continue reading
Posted in Cleveratom, Computer Tips, Networking, Voice over IP
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File size limit Fat32, NTFS
For some unknown reason I was caught trying to transfer a 4.2Gb file from a WInXP laptop to a WinXP desktop. I went via my trusty Mac, since I needed a machine with a DVD burner to create a backup of the file.
Creating the DVD was, naturally, a piece of cake. Getting it onto the desktop of the PC was not.
Why, oh why, oh why….
It wouldn’t go, no matter what. Every time I tried I got a ‘not enough space’ warning. Even when I opened the DVD it showed the file size as 2Gb and not the full 4+GB it was showing as on the Mac.
Sigh.
The XP laptop was installed on a NTFS partition. On the desktop it was on a FAT32 partition.
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Posted in Computer Tips
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