29. September 2008 by Rob.

My computer situation at home is getting better these days. I have bought a refurbished E-Machine AMD machine. This is a new one for me because I always purchase Intel chip set based processors. Well this machine is fast and flies.

I have managed to get most of my core software installed.  I need to solve an email issues as well as get a few utilities installed that I use on a Semi regular basis as well as setup some virtual machines

I have discovered the key to Vista - purchase a machine thats primary operating system is Vista. Do not upgrade an existing machine to Vista it will be a pain.

I am taking my existing home pc with a new Hard Drive and setting it up for my GF Kelli. Her old pc I will be setting up as a print server.

All in all it is coming along great:)

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24. September 2008 by Rob.

Normally I fix computer problems for others at home and at work. Well it seems I have a pile of issues going on.

I just finished reinstalling my Mom’s office pc. It was corrupted. Now I need to see if I can recover any data from her old hard drive.

The hard drive on my main machine died. It is a good thing thing I use Carbonite as a backup service. I also have a NAS box so I am saved.

I also need to fix my network Multifunction printer.

What fun this all is.

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21. September 2008 by Rob.

Before I went into the hospital I had bought a Netgear Nas Box - SC101 and 2 320 Gig IDE hard drives to go in it. I was having all kinds of problems geting my pc to recognize the drives. Well I finally managed to get it installed.

The secret is to disable both your Virus Checker and your spyware programs while you do the install. I should have knowen better because my Brother all in one works the same way. Now I am copying 40 gig of data to it.

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20. September 2008 by Rob.

Sorry about the long absence between posts. I ended up in the hospital and found out I was diabetic the hard way. I will be catching up with a couple of posts tonigt.

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