The GingerCat Speaks

The GingerCat Speaks

May 11, 2009

Whanganui or Wanganui

Filed under: General— admin @ 1:29 pm

Everyone else seems to be putting their 50c worth in for this whole Whanganui verses Wanganui thing that I thought I might as well add my voice as well.

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A Test Post

Filed under: General— admin @ 11:49 am

I’ve added a new plugin to my blog site  and want to find out if it works correctly so just bear with me and ignore the waste of time post.

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March 14, 2009

Microsoft Vista SP1 – Closure

Filed under: Computers & the Internet— admin @ 4:05 pm

I finally got a replacement media disk from Microsoft and eventually did a clean install – it worked perfectly.

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February 1, 2009

Anti Virus Software

Filed under: Computers & the Internet— admin @ 9:56 pm

I’ve often wondered about the usefulness of anti virus software & whether we really need it. Yes I have collected a few viruses over the years (starting in 1984 with the famous Stoned virus) but except for Stoned none of them has done any damage and all (except stoned) were caught by me and not my anti virus software.

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November 19, 2008

Microsoft Vista SP1 – The Journey Continues

Filed under: Computers & the Internet— admin @ 11:20 pm

And now after moving me to a new technical expert – Guess what? We go back over the same old ground we’;e already covered. I can sympathise with their point of view. The probably feel that anyone contacting them because SP1 wont install probably knows very little about computers. 

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November 2, 2008

Microsoft Vista SP1 – Some Thoughts

Filed under: Computers & the Internet— admin @ 5:16 pm

After being asked too many questions about how Vista works from numerous people I decided to take the plunge & buy a copy a few months ago. Personally I like XP and understand how it works but it seems that its become inevitable that sooner or later we’ll all be using Vista whether we want to or not. If I had my way I’d use Linux but that’s another story.

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October 25, 2008

Burning CDs & DVDs (A free alternative to Nero)

Filed under: Computers & the Internet— admin @ 5:03 pm

I suddenly discovered yesterday that Nero 6 which I’ve used for years doesn’t work with Vista. What to do? The obvious option was to upgrade. Although like most things if you need something new its an opportunity to re-think the whole thing. A quick google search & I found InfraRecorder.

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