Someone asked me today about a problem they were having with XP, when he minimised any program it disappeared. It wasn’t minimising to the toolbar, I said I’d have a hunt for the answer, here it is…

I would still recommend a full Antivirus and Spyware scan before running this fix, as it could more than likely be either of those. If it comes back clean then download and run the following file:

I found this after a quick search on google, thanks to Kell’s Korner for the solution http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

For those of you who have attended one of my Office training courses you will know that I prefer to use the keyboard instead of the mouse. If you

Sorry it’s a few days late, I did promise someone in a training course I would put this up last week but it’s just been a bit hectic.

Windows Vista, some people want it, some people don’t, some people just aren’t sure. For those who do and those who need some encouragement, there’s a tool that will tell you what hardware and software you need to upgrade 1st or if you need to upgrade at all.I don’t want to go on about this tool because it is pretty self explanatory, but I will say one thing. It’s not perfect, it is to be used as a guide. The software side of things are not always correct. Or sometimes just a little unnecessary , like telling you that windows messenger will need to be upgraded. The Vista upgrade should handle that!

The tool is obviously from Microsoft, and you can get it from http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/windowsvista/buyorupgrade/upgradeadvisor.mspx

If you

So Vista was released recently. Looking very different from XP, lots of new features, more bundled software and considered by most to be a ‘major’ update to the Windows OS. Then there is Windows Mobile 6, not quite major improvement I was hoping for.

I recently started to see some of the ‘hype’ about WM6 (Previously Crossbow). So I started to dig around trying to find out some more. I should explain, I have an O2 XDA Exec running WM5, which I do like! It practically runs my life (The Battery died on it the other day and I can’t remember the number of things I forgot whilst I didn’t have my XDA). So when I saw there may be a chance to ‘improve’ what I’ve got, I got excited. As much as I love my XDA there are areas that could do with being improved!
Unfortunately I must say I was quickly disappointed with what I read about the ‘new’ version.

I’m very late on the whole Wikipedia thing. I probably used it first the first time just before Christmas. I can definitely say I find it useful. I wouldn