Sometimes Windows dislikes you and printer jobs get stuck in the queue and you are unable to delete them. Such days are usually unforgotten by every user – but it is not hard to get things working again.
Tag: windows
Windows XP made easy
Windows often includes moving the mouse for hours, which I personally dislike. So here is a collection of shortcuts used from CLI (cmd.exe) or Startmenu -> Execute:
A hint for you windows users out there
I was fixing another windows box those days and I was forced to check the fragmentation, which was the biggest blocker on that system, disregarding the user and the fact that the system got more than one windows partition. So I came up with a little trick, using defrag.exe from shell: %windir%\system32\defrag.exe -f c: %windir%\system32\defrag.exe -f d: %windir%\system32\defrag.exe […]
Graphical Overkill
I do not want to beat around the bushes; instead I just kickstart the topic: Graphical Userinterfaces. Today you just get eyecandy. OpenGL on the desktop, transparency, everything is shiny and blinks. But why? Do we really need that?
Vista – What now?
Curse or cure? New or recycled? Who really knows… Anyways – I have checked the actual pricing for Vista. For my taste it is too expensive and I do not see any use for it by now – or is there a good reason for an upgrade?
Troubleshooting Firefox
If you got problems with Firefox – no matter if it’s Windows, Linux or anything else – it is always a good idea to kill its configs. How come? The problem started after updating Firefox in my Windows-VM. What now? Alright… downgrading as it used to work with the previous version. Murphys law strikes back – this did […]