You may recall back in November 07 I reviewed a nice new Dell XPS M1330 laptop, I thought 5 months on it was a good time to review how it has held up against my everyday use, and I do make it work hard!
It is my everyday work laptop, as well as a machine when [...]
Dell XPS M1330 - Long Term Test
Published in April 26th, 2008
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My Top Shortcuts for Windows, Office and Firefox
Published in December 12th, 2007
While on site working on client machines I will often use a number of shortcuts to speed up the job and with clients peering over my shoulder I get a common remark “Wow, how did you do that?”. So I thought I would share my most commonly used keyboard shortcuts.
Windows
WinKey + D : Takes you [...]
Which version of Windows Vista is best for me?
Published in December 4th, 2007
A friend who is an avid Windows user read my post Windows Vista - What I think! and said..”How about writing something to say what you think about the various versions of Windows Vista?”. Which I thought would be a pretty useful post! So here goes
There are four retail versions of Windows Vista: [...]
Windows Vista - What I think!
Published in November 23rd, 2007
During my review of my Dell Vostro machine I started to head into a Windows Vista rant! So I thought instead I would have a dedicated thread in which to rant about it! Although unlike many people ranting about the terribleness of Vista I am actually very impressed with the latest desktop operating system from [...]
Dell Vostro Desktop 200 ST
Published in November 22nd, 2007
For years I have built PC’s for myself or for customers from scratch, choosing the components carefully based on specification, experience and reviews. However over the last 18 months I have found it far better and cheaper to build a Dell system specification online and order it from there!
After ordering a number of machines for [...]
Windows Mail Error - Message Could Not Be Displayed
Published in November 20th, 2007
The “new” version of Outlook Express in Microsoft’s latest operating systems Windows Vista renamed Windows Mail is a fantastic development from Outlook Express. However we have had a few clients coming to us with a problem and so I thought it only fair to share the solution.
Firstly the problem:
You have an email in your [...]
Brandstar Technical Resource Area
Published in November 20th, 2007
At Brandstar we like to provide follow up resources for our clients as well as on site support and a range of these resources will be made available online.
These resource documents will be aimed at our clients and their needs, however can be used to assist anyone who wishes to use them.
As I write there [...]
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