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How to upgrade your graphics card cooling in a multi GPU setup (Mining)

Posted on 13/04/2014 by admin

Hello there folks. I have been busy recently cutting my teeth on getting to grip with crypto-currency mining. Many people have heard of Bitcoin, but there are also many other coins you can mine see link for the top 100: … Continue reading →

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Alternative method to activate Microsoft Office 2010

Posted on 24/02/2014 by admin

Hello, Recently I had a problem activating a recently installed version of Microsoft Office 2010. The error was “0x80070190”. This was fixed with a command line solution. Problem: Microsoft Office 2010 activation error. Solution: Firstly you should try and activate … Continue reading →

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How to update Windows XP from a brand new installation using Windows Updates

Posted on 11/01/2014 by admin

Hello everyone, I have been away for while, moving house, moving job etc, but hopefully I will be updating this blog regularly again. Recently I had wanted to build a media center for my lounge, and as luck would have … Continue reading →

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Spam

Posted on 18/03/2013 by admin

Hi All! I am still here! Firstly apologies if I havn’t replied to your messages in a timely fashion  the site was getting a lot of spam, so I have removed it, so it is possible that genuine messages have been deleted, sorry … Continue reading →

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How to recover files and data from a faulty hard drive

Posted on 26/10/2011 by admin

Greetings! Following on from my post about how to replace a laptop hard disk, this post focuses on data recovery from a faulty hard disk. Firstly the reason the laptop hard drive failed on my flat-mates laptop was because  it was … Continue reading →

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How to replace a hard drive on a laptop (sata)

Posted on 12/10/2011 by admin

A while back my flat-mate’s laptop hard drive keeled over and died. It wouldn’t boot and wouldn’t read in a caddy, and as there was no back of the data, it was all lost too. Only one thing for it … Continue reading →

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How to block someone on facebook chat / sidebar / IM

Posted on 04/10/2011 by admin

Greetings! Now there may a time when you don’t wish to be seen or contacted but people on facebook chat – or sidebar. Problem: To go offline to certain members Solution: Firstly you need to access the lists you have … Continue reading →

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How to get the Belkin Nostromo N50 to work with Windows 7 and Windows 8

Posted on 28/09/2011 by admin

Hello All, I have been away for 2 weeks, hence the lack in blog updates. But don’t fear I’m back now and will be blogging regularly as usual. Along with my old webcam which previously featured, I have a similarly … Continue reading →

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How to customise new tabs in Google chrome

Posted on 07/09/2011 by admin

Hi folks, Quite a short one this week. For while it annoyed me that when you opened a new tab in Google chrome, you were not able to set it to a page, as you can with your homepage. After a little searching I … Continue reading →

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How to troubleshoot ADSL Randomly dropping out – Intermittent internet connection issue

Posted on 31/08/2011 by admin

Hello again, so I got Virgin media installed at my new home back in mid march, it wasn’t a smooth install. But that wasn’t the cause of the internet dropping out intermittently. Problem: Internet randomly drops out Troubleshooting: It could … Continue reading →

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