Remove Nero Scout
May 18, 2010 by Boomer · Leave a Comment
Just a quick note to me. This actually works without breaking Nero 7 on Windows XP SP3. Here’s how to disable Nero Scout: open command window After it comes up, run the command: regsvr32 /u “%COMMONPROGRAMFILES%\Ahead\Lib\MediaLibraryNSE.dll” Nero 7 is way cool, but Nero Scout is just annoying. Possibly Related Posts: Fun Free Virtual Drive Software [...]
Fun Free Virtual Drive Software for Windows 7
May 17, 2010 by Boomer · Leave a Comment
For nearly ever, ok, since 2005, I have been using Nero to make digital backups of my program CDs and DVDs and then using Nero image drive to mount them and reinstall the software after a drive crash. This has been an extremely reliable way of efficiently managing software for work and home, if all [...]
We decided to try the iPad
April 4, 2010 by Boomer · Leave a Comment
We have a pretty decent home network, we pretty much have a computer in every room of the house. The problem is computing is getting more and more sociable. I mean, we as a family like to sit around and talk and be on the computer at the same time and watch TV or watch [...]
Buy the Amazon Kindle Now
This is a good year for the Amazon Kindle. You should buy it now. Here is an image of the Kindle that my sister in law purchased. She also bought a cover for it and uses it as she travels. Possibly Related Posts: Remove Nero Scout Fun Free Virtual Drive Software for Windows 7 We [...]
Latest iPhone Software Update
I just had to grab this image. The iPhone software update 3.1.2 says it resolves the intermittent issue that may interrupt cellular network services until restart. Gee I have had the iPhone since the fall of 2007 and this has always been an issue. Support would say just restart the iPhone. Well I hope it [...]
Outlook Auto-complete Making You Look Silly?
June 2, 2009 by Boomer · Leave a Comment
Auto complete, great technology in the hands of a well versed techno nerd, but out there in the world, it just starts to make good people look silly. What am I talking about? Well on professional web email servers, yes some people still do this, every once in a while, someone will post a personal [...]
Going to a Greener Home Network
March 18, 2009 by Boomer · Leave a Comment
For many years I have used Linux and SAMBA to share files across my home network. I had this beast of an old AMD Athlon CPU machine with a 650W power supply droning away in my basement with 6 hard drives giving me a bout 400GB of nearly worry free storage. Back then, my network [...]
Parallels 4.0 runs 3D better
November 27, 2008 by Boomer · Leave a Comment
I just upgraded to Parallels 4.0 and I really like the upgrade. My 3d program Poser 6 for windows now runs at nearly native speed on my 2.5GHz MacBook Pro with 512Mb Video and 2GB of Ram using Windows XP SP3. Possibly Related Posts: Remove Nero Scout Fun Free Virtual Drive Software for Windows 7 [...]
Adobe Creative Creative Suite 4
September 25, 2008 by Boomer · Leave a Comment
Adobe CS4 is coming out soon and the good news is, according to NVidia, it will support Nvidia’s latest GPU’s. For people doing CPU intensive graphics manipulations this is a good thing. Buy From Amazon.com (pre-order) Possibly Related Posts: Remove Nero Scout Fun Free Virtual Drive Software for Windows 7 We decided to try the [...]
Quick fix for Outlook IMAP message
August 21, 2008 by Boomer · 4 Comments
A friend just found this while troubleshooting a system at work that was using Microsoft Outook client in IMAP mode. The message is “Your IMAP server has closed the connection. This may occur if you have left the connection idle for too long.” He installed a program called Ook which can be set to automatically [...]