How to manage your time effectively with rescuetime

Written by: Nelson In: How-To On: May 11th, 2008

About a month ago was salary review time at my work, and as always this is a time of joy for those that have worked hard through the year to get a raise, and time for renascence for those who didn’t perform that well. I was between those two states which performed well but according [...]

Computer habits that hinder productivity

Written by: Nelson In: Office Tips On: May 10th, 2008

Working in the help desk industry for more than 8 years I have had the opportunity to observe some computer habits on users. I am not sure if these habits are inherited from the personality or behavior of the person but it seem to be more present in certain types of people than others.

Desktop Clutter- [...]

Intel Pentium D 925 good or bad review

Written by: Nelson In: Random On: May 9th, 2008

Intel D 925 is a dual core processor that was released in October of 2006, with a price tag of about 130 dollars. The Intel D 925 processor features two 65nm processor cores each running at 3.0GHz with integrated 2MB L2 cache. Supporting Intel Extended Memory 64 and Enhanced SpeedStep technology makes this processor [...]

What to do if your computer freezes up right after you logon

Written by: Nelson In: How-To On: May 9th, 2008

If your computer is freezing up right after logging in to your profile, then there is something causing the system to freeze on the start-up. Most applications have the option to run at start-up by default, most people don’t bother to uncheck the option when installing the application, so they end up with a track [...]

What to do with old computers

Written by: Nelson In: How-To On: May 8th, 2008

In today’s technology pace a computer is considered old after 2 years. In fact in the company I work for we have a policy of equipment retirement of 2 years for laptops and 3 years for desktops, and I’m sure most companies follow similar policies also. In this post I want to discuss some ideas [...]

Setting up windows media center without IR hardware on windows vista

Written by: Nelson In: Windows Vista Tips On: May 8th, 2008

Last week I decided to upgrade my home computer to Windows vista. One of the reasons I wanted to get vista on my home desktop was because I use a TV tuner to watch TV and Windows vista media center seemed to be irresistible for me, so I went for it. Read more about the [...]