Over a week ago my boss had her printer (HP 2550Ln) suddenly stop working. I checked the warning light an it was the Imaging drum that needed replacing. I looked around and did some research and got to the approximate price of £ 90-something for…
Installing a network printer
Installing a network printer can sometimes seem like a big task but in reality it is not too difficult. What you need to do is go to control panel and then choose the printers option. Then select add printers. This is the part that can…
WordPress and favicon
With the ability to create your own blogsite using WordPress being so easy these days, the rise of the plugin quickly interests those who want to add that certain amount of ‘polish’ to their site. The little picture you see on your web browser or…
How to access “Open Command Window / Prompt Here” – Vista
For those of us that from time to time need to work at the command prompt, it can really useful to open a command prompt window from exactly where we are in the normal Windows Explorer. In XP, you could install a powertoy that allowed…
Changing the language of your compuer / keyboard
I often get asked how to change the language of a keyboard on a laptop. We have many people who work in our organisation from the US and so they come here with their computers and are unable to put a £ sign on their…
Reload (override cache) on Firefox and IE
I came across this very useful shortcut (CTRL+SHIFT+R) by accident. I was working on a ship, where I setup a small network with a Mobile Broadband connection. I noticed that all the graphics where downgraded to a lower resolution, which in some aspect is good…