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 Posted - November 23 2008 : 20:18:11
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Question: I reinstalled Windows XP Professional on top of itself to try to fix a problem, now it says I have to activate, but whether I click Yes or No it just logs me out. What do I do?
Answer: This one came up for me last Friday, and is the source for this question this week. I even had to call Microsoft to get this one fixed. That rarely happens because 1) it usually costs money, and 2) the web usually has the answer, but not this time. It also didn’t wind up costing any money, either. Microsoft didn’t even have the answer until I got to the second tech, and I’m not sure how she found the answer so fast. But basically here it is: Windows XPs activation relies on Internet Explorer working properly. If something’s wrong with it, the activation program won’t load. If that happens, XP acts like you clicked No. Who’d ‘a thunk it? When you install Internet Explorer 7, it makes a folder in your Windows folder called ie7. Inside that folder is one called spuninst. Running the program there, also called spuninst, will manually uninstall Internet Explorer 7. More than that, it’ll restore Internet Explorer 6 to a working state. After a reboot, activation went fine.
Cool Site: www.fishington.com: If anyone likes fishing or boating, or talking about fishing or boating, then head on over to fishington.com where you’ll find a community of people dedicated to helping others enjoy fishing. I’m more into the boating idea than fishing. In fact, when I talk about fishing, it’s usually the kind that starts with a PH. The site offers an interactive map which, I must confess, I found to be less than accurate for our own area. Not the map itself, but the search function which was determined to think that Club Lake was Lake Jacksonville. That aside, the site features resources to help you get a fishing license in all 50 states, lets you pinpoint places where the fishing is good, called hotspots. You can also connect and communicate with others who share your love for fishing.
Cool Gadget: Olympus Stylus 1030SW Cameras: I saw this one on Gear Daddy over at MSN Tech & Gadgets. I’d never seen a digital camera that was waterproof, but this one is just that. It’s waterproof to 33 feet and also shockproof to 6.6 feet. But the rugged camera goodness doesn’t stop there, no, no. It’s also crushproof to 220 pounds, freezeproof to 14 degrees Fahrenheit, and it’s dustproof, too. You’ll get great pictures from the 10 megapixel camera, and it uses XD memory cards to store the pictures. If you use an Olympus-branded XD card, the camera’s Olympus Master software can automatically stitch together up to 10 photos into a panorama. I consider this camera a bit pricey at $350, but at least it’s tough enough you won’t be spending that money but once.
It's All “Geek” To Me: byte: To know what a byte is, you first should know what a bit is. A bit is the smallest piece of information a computer can store. Bits are represented by a switch that is either on or off. If the switch is on, it’s given the value 1. If it’s off, it’s assigned the value 0. This is where binary comes from. A single bit, or Binary digIT doesn’t store much by itself, so they get grouped together in more meaningful groups. Groups of 8 bits are called a byte. Both byte and bit are abbreviated with the letter “b”, but the abbreviation for bit is a little “b” while the abbreviation for byte is a capital “B”.
Links
Fishington Story:
http://www.appscout.com/2008/11/finally_a_fishing_and_boating.php
Fishington
http://www.fishington.com
Olympus Shock/Waterproof Cameras:
http://www.olympusamerica.com/cpg_section/cpg_digital_sw.asp
Byte Defined on TechTerms:
http://www.techterms.com/definition/byte
Byte Defined:
http://searchstorage.techtarget.com/sDefinition/0,,sid5_gci211721,00.html#
Brief History of Byte:
http://web.archive.org/web/20071227161412/http://members.aol.com/jeff570/b.html |
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