This is me !!!!
I work for Leeds City Council. I'm married with two sons, and live in a small village on the outsklirts of Leeds. Hobbies include computers, the internet, social networking, drinking, walking, reading and I have a very eclectic taste in music. I have just started to write short stories.
Tag Archives: Microsoft
Something new ……..
For the past 18 months or so, I have been using Windows Live Writer (WLW) as my blogging client. Why ???? Well it was free, it was easy to use and many people say it is the best client, working … Continue reading
…..and not just printers !!!
Sunday was a bit of a ‘technology FAIL’ day. It started, when read a report on ‘The Register’ that told me that my PC was in ‘DANGER!!!!’ The ‘danger’ was that much of my software ‘may’ be at risk, … Continue reading
Posted in Computer stuff, Just another day
Tagged blogging, hard drive, ink, Microsoft, PC, printer, technology, update
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Hmmm…
Here’s a thought. The Firefox browser starts to make a big dent in the browser narket. Microsoft wants everyone to use their latest version of Internet Explorer (IE8). Suddenly, a vunerability is discovered in IE6 and IE7 (MS knew about … Continue reading
No let up ….
Mrs H still in pain, although I think we both slept a lot better last night. She said that she only seemed to wake up once. The trouble I’ve found, with dental pain, is that it is so intense, … Continue reading
Posted in Computer stuff, Just another day
Tagged ache, dental, google, IE7, IE8, medication, Microsoft, pain, school, Windows
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An interesting day…
Interesting, may not be the correct word here. It has been a very good day. Despite the rain when I was putting the washing out, and despite the fact that the bed sheet is too large for the dryer. … Continue reading
Posted in Computer stuff, family, Interesting
Tagged Adaware, Defender, Essentials, Excel, explorer, Firewall, medication, memory, Microsoft, NaBloPoMo, Office, Recent Documents, Spybot, Word
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Back to work ….
It has been a good weekend overall. Today was R***’s birthday. He was really excited this morning. He came into our room, around 6:30 this morning, with his arms outstretched, and said ‘Happy Birthday to me !!!’ It was … Continue reading
Posted in Computer stuff, family, Just another day
Tagged beer, birthday, biscuits, freeware, Microsoft, NaBloPoMo, software, walking, weight
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What’s new ???
It does not look any different !!! Microsoft has decided that I need to upgrade both MSN Messenger and Live Writer. So what is different ?? I suppose I should have looked at the what’s new page, but really, … Continue reading
Posted in Ranting, Work stuff
Tagged Live Writer, Messenger, Microsoft, NaBloPoMo, Service Pack, Windows, work, XP
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….. just a little bit more.
When I said that Office 2007 installation went well, I may have spoken too soon. I had problems with the Bluetooth, Outlook and my webcam. Now I suppose the Bluetooth and the webcam may be down to installing the … Continue reading
Posted in Interesting, Just another day
Tagged bluetooth, Microsoft, NaBloPoMo, Office 2007, outlook express, RAM, The Kaiser Chiefs, The Kings of Leon, Visual C++, web-cam
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Everything seems to work
I installed the software this morning. That was a job and a half. For some reason, the software must have been an old(ish) version because, no sooner as it was installed, than that little yellow shield appeared to tell … Continue reading
Posted in Computer stuff, Just another day
Tagged CD, DVD, Geek, Gmail, hard disk, Microsoft, NaBloPoMo, Office 2007, RAM, software, USB
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Is there a point ….
I have begun to question the relevance of this blog. I started it on here with good intentions. I had previously had a Google Blogger blog, but found that a little too restrictive, in the fact that you had … Continue reading →