I like to go back to a fresh install every now and then. Especially with kids who load up junk/spam/Adobe on our family PCs. I recently went back to Windows XP SP3 on an old Dell. I then jumped into Windows update. Only 105 updates to go – OUCH. Did I mention how much I love the Chromebook?
On our development W2K3 box we sometimes run out of space. I use SpaceMonger to map out where the space is being used and have sometimes found large hunks of junk in a users recycle bin. Now it’s just a matter of finding out who. SpaceMonger will show a path like: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE... NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileLi... But to determine the user, you must go to the registry (HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Wi... NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList) ......
“Can we heat our daughter’s room with it?”, was what my wife asked when I told her I was going to build a Vibrobot. No – sorry. But as I child I loved Legos and electronic kits. Probably because I never had any. But why should that stop me now. So here is a cool project for you. Build a solar powered robot. Ok, so it’s not a “real” thinking robot, but it is self contained and cool none the less. I saw this cool program called Make Magazine on TV and they were putting together these Vibrobots. A company ......