Image Source: Windows XP Pro Screen Grab by Jason Bean
Since wiping my laptop and starting all over from scratch I’ve been trying to be very conscious of actions and steps I take on my computer to try and keep it running smoothly and quickly.
One of the areas that I noticed an immediate difference in speed after wiping was with Outlook.
I worked through all my folders and have deleted everything that’s not crucial or needed from an information standpoint. That seems to be helping.
I had Xobni installed, which I loved, but I haven’t reinstalled it yet. Thinking about …read more

Time to throw a question out there to everyone.
In my full-time job my business partner and I show up everywhere with our laptops and work onsite for clients. He has a folder on his laptop shared out, which I have mapped to a drive on my laptop.
Everything works fine when we’re connected together to the switch. I can access the shared folder and he can access the folder as well.
The problem occurs on the occassions when we don’t have the opportunity to connect both computers to the switch. When the primary laptop isn’t connected to the switch, it doesn’t treat …read more