Surge protection is better than Curc
ICT equipment can be very expensive and if your livelihood depends on it then protecting it is a necessity. The leading cause of equipment failure in Papua New Guinea is probably power surges. This...
Monthly Archive: May 2011
Adding Credits to Your i-Net Mobile 3G Modem
This information pertains particularly to I-Net Modems from Datec & Digicel. This service applies only to Digicel subscribers (prepaid and post–paid) and you must have sufficient credits. Dial *468*1*<amount># and send e.g., *468*1*12#. This...
Stop Friends From Tagging You on Facebook
Some of my friends on Facebook don’t like to be tagged in photos for various reasons. Every time they get tagged, they go and manually remove the tags. Unfortunately, this can be time consuming and laborious....
How to Download Your Personal Information on Facebook
Facebook recently introduced a service where all your personal information can be archived into a ZIP file and downloaded. This will include all your pictures, videos, wall posts, messages and friends list. The idea came...
How to Repair Windows 2003 SBS R2 with Registry File Failure Error – STOP:C0000218
I recently had to repair our Windows 2003 SBS R2 server after it crashed into Blue Screen oblivion. The system couldn’t load Windows and kept restarting after showing blue screen of death (BSOD) with the following...
How to Spot Scam Text Messages (SMS)
My mother just received an text message (SMS) telling that she had won US$3, 000, 000. All excited, she called me and told me about it. I asked her to forward the message to...
How to repair corrupt start-up files in Windows XP using CMD
Windows refusing to start after boot up is a very common problem and is often caused by corrupt or missing start-up files. When that happens, an NTLDR error message usually appears. Other times you...
Is Microsoft Superstitious?
Isn’t it strange that Microsoft Office 2010 is listed as office14 while the last release is called office12 (MS Office 2007)? What happened to office13, if any? An article published in Australian PC magazine...
The Free and Easy Way to Uninstall AVG
Many people have found AVG to be a problem but trying to uninstall the program can be difficult. The program is known to be stubborn and does not uninstall using the Windows uninstaller. The...
