Windows 7 can now backup your data to a network share rather than just USB using the Image Backup utility. For those who are using the Windows 7 Release Candidate this is quite a useful feature, as you can leverage the benefits of shared network storage to house your backups rather than needing to use an external hard drive or other external media. This feature can be accessed through the Control Panel >
“Backup and Restore” and then click “Create System Image”.

When I go to the “Start” menu > “Control Panel” and open “Add or Remove Programs” a message appears saying “Please wait while the list is being populated”. However, the list of installed programs never appears but instead that message just remains on screen. How can I fix this problem and view the list of installed applications? The computer is running Windows XP SP3.
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A few months ago I started receiving all sorts of emails, some referring to relief efforts and other saying how I can earn quick profits for my company. Obviously these are spam messages so I configured the Outlook Express Blocked Senders List to filter messages with spam-like subjects and From addresses. While the Blocked Senders List seems to be blocking some unsolicited emails I am still receiving quite a few. Is there any free spam filter that could help block such messages? I previously used my ISPs spam filter but had to disable this feature because it was consistently blocking emails from one of my friends. The computer is running Windows XP SP3. (more…)

On my home computer there are two hard drives: Disk0 and Disk1. In Disk Management the following details are displayed:
Disk0 – Basic 74.53 GB

• Recovery – 2.44 GB FAT32 (Healthy, Unknown Partition)
• C: – 29.30 GB NTFS (Healthy, System)
• D: – 42.78 GB NTFS (Healthy)

Disk1 – Basic 74.52 GB

• E: – 74.52 GB NTFS (Healthy, Page File)

The C drive has 8% free space. The D drive has 88% free. The E drive has 81% free. When I was trying to install a Windows Service Pack a message appeared saying low disk space, so a friend suggested that I move the Page File to the E: drive (previously it was on the C: drive). This enabled me to install the Service Pack. However, this is not a long term solution. As I have such little space available on the C: drive, but lots of space on the D: and E: drives, is it possible to reallocate space between the drives so I can have more free space on the C drive? (more…)

Looking forward to getting up at 5:00am tomorrow morning to line-up for a 32GB iPhone 3GS. Hopefully I get one!!