When I download photos from my digital camera into Windows 7 it automatically copies the photos into some mysterious location, rather than prompting me for the location to where I would like the photos stored. As a result I cannot seem to find the photos! When attempting to re-download the photos a second time a message appeared saying “No new photos detected” and does not allow me to re-download the photos. Previously with Windows XP I was able to tick the photos that I wished to download, and they were downloaded into the My Pictures folder, but it seems to be much more automated and confusing in Windows 7. How can I locate the existing downloaded photos and prevent this problem from occurring in the future? (more…)

If you have an iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch running iOS 5, then if you receive a notification while the device is locked you can swipe on the notification itself (rather than on “Slide to Unlock”) and the device will unlock taking you directly to the app which raised the notification. For example, if you receive an SMS or iMessage, then you can swipe on the notification (on the lock screen) and when the device unlocks it will take you to the Messages app with that particular message displayed. If your device has a passcode you will still be prompted for the code before the device will unlock.

Spontaneously, F, P, and Z characters appear in the middle of typing. For example: FPFFFFFFFPZFFFFFFFFFPZ. The letters may appear in upper or lowercase, and spontaneously. They appear to be related to the location of the cursor, and sometimes appear during a pause in typing but not always. The computer is running Windows Vista Ultimate. (more…)

Recently I purchased a MacBook Air which came pre-loaded with Mac OS X Lion. Although this new software is generally good I do not like the introduction of “Mission Control” as this seems five steps backward over the previous “Spaces” functionality in Snow Leopard. Is there a way to revert to Spaces instead of Mission Control? (more…)

Most people are familiar with the concepts of wikis by virtue of having used Wikipedia – essentially, the ability to have an online page which can be collaboratively edited by a community or group of people (which can also be linked to other pages) together with full version histories amongst other features. If you are interested in starting your own wiki for a particular purpose then there are plenty of “wiki farms” which can provide you with a hosted wiki. One such is Wikispaces (www.wikispaces.com) which provides both free and paid plans. A list of some other wiki farms is available at en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_wiki_farms .