Tag Archives: Windows

When Life Closes a Window…

Posted on 8 June 2020 by matthannan

You should cut out a doorway…and put trim around the window.

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CCENT Exam Prep

Posted on 4 October 2012 by matthannan

This has been a long time in the works, but I just made a great break through.

I started cobbling together a study lab in the engineering lab room here at work. It is fairly well isolated from the rest of the world.… Read the rest

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Win7 on the eeePC 901

Posted on 13 June 2012 by matthannan

I figured out that I want to have a touchscreen computer in the garage. I am spending more time out there with the warm weather and figured “Hey! Why the eff not?”
So, up into The Closet in my office with me to dig out the touchscreen LCD.… Read the rest

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Focus Follows Mouse

Posted on 26 January 2011 by matthannan

This is a solution that has been bugging me ever since I set up my dual monitors at work. The default behavior of Windows XP is to NOT have the focus follow the mouse, which results in lots and lots of wasted clicks (time) just in switching focus between applications.… Read the rest

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Reinstalling XP

Posted on 4 March 2010 by matthannan

So, last night, as soon as I got home, I synced my bookmarks with Xmarks, took one last look around my XP install for docs/files that needed to be moved out to the server (Rosetta Stone Irish Level 1 final progress report and tracking.db!!!!)… Read the rest

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A Good Night of Geeking!!!

Posted on 9 February 2010 by matthannan

For some reason tonight, I decided to not play around with beer and mead too much. They are doing their thing quite happily. Sometimes after a rough day in the saltmines, I’ll come home and drink a beer or three. Sometimes I will sit down to geek out.… Read the rest

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