Author: Formby

Before I upgraded my laptop and desktop to Windows 8, I knew that I would not be able to install Office 2003 but thought it would not be a problem because I could always install Open office – which is free! (www.openoffice.org). I have used Open office over the years and quite like it but …

OK, it’s early days, I’ve upgraded my wife’s laptop and my XP desktop to Win8 a few days ago but overall impression from us both is that there is something we both like about Win8 but we can’t put our finger on it. My wife uses Win7 at work and I have a laptop with …

As the upgrade to Win 8 went as smooth as chocolate on my Dell D620, I thought I would do the same procedure on my Dell Optiplex 755. This didn’t go as smoothly and I had to do a lot of Googling and trawling the Dell forums to find a solution, see below for the …

Decided to upgrade 2 XP machines, a Dell D620 laptop and a Dell Optiplex 755. Upgrading the laptop could not have been easier, I decided on the upgrade due to the £25 offer from Microsoft, normally I would buy the full version and start with a freshly formatted hard disk. First things first! 1. make …

poking fun at myself, technology and anything else that springs to mind, just a bit of irreverent fun. Enjoy.