I have had a failing backup on Acronis ABR 10. Thought I’d share this quick note about what allowed the backup to continue. After cleaning the Temp folder and…
Tag: Software
Toshiba Laptop with Windows 8.1 loses keyboard and mouse – FIX
This weekend I worked on a Toshiba laptop with Windows 8.1 that had received some updates then rebooted. The keyboard and mouse both failed to work after the reboot….
Internal Error 2502 and 2503 installing or uninstalling programs in Windows 8
Yep, that is one long title for this post. I had a need to uninstall a Cisco VPN client from Windows 8.1. Attempting to do so resulted in a…
Acronis: Restoring Backup to Dissimilar Hardware. ABR10
Just a quick item. I have had to look-up information on Acronis 10 restoring to dissimilar hardware. Instead of combing through their KB articles I am adding the reference…
DESQview – Multitasking before there was Multitasking.
Before there was Windows and it’s ability to emulate multitasking in a single tasking graphical environment there was DOS. Dos did not multitask. The minds at Quarterdeck created…
C:\> DOS Stuff DOS Networking Packet Driver Hell!
One of the toughest things about using DOS is trying to establish network or internet connectivity. In a world in which we are accustomed to plug and play integration,…
Backpack External CDROM Drivers for Windows 95 and NT
I recently posted a link to download the Backpack External CD-ROM drivers for DOS and Win3.x. These may work with 98 and ME as well. Here are the same…
PKLite
Compress .exe files to save space. Back in 1991 I used a command line program called PKLITE to compress executable files and sometimes to protect code (at least…
Maze Wars
What else can you do with some DOS installed besides look cool and use the 3 by 5 digital index cards program? Well you could have a little fun!…
3 by 5 Digital Index Cards
Circa 1985 we needed a simple way to archive and retrieve text-based information. In 1985 for simple text retrieval something a lot like the familiar card catalog did the…