Some software is supplied with a dongle which must be plugged into the computer (usually a parallel port) in order for the software to be able to run on that computer. This is about as secure as it gets with ensuring that people have the appropriate licence to run the software since the dongle comes [...]

Sometimes it is only after you switch to a different provider that you realise some of the many excellent features you prior provider made available to you. Having recently switched Internet Service Providers I am already disappointed in the service provided by the new ISP. Netspace

Even when all you are looking for from an ISP is a way to connect to the internet, different ISPs have different features quite apart from the price of the access. Having used this particular ISP for several years before recently switching I decided to write up a review. Exetel

The interactive web section of the site was becoming a little messy with pages on web hosting, server side scripting and plugins all jumbled together. This has now been rectified as I have split the plugins and server side scripting page into three. ISPs and Hosting PHP and mySQL Plugins and Other Server Side Scripting

If you hadn’t already subscribed to my newsletter before last weekend then you did not receive my latest newsletter by email and will have to wait several more weeks until I add it to the web site before you can read it. To avoid the wait next month, sign up for the newsletter now and [...]

If you have a copy of Paint Shop Pro then keeping all of the image folders on your computer properly organised will be a lot easier. Managing Image Folders

I have been using the free antivirus from AVG on my computers for a while now. Just recently they started displaying nag screens about buying their new version 8 security suite. A couple of days ago I found out that the paid version 8 wasn’t the only new release and decided to download the free [...]

Not just Windows NT but also the more recent versions of the operating system (2000, XP, 2003 and Vista) are also covered by this article. If you have windows already installed on your computer then the chances are that you will have networking already installed but if you need to do a reinstall of your [...]

I have reviewed quite a few computer books over the past few years and this one definitely stands out from most of them. This is not just another book on web design but one that will really make you think about the design process in a new way. “designing the moment”

Rather than continuing to mix the web design articles and reviews in with the problem solving articles, I have now split these out into their own topic page. Web Design

The old DOS operating system used a file system called FAT (file allocation table) which came in fat12, fat16 and fat32 variants. Windows NT introduced a new file system called NTFS (new technology file system) and that’s the preferred file system for the newer versions of that operating system such as Windows 2000, Windows XP, [...]

Not a new web page but a brand new version of my advanced form2mail script is now available. The new version adds the ability to wrap error messages inside of your regular page header and footer so that it still looks like it is a part of your site. It also provides for a blacklist [...]