Month: December 2007

One of the most annoying things you can ever have happen with a PC is the dreaded blue screen STOP message (colloquially known as the Blue Screen of Death, or BSOD). Most times on XP you don’t actually see the blue screen itself because the system is automatically configured to reboot when it happens. Instead…

Some weeks ago I may have mentioned that the upgrade Vista Business DVD supplied to NZ schools is non-bootable. When I made enquiries, I found we could not get a bootable DVD from Microsoft on this program. However, a bit of experimentation has led me to discover that I can do a clean install of…