Recent content by Mr Davo

Hi Dudes, I connect my laptop to the internet using a Wi-Fi Hotsport on my Android smartphone. I want to turn my Laptop's Ethernet Port into 'one of the LAN ports on a Router'. Is there software available that can emulate a physical router? Something that can be configured to accept a Wi-Fi...

Hi Everyone, The organisation that I work for is in the process of deploying a fleet of Panasonic Toughpad FZ-G1 tables (FZ-G1 Tablet - Panasonic Australia). The units which we have purchased so far have the added GPS module, and they will be used for asset management on a large work site. My...

I have succeeded in upgrading to Windows 10 Hi Everyone, I have succeeded in updating my new Lenovo to Windows 10. Here is how I went about it... 1). Downloaded the appropriate 'Download Tool' from the last link in my last post. 2). Ran the tool, which created an ISO (I chose to place the...

Have factory restored, now to install Windows 10! Hi Everyone, In an attempt to fix this I first followed the 'Remove everything and reinstall Windows' instructions at the link below - How to refresh, reset, or restore your PC - Windows Help The above procedure did indeed restore my...

Hi Everyone, I just received my new Lenovo ThinkPad S3 Yoga 14" UltraBook (ThinkPad Yoga 14" | Laptop Tablet Hybrid | Lenovo Australia). I do not want to start using my new laptop until I update to Windows 10. I am aware that in order to update I need to click on the 'Windows Icon Button' in...

Hi ARC1020, Your suggestion worked perfectly. Thank you for responding to my post. Kind Regards, Davo

Hi Everyone, I have created a Local Account and assigned it Administrator rights. However whenever I go to change sensitive files I am presented with an 'Access Denied' message, here is an example of the message that I receive when attempting to add a host to Hosts.ini - In addition to the...

Hi Everyone, I am using a Windows 8 based UltraBook, and find that whenever I click on the 'Windows Explorer' icon (little folder icon) that Windows Explorer crashes. Basically I click on the icon, the screen flashes for about 1 second to the background colour (of the tiles menu), taskbar icons...

Thanks KYHI, on it now. Your method is going to save me a lot of Bandwidth!

Hi theog, Unfortunately the Windows 8.1 DVD method does not work with OEM computers - laptops in particular. The reason for this is that the license key is not written on OEM computers at all anymore. Instead the license is encrypted in the computers BIOS, so it is impossible to retrieve short...

Hi Everyone, I am interested in upgrading many computers to Windows 8.1 (from Windows 8). Ideally I would like to create an upgrade DVD, which is 'self running' and contains the required update files - Download Windows 8.1 Update for x64-based Systems (KB2919355) from Official Microsoft...

Hi Everyone, I am trying to install a program, and I am getting the error below - I have Administrator priveleges... Any ideas? Thanks Davo

Possible solution!!! Hey mate, I had a similar problem with a 'little piglet' of a program called PC Tools Registry Mechanic. Great for cleaning the registry, not so good in Windows 7 at leaving free space on the hard drive. If you have this program installed, delete it, then go to Program...