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Stupid Tech Support Tricks – Copying Windows error messages

9:44 am on 10.18.2006 Geek Stuff, Software, Tech Support

Well, not “tricks” – just one. But it’s a cool one.
In Windows, you can copy the text of many OS or program error messages using the standard Windows copy keyboard shortcut; Ctrl+C.
The nice thing about this is that it copies all the text from the dialog in plain text, so it’s easy to paste into [...]

“Be Prepared,” or “Adapt Improvise and Overcome”

7:09 am Connor, Funny

Connor (and the rest of us) is experiencing his first cold. As far as colds go, this one is pretty minor – he’s still really active though he is sleeping a bit more. But he is also congested so his Grandmother bought him a humidifier. Our water isn’t hard enough for it though, so [...]