Daily Archives: March 13, 2008

Hey, buddy, can you cc me on that?

Posted on March 13, 2008 by Tony Johnston in Wacky Web Week

Ctrl+C won’t copy. Your Tab button won’t tab. Ctrl+A selects absolutely nothing.

We’ve all been there, when the simplest of functions just won’t function. But what’s really going on when we repeatedly punch that Copy button?

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OEM licenses for XP are nontransferable

Posted on March 13, 2008 by Scott Dunn in Known Issues

My
Mar. 6
article on buying systems with XP preinstalled stated that your XP license lets you remove the operating system from one machine and install it on another.

But that’s only true if you bought a retail copy of Windows XP, not a version that came preinstalled on your PC.

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How to fix that gizmo you dropped in the loo

Posted on March 13, 2008 by Scott Dunn in Top Story

It happens to everyone: one moment, you’re talking on your cell or dialing up a tune on your MP3 player, and the next, you’re staring down at your gadget in a toilet, a puddle, or worse.

If your portable electronic device gets dropped or submerged, is there anything you can do? Fortunately, the answer is yes.

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