Dennis O'Reilly began writing about workplace technology as an editor for Ziff-Davis' Computer Select, back when CDs were new-fangled, and IBM's PC XT was wowing the crowds at Comdex. He spent more ...

For the last 12 years, Microsoft's Windows XP operating system has been one of the most popular in the world allowing users to surf the web, send and receive emails, write reports, store and edit ...

There does not seem to be any mechanism in Windows XP to log power state changes. In particular, I want to log when HDDs spin down and spin up, as they are configured to do after one hour in Windows ...

Troubleshooting boot problems with a computer can be a frustrating and time-consuming task. Between the time you press the power button and the time the computer is ready to use, hundreds of commands ...

If you use a computer at work, school, library, or where ever a computer is on a network, you've probably seen the logon screen where it tells you to press Ctrl+Alt+Del. This is the logon prompt that ...