* Posts by M Couchman

5 publicly visible posts • joined 21 Apr 2009

Right-click opens up terrifying vistas of reality and Windows 95 user's frightful position therein

M Couchman

Soon after I first started started seeing home users, I remember visiting someone who had their Outlook Express email set to be stored in

C:\windows\temp\[randomsubfolder]

I think I deleted it as their C: drive had 0 bytes free. Oops - a lesson learned about never deleting *anything* without a backup or double checking every folder.

Facebook SSD failure study pinpoints mid-life burnout rate trough

M Couchman

Not only that, but when I post a comment about bad proof-reading, it usually gets deleted. They don't like it up 'em.

Backup software for HDD and Cloud

M Couchman

Crashplan? One program that will back up both to a USB drive, another PC, even a friend's computer over the internet, or the cloud.

Grinchy Google to shut down another batch of services

M Couchman

The obvious answer is to spend £2.82+VAT per month on an MS hosted Exchange account.. not free, but not expensive. Is that what Google want us to do?

Start-up Bee pledges 'affordable' British e-car

M Couchman

uh-oh

"3G cellular network that will allow updates to the car's management system software to be downloaded"

Will the AA cover me for a bad update causing a blue screen crash on the A1?