There are numerous products on the market that allow you to lock a PC to something or lock an aspect of the PC (such as the floppy drive) to prevent unauthorized tampering.
But are they any good?
In a word, no.  A while back a story broke all over the web that the kind of locks that [...]

Can you have a mouse and a graphics tablet on one PC?
Simple answer, yes.  Almost all new graphics tablets fit into USB ports so if you have a free USB port you're OK.  The tablet and mouse won't conflict, unless you leave the pen on the tablet when trying to use the mouse.
Some graphics tablets [...]

A couple of readers have asked how to make a shortcut in Windows XP that will shutdown or log off the PC.
If you want a shortcut that will do this, here are the steps you need to follow:

Right-click on the Windows Desktop and choose New > Shortcut from the context menu.
Browse to the file c:\Windows\ [...]

... and a solution from a site visitor!
OK, this tip started off as a question from a visitor to this site but since then he found a solution of the problem and sent me details which I’ll share with you.
Yesterday, a site visitor named Glen contacted me about a problem he as having with his [...]

Can I run more than one browser on the same copy of Windows? Can I run more than one browser *say Internet Explorer and Opera) at the same time?
The answer to both of these is "yes". You can install and run Firefox, Opera and Internet Explorer on the same machine and have all [...]

Question from a recent visitor to the blog:
"What's underneath that big aluminum block on a graphics card?"
OK, maybe I should rename this post to "The PC Doctor breaks things so you don't have to!"
So, what's underneath that bit aluminum block? Well, before we look, let;s get the terms straight. That bock [...]