A Swiss Army Knife for PC First Aid

I recently ran into trouble that prevented my PC from booting. Long story short: I heard about ‘Live CDs’ with Windows or Linux operating systems, that would allow a PC to boot from a CD straight into a live, working operating system, without having to install it. Hints are welcome!

Startup Strangers

When Windows 7 starts after logging on, I’m getting an error message from a program called ‘facemoods’ which I didn’t even know I had. I’ve been looking around, but can’t find the thing and while it doesn’t seem to be causing any trouble, I’d like to get that error message removed. Any ideas?

A Bargain – Or Was It?

Not a question and answer this time, but an experience and warning.

I was recently shopping for a high capacity micro SD card

A Windows WiFi Winner

I’m frequently at a location where a few hotspots or Access Points are available and I don’t know beforehand which one will be available when. I use both Vista and Windows 7; is there a way to make either of these connect automatically to whichever unsecured connection it finds?

Windows Live Mail Movements

I have a couple of questions about Windows Live Mail (WLM):

• Where do I find the message store where all messages are err stored?
• Can I make a backup of the message store?
• Can I move it inside a folder I'm already backing up?
• Can I move messages back to Hotmail so that I can read them with the web browser on any PC in the world?

No Milk Today

Because I forgot to order it. Not really: I didn’t, because I use Microsoft Outlook (with an Exchange server behind it) at the office to manage both my professional and private tasks and calendar. A friend was looking for similar functionality without having the luxury of an Exchange server: a task list that could be accessed from any PC, and that would even work offline and synchronise with the server when a connection is available, as she carries a laptop around but isn’t always online. I was hoping Windows Live Mail, having a calendar, would provide a task list as well, but alas. Do you know of an alternative?