Parasitic Computing : what to do if you don’t have regular access to a computer

By Benjy | Jul 31, 2009

With Portableapps I can just borrow someones computer and piggyback like a parasite and hook on to all the resources available to that system leaving the authentication and configuration to the host computer. Often I need just 5 minutes to download mail from my 4 different email accounts. then I can move to another system and work offline at leisure and send the mail later again in 5 minutes or less! It is nice for a change to travel light! I can carry more of my photography equipment now ;-)

Installing an HP Network Laser on Vista without using HP’s installer

By Benjy | Jul 24, 2009

After a lot of figuring out, Googling and cursing – I found out how it is done. Quite easy actually. If your HP software crashes when it tries to install the printer, follow the instructions below.

Moving your email from Linux to Windows

By Benjy | Jul 22, 2009

Migrating his documents was a cinch… (everything in the home folder) but email was more difficult. I’ve tried it before and usually ended up with the users emails all in one folder and endured spiteful looks from their owners for quite a while. Here is a how to for the same. The platforms used in the example are Ubuntu (read as Gnome Desktop) and Windows Vista business. Here we go.

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