Computer Stuff
Windows XP Taskbar Icons Distortion
I just got a new Windows XP 64-bit machine. Super nice and fast, but I had issues with distorted icons that drove me crazy. In the taskbar the icons were appearing distorted and fuzzy, which I found highly annoying.
To fix this I did the following:
– Go to Start->Control Panel
– Double Click “Display”
– Click the Settings tab
– Then click the Advanced tab
– Click the General tab
Under DPI Setting ensure that
“Normal size (96 DPI) is selected.
*Note that below you can select if
you want to restart right away or
not, more than likely you’ll need to
reboot for the changes to appear.
– Click Ok
Upon rebooting you should have beautiful icons again 
The Geeks Ultimate Guide to Picking up Girls
Linked to the left is the Geeks are Sexy blog. They have very entertaining articles and some good information.
I just read this article today and found it hilarious, check it out:
ZOMG HD Failure!
I just got home from Hawaii on Sunday. Go to turn on my beloved computer, and it’s very sluggish and freezes. I hard booted it only to have the hd fail and now it doesn’t work at all.
I seriously want to cry and go hide in a corner forever. Not really but I am desperate to figure out how to retrieve my data. I’ve tried everything and currently have the drive in a bag in my freezer. Hopefully that works. If not I’ll be sending it off to a place and spending several hundred to get my data back.
There isn’t that much on there that I am too worried about except the last known pictures of my parents together this past Christmas. Considering my dad has now left my mom it’s very important to me to get those back.
I also have some work files I’d like to save. Lots of photoshop templates that I have spent too many hours working on to just have disappear into the nether.
I also have to reinstall everything on this new hd which really sucks ass. On the up side, this new drive is 500GB and my last was only 160GB, so I have plenty of room now!