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Can you set an HP slimline computer on its side?

Dave Farquhar Hardware March 30, 2011March 1, 20221980s, 1990s, hp

Here’s a question that came up the other day. Can you set an HP slimline computer on its side?

Yes.

How anticlimactic of me.

David Farquhar is a computer security professional, entrepreneur, and author. He has written professionally about computers since 1991, so he was writing about retro computers when they were still new. He has been working in IT professionally since 1994 and has specialized in vulnerability management since 2013. He holds Security+ and CISSP certifications. Today he blogs five times a week, mostly about retro computers and retro gaming covering the time period from 1975 to 2000.

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The tyranny of consumerization is real

Dave Farquhar security March 5, 2011December 4, 20181990s, 3com, android, apple, CIO, computerworld, dell, excel, hp, IBM, ipad, mainframe, micron, Packard Bell, RIAA, Token Ring, usb port, windows nt

Computerworld cites the Ipad 2 and increasing demand by end users to use such consumer devices in corporate environments as “The tyranny of consumerization.”

This has happened before. And if history repeats itself, the future will be better than today, but the road there is going to involve some pain.
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Windows 7 SP1 is out

Dave Farquhar Windows February 24, 2011dell, hp, new hardware, vista, windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP

Windows 7 SP1 is out, and showing up in Windows Update now. I won’t be installing it right away, as my system has actually worked for the last couple of weeks or so. If you’re not having problems, waiting a month or so isn’t a bad idea.

Dave Farquhar

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Depending on how you look at it, a free upgrade. Or bloatware.

Dave Farquhar Hardware February 14, 2011compaq, hp, netbooks, wi-fi

Here’s a tip for those of you who own HP or Compaq laptops and netbooks. Most of these machines ship with HP Wireless Assistant, which basically does two things: display a popup telling you if your wireless network is on or off, and in some cases, enable a wi-fi on/off button on the keyboard.

But some versions of it moonlight by causing WMIPrVSE chew up 20% of available CPU power. People sometimes pay hundreds of dollars to get 20% more CPU power, so that’s not exactly welcome.
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How I fixed an infuriating printer problem

Dave Farquhar Hardware, Troubleshooting, Windows February 9, 2011January 7, 2025hp, laserjet, windows 7, windows me

Windows 7 and my HP Laserjet 4100 weren’t getting along. And I was pretty livid about it. I paid $125 for my Windows 7 upgrade, and for that money, I got to mess around for 4 days trying to get better-than-1997 functionality out of what’s supposed to be the latest and greatest. I was about ready to trade it even up for a copy of Windows ME and Microsoft Bob. Because at least then I’d be able to print.

I finally fixed the problem, but finding the solution wasn’t easy. So I’ll present the symptoms and the ultimate solution here.

Dave Farquhar

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Contingency. Or how I escaped from Windows 0.7

Dave Farquhar Uncategorized February 7, 2011hp, laserjet, sp3, SUBSYSTEM, ubuntu, windows 7, windows me, Windows XP, WINE

I thought I traced my Windows 0.7 printing problem to the presence of a USB bluetooth adapter, but it turned out that was wrong. My wife called about mid-day to say the machine wasn’t printing anymore.

Fortunately, I’d never gotten around to downgrading my netbook from Windows XP to Windows 0.7. It saved the day.

Dave Farquhar

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If I had to buy an off-the-shelf PC, what would it be?

Dave Farquhar Hardware January 13, 2011May 9, 20251990s, acer, amd, apple, compaq, dell, hp, IBM, lenovo, Packard Bell, toshiba

I got a question today. A someone who knows someone who knows someone kind of thing. Basically, wanting to know what to buy if, you know, they wanted to buy a computer rather than build something.

They’d had bad experience will Dell, so Dell wasn’t on their list. I did not argue.

Here’s an edited version of my response.
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How to make HP and Compaq computers boot off USB

Dave Farquhar Hardware January 9, 2011March 13, 2021compaq, hp, toshiba, usb device, USB flash drive

Booting off USB is easy. You go into the BIOS, find the option that says USB boot, enable it, and then go into the boot order, select USB, and move it to the top. Well, not if you have an HP or a Compaq, you don’t. How do you make HP and Compaq computers boot off USB?

I’ll tell you.

Dave Farquhar

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Upgrading an HP Mini 110 with an Intel X25-V SSD

Dave Farquhar Hardware December 19, 2010December 22, 2015firefox, hp, intel, netbooks, ocz, toshiba, Windows XP

I installed an Intel X25-V in an HP Mini 110 and found it to be an inexpensive way to hotrod an aging netbook. Any drive in my current SSD Roundup will work even better today. It’s an inexpensive way to hotrod an aging netbook. Any drive available today will be considerably larger than the stock 16 GB SSD, and also considerably faster. Read more

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Can you set an HP slimline computer on its side?

The tyranny of consumerization is real

Windows 7 SP1 is out

Depending on how you look at it, a free upgrade. Or bloatware.

How I fixed an infuriating printer problem

Contingency. Or how I escaped from Windows 0.7

If I had to buy an off-the-shelf PC, what would it be?

How to make HP and Compaq computers boot off USB

Top posts of 2010: A retrospective

Upgrading an HP Mini 110 with an Intel X25-V SSD