TITAM - Technical issues that affected me

Windows 7 file sharing has got to be the biggest PITA since Windows 2000.  It may be in the name of security, but come on!  2 hours to set up a damn share is stupid. Like so many others, I tried every snake-oil fix and setting I could think of.  Basically running through a zillion sites telling me to turn off password protection.  No shit, Sherlock! However, W7 has things locked down so tight that the required settings are no longer obvious, nor will they be applied "automatically" according to your desires.  You will probably need help. Fortunately, I found a decent video that walks you through the correct share setup process.  You need to set up the network sharing.  So follow the steps below. This guide assumes your XP machine can "see" the W7 machine shared folder/drive, but cannot access it (yet).  If not, you have other problems. Here's what *I* had to do.  YMMV, so good luck. In the "Advanced sharing settings", you may ha...

Yet another self-fulfilling prophecy has come to pass, courtesy of the mass media. Anyone who follows the news (especially technology news) will have heard about the floods in Thailand. It would seem these events are newsworthy not for the infrequency, severity, or consequences of the events.  Indeed, flooding is common in Thailand, as well as other nearby countries and regions.  Disruptions in basic services are also common, as are health problems, food and supply shortages, and their accompanying hardships on the people who live there.  Over one hundred thousand people have been displaced - a number roughly on par with the number of evacuees from the Fukushima area of Japan.  I have not been able to find out how many facilities, factories and homes have been affected, nor what the impact will be to basic necessities and in terms of human suffering. Oddly - or perhaps not so oddly - the media has chosen to largely ignore most of this.  Perhaps floodi...