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Site Info
This site has been around since May, 2002.
To contact me, see the Contact Page.
If you want to know more about me, see my page.

Where did you get the name for the site?
When I began searching for a name for this site I wanted a “.com” address. I started thinking of things and nothing seemed to fit. Then I came up with the name “TweakHound”

What exactly is a TweakHound?
Since I made it up, I get to define it.
tweak – to change slightly, esp. in order to make something more effective or correct
hound – One who eagerly pursues something.
So we get…
TweakHound – n , English-American (twi:k-haund)
1 – A subspecies of homo sapien caught frequently using and tweaking computers. Often sighted banging head against wall after conversations with other humans.
2 – One who is never satisfied with the efficiency of a computer.
syn. geek, nerd

Chances are, if you made your way here, you’re a TweakHound too!

What this site is:
A computer enthusiast site.
This site is just a hobby of mine and I’ve managed to help some people along the way. I’ve no dreams of becoming the next big tech portal. I do this because it’s fun. When it ceases to be, I’ll shut the doors. When an idea strikes me I write about something. If I buy a computer part that I feel someone may be interested in, or that I have a different take on, I write about it. When I see a news item of interest, I post it. Pretty simple really.

What this site isn’t:
A “hardware” site. A “review” site. A free tech support service. By using the links on this site, search engines, and forums, you can find the answers to just about everything.

To the hundreds of thousands of different people who have found their way here, thanks for stopping by!
To those who don’t like the site…goodbye!

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VirtualBox 4.0.12 Released

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virtualboxDownload & Info

VirtualBox 4.0.12 (released 2011-07-15)
This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or added:
Mac OS X hosts: Lion fixes
Solaris hosts: fixed preemption issue with Solaris 11 hosts (builds 166 and above)
VBoxManage: more convenient configuration of storage controller attachments by automatically determining the port or device parameter when a storage controller has only one port or device per port (bug #9188)
Storage: fixed possible data corruption under certain circumstances whith VHD and Parallels images (bug #9150)
Storage: fixed access to CD/DVD images beyond 4GB when using the SATA controller (bug #8592)
Floppy: make it possible to unmount a host floppy disk (bug #6651)
Networking: fixed the problem with segmentation offloading when several VMs were transmitting at once
3D support: fixed GL_VERSION string for different locales (bug #8916)
Sources: fixed USB 2.0 support using extension packs for non-official builds
Solaris Additions: fixed automounting of shared folders (bug #8014)

Checking Your Disks For Problems

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How To Check Your Disks For Problems

Windows contains a few utilities to correct disk and system file errors.
These are often used by Geeks and techs as a way to quickly eliminate a cause of problems and/or after cleaning a virus from a system.
Note – With NTFS file systems these tools do not need to be, and should not be run unless a problem is suspected.

Check Disk

The most commonly used is Check Disk (a.k.a. – chkdsk, or disk check).
This checks the file system for errors. This can also be useful if the system was shut down unexpectedly due to a power loss.
To run it open Computer > right-click on the partition you wish to check and choose Properties > click the Tools tab > in the Error-checking section click the Check now… button.
In the Resulting screen ensure the Automatically fix file system errors box is checked, then click start.
If this is your Windows partition you’ll need to reboot for the scan to take place.
To find info on the previous scan go to Administrative Tools > Event Viewer > Windows Logs > Application > in the Source column find a line with 1-Wininit for drives scanned on reboot or 2-Chkdsk for drives scanned while running Windows.
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System File Checker

The second tool is System File Checker (a.k.a. – SFC)
This checks for and replaces corrupt system files. This of course is only for your Windows drive or partition.
To run it open a Command Windows as admin (in the Search box type cmd > in the results right-click on cmd.exe and choose Run as administrator).
In the resulting window type sfc /scannow (if you are like me and want to see whats up before fixing any issues then use sfc /VERIFYONLY).
To view the results of this scan go to C:\Windows\Logs\CBS\CBS.log.