Dennis O'Reilly began writing about workplace technology as an editor for Ziff-Davis' Computer Select, back when CDs were new-fangled, and IBM's PC XT was wowing the crowds at Comdex. He spent more ...

Windows XP launched in 2001 and has been used by many small businesses and consumers since; it's a stable operating system, according to a 2011 Asia Times article, and some businesses prefer to stay ...

There does not seem to be any mechanism in Windows XP to log power state changes. In particular, I want to log when HDDs spin down and spin up, as they are configured to do after one hour in Windows ...