Alan McCloskey, Author at OCmodshop.com

Nyko Charge Station for Wii

Alan McCloskeyMar 10, 2009August 22, 20140

Most other game manufacturers have discovered that rechargable controllers is the way to go. The Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 have rechargable gamepads. Even Nintendo’s

How to Back up Your Windows Encryption Key

Alan McCloskeyMar 10, 2009August 22, 20140

When you encrypt a file (or folder), Vista creates an encryption key. This key is vital, because if it becomes corrupted or lost, you no

Change Windows Time Format (Military or International)

Alan McCloskeyMar 10, 2009August 22, 20140

You can change the time format in the taskbar to a military or an international time format in the Regional and Language Options. Click on

Screensaver Doesn’t Turn On in Windows

Alan McCloskeyMar 10, 2009June 24, 20140

I had an issue on two of my computers where the screen saver would never start. I could preview the screen saver, but no matter

Traffic Building and Homework

Alan McCloskeyMar 10, 2009November 28, 20140

One of the quickest ways to drive traffic to your site is to key in on a hot topic. If you have a site dedicated

Hardware That Sucks After All

Alan McCloskeyMar 10, 2009November 28, 20140

We review many products here at [OC]ModShop, and try to be as honest as we possibly can. Sometimes we review a product that gets very

OCMS Is Back Up

Alan McCloskeyMar 8, 2009August 25, 20141

Apparently OCModShop went down either last night or this morning… The server that runs the OCModBlog went down, and was a hardware error, because the

New 'Old' Videos Posted

Alan McCloskeyMar 6, 2009August 25, 20141

It seems like videos are everywhere on the internets. I have lots of videos from several events, but haven’t uploaded them because of several problems.

Edit Start Menu All Programs

Alan McCloskeyMar 4, 2009August 20, 20140

Like many nerds, I’m very particular about organization. I like to have all of my video programs located under a ‘Videos’ directory, my development stuff

Big Long Fight with PHP and FastCGI

Alan McCloskeyMar 2, 2009August 25, 20140

So it took a good 15 hours from start to finish with Server 2008. This is why I don’t really like to do upgrades unless

Server installation troubles with DVD-ROMs

Alan McCloskeyMar 2, 2009August 25, 20140

I can be such a dumbass sometimes. If you read my previous post, you know that I’m trying to install Server 2008 on a spare

Trying Server 2008

Alan McCloskeyMar 1, 2009August 25, 20140

For those of you who don’t know, my daughter has Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva (FOP for short). This is a very rare genetic disorder that causes

Newspaper Closings and the Internet

Alan McCloskeyFeb 26, 2009November 28, 20140

Have you noticed that a lot of long-standing businesses are going under lately? Not all of them are directly related to the economy. All across

Noscript, ad blockers, and ball sweat

Alan McCloskeyFeb 22, 2009August 25, 20141

A note appeared in the comments section the other day, apparently dissatisfied that I had a NOSCRIPT message asking people to turn on Javascript in

X-Blades Game Review

Alan McCloskeyFeb 21, 2009July 4, 20141

Hack and Slash games have been around for a while; even some classic video games like Gauntlet, Altered Beast and Castlevania could be considered part of