Who and What is a Cornish Nerd
Posted – in: How-to GuidesHi everyone!
I figured it was time to start blogging. I am constantly reciting the same old tutorials to my clients, family and friends so I thought why not get them all online to help as many people as possible.
Let’s start at the beginning I suppose. I’m Tom. I live in Cornwall, England. Yes, I’m also a nerd! I love messing around with computers, doing all sorts of things with them. It’s now been more than 15 years since I ripped apart someone else’s computer and successfully put it back together again. I’ve since done what can only be described as a plethora of different work relating to computers. I’ve been self-employed for a few years now, mainly fixing local computers and building websites. A couple of years back I also went back to college for a bit to work on some Microsoft qualifications. Currently a Microsoft Certified Professional and Microsoft Certified Desktop Support Technician. I might do some more exams in the future but it’s not 100% relevant to where I’m going really.
I am constantly improving myself and have been on a learning mission for years. The end of formal education was the beginning of my practical learning. I like to read, and that I have certainly done. Whenever I get stuck, I head to Google. And from there it never ends…. I’m a bit like Johnny 5 (other than the robotic form lol!) in that I want more and more information!
As you’ll hopefully get to see over the coming posts, I’m keen to help anyone get to grips with their computer, make the most of it and in general get it to do what it says on the tin.
If you have any ideas for a post, problem you have or any tips about anything I’ve written, please feel free to email me or leave a comment on the site.
Cheers for now!
Tom, aka the Cornish Nerd
Tags: Cornish Nerd, Microsoft, Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP
4 Comments
I am running 2 screens, physically mounted one above the other.
To move the mouse pointer from one screen to another I have to move it off the RHS of the main screen and back through the LHS of the second screen.
I want to move it out throught the top, and back throught the bottom.
Is this possible I ask?
Your on-page clock is one hour fast
Brian, hi. This is quite possible, just done it myself. You need the display settings – Control Panel, Display. Or right click the desktop and hit Properties in XP or Personalise in Vista/7. Find your graphics card settings tab – the one which shows two monitors with a 1 and 2 on them. Simply drag the one you want on top, to the top – above the other one. Job Done
I just scrolled off the top of my other screen to get onto this one (Which is actually to the left, not above and yes, that would get annoying if set up wrong). Good luck, message me back if stuck 
Fixed, thanks