Well it looks like the word is now official and all the leaked bits on the internet seem to be part of a real release. So what is Windows Vista SP1?
Windows Vista SP1 is an update to Windows Vista that, along with improvements delivered to users via Windows Update, addresses feedback from our customers. While […]
It is now the 5th birthday of Windows Media Center and Brandon Leblanc has a great post on his Velocity MicroSystem and Ed Bott has one on his. I will put up my current system later this week. I will also put together a series of posts on the construction of our home theatre/great room […]
After updating my system with the KBs mentioned here, I had immediately noticed some strange behavior on my Windows Vista Login Screen.
Was I was being cloned or I was seeing double? There were 2 logins both tied to my account.
I traced the problem down to the OmniPass software that is used with […]
I’ve been using CCleaner to clear off temporary files, cookies, and unused registry settings for a few years. It is probably one of the most recommend programs I steer people towards. The latest update adds a few new features worth noting:
Faster analyzing and cleaning
Select files, folders, […]
I was hoping that Microsoft would have released these updates as part of Patch Tuesday/Wednesday you the time when Microsoft pushes their latest bits of code updating Windows. (Note if you have something valuable on your computer make sure it saved or backed up before this 3 week update patch of the month or you […]
Ok I came across this problem when I was upgrading the BIOS when building my new Vista Media Center PC and it longer saw my base 1TB drive (I also have 3 other 1TB drives in RAID5 for redundancy of all my media files-those migrated fine). The new ESATA drivers didn’t see my drive as […]
I was having problems after updating my BIOS with the boot order of things and was actually given a list of 2 separate Vista Boot options under 1 and 2. I then looked for a way like in the older days of NT and XP for the Boot.ini file and couldn’t find it. I could’t […]
If you install a Windows Update and it asks you if you wish to restart now or later and you choose later. Windows update will nag you every 10 minutes to reboot and if you don’t it will shut down all your applications without saving your work and reboot to apply the update. This happened […]
I was talking to a co-worker that is legally blind and relies heavily on the JAWS (Job Access With Speech) screen reading software developed by Freedom Scientific to use computer technology in both his personal and professional life. Today he asked me if I knew of any way to get around sites that have CAPTCHA […]
The folks at HP and BuzzCorps want to know what has been missing in the laptop market today and want to fill that void by asking you what you would like to see in your next laptop and what has been missing.
There have been plenty of new laptops recently introduced and there is a great […]
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