Even though video card RAM is physically separate from system RAM, it must still be addressed by the system using memory address space. 32-bit systems don't have enough memory space to address a 2GB c ...

The current versions of Windows Live OneCare and Norton 360 (the most comparable product to Windows Live OneCare) both get good reviews: http://www.winsupersite.com/reviews/wloc2.asp (Windows Live On ...

Unfortunately, those popular 1680 x 1050 displays don't quite have enough vertical resolution to handle 1080p full HD (1080p refers to the vertical resolution, as does 1050). 720p will work fine, thou ...

Here's a good one (go to http://members.ozemail.com.au/~lbrash/msjokes/msjokes.html for more)  Corporate TakeoversOn a typical business day, Bill Gates is negotiating some Corporate take-overs. ...

I've owned a couple of the All-in-Wonder cards in the past, and I'm glad they're coming back. Hopefully, they'll be fully ready for the digital TV and cable world of 2009 and beyond - along with good ...

It's amazing how illogical a business built on binary logic can be. ...

Brian Livingston is just one of many sources describing the use of slmgr to reset the activation clock: http://windowssecrets.com/comp/070215/#story1 ------------------------------------------ It ...

If you're reading this before you head back to work, see my new story at http://www.maximumpc.com/article/download_day_take_2 The cutoff is now 11:16AM Pacific time today (Wednesday, June 18). --- ...

...as they used to say on TV, is why Vista 64 adoption lags. Part of the story is, indeed, a lack of application support, but part of the problem has also been driver support. There are official ...

The Bluetooth update is designed to fix a critical security flaw, not interoperability problems like the ones you're having. However, we'll have to wait for the KB article about the update for all the ...

Some media readers use a removable USB Type A/Type B cable that is designed to plug into a USB port on the rear of the system (or an internal port on a USB add-on card). However, if you buy one of the ...

Check out this interview from late March with Adobe's Erik Larson: http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/watch_out_adobe_is_slowly_building_an_online_empire.php It takes time to get there, but it's ...

It sounds as if WLOneCare hasn't 'gotten the memo' yet. We appreciate hearing about how it works - and does't work. ---------------------------------------- It's amazing how illogical a business ...

This web page has a couple of the Dilbert "OS Holy War" strips: http://www.mevis-research.de/~meyer/MISC/dilbert/ComputerHolyWars.html It makes me wonder why the online 'Geekshops' aren't yet selli ...

As you suspected, WinAntivirus Pro is on the list because it was previous blocked (by the December 2007 application compatibilty update: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/943302). Since these updates ar ...

Glad to hear that MS is providing SP3 via WU if your system is patched. However, if you hadn't installed the patch or run the VB script, you wouldn't have seen SP3 offered (see http://blogs.technet.c ...

...but I don't blame cautious (read: most business) users for not trying it without an indication it would actually work. -------------------------------------- It's amazing how illogical a busi ...

Where-Is-It features support for plugins, enabling it to work with new file formats quite easily, and has a good report generator and script support. If you don't need the metadata editing features of ...

You can use vLite to install and configure Vista Ultimate; according to the latest help on the vLite website, you can even slipstream Vista SP1 if your Vista Ultimate OEM version doesn't include Vista ...

Believe me, we're all anxious to see XP SP3. As I posted earlier (http://www.maximumpc.com/article/april_showers_bring_xp_sp3_flowers), XP SP3 is rolling out to the public this coming Tuesday (April 2 ...

Thanks very much for pointing out the problem with my test procedure. Switching between sound schemes and playing the same sound seemed the logical method to compare the differences, but the glitch yo ...

As ericlinna points out, using the Test mode to compare the sound schemes has a glitch in it. Using his method (or just selecting the different sound schemes and letting them play as you work with Vis ...

I know it seems silly to try a 5.1 surround audio system to hear the differences in sound schemes, but I just don't hear much difference between these new schemes and the Windows Default with typical ...

The update is for Bluetooth v2.1 (I've updated the subhead to reflect that). As far as contacting the system vendor, Microsoft's phone list is waaaay out of date (how long has Genoa Systems been out o ...

Iomega isn't vanishing or going out of business, and it would be an act of collosal stupidity for EMC to blow off existing Iomega customers right when it's trying to build a new division around the co ...