It may be season two in their current online incarnation, but Sam and Max go back a loooong way - long enough, in fact, that their first adventure was available for MS-DOS as well as Windows! And that ...

Dentaku, Thanks very much for suggesting tools and fixes for codec problems with DVD Maker and Media Center. GSpot is available from http://www.headbands.com/gspot/ for 32-bit Vista versions as ...

Dear Mr. Cottle, You are absolutely right. Check out pages 38 and 39 of the July 2007 issue for the "Ask the Doctor" question on "VISTA ACTIVATION ODDITIES" and you'll learn how to do it. It's easy ...

The Contacts page at Microsoft.com is one place to start complaining about Vista product activation: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;EN-US;CNTACTMS It might also be useful to com ...

I agree. MacOS X has driver support for both Intel and AMD processors, and with MS's missteps on rolling out Vista (and supporting Windows XP users), they could make a bundle by opening up MacOS X. ...

Thanks for the correction about Flickr - my bad. I've fixed the reference in the article. For penance, I must now upload some pictures... --------------------------------------------- It's amazi ...

Unfortunately, most of the desktop search ratings I found in a quick web search don't discuss performance, which is the biggest concern for a lot of people. Google's desktop seach is a popular choi ...

... I rewrote Step 1 to clarify where the script comes from. --------------------------------------------- It's amazing how illogical a business built on binary logic can be. ...

The top end player offers 80GB for $250, so it does seem a bit of a stretch to ask about $200 for 1/10 the capacity. However, it's smaller, lighter - and costs the same as an 8GB iPod. Anyway, you don ...

To fix problems with MPEGs and DreamScene, try the free Dream Maker program. It looks as if you can use it to reprocess an MPEG to make it work better with DreamScene. ------------------------------- ...

Microsoft might like to wave a magic wand and banish all non-MS file formats from the world, but it's not happening. Service bureaus, libraries, universities (especially those serving older non-tradit ...

For those wondering about why Windows needs 'third-party' tools, keep in mind that Dial-a-fix isn't really a 'third-party' repair tool using some kind of programming voodoo unavailable to ordinary Win ...

Another way to improve Vista today is is to install the new Windows Live Suite (see http://www.maximumpc.com/article/windows_live_adds_photo_editing_blogging_tools_and_more for details). It's in publi ...

I feel your pain: I've also lost access to software because of missing product keys. My solution? I write the product key on the install disc using a Sharpie or other pen that's safe for CD/DVD markin ...

Thanks for providing even more details about Live Photo Gallery. The Panoramic Photo option is located in the Gallery view of your photo collection (inside the Make menu, which is also where the optio ...

If you want to create a slipstream disc with the latest updates before SP1 ships (remember, it's not due out until early 2008), you can download a collection of fixes expected in SP1. See the article ...

I agree that the EULA's no place for adequate disclosure. The choice of whether to install a rootkit needs to be an obvious Yes/No dialog box at the start of the installation process. Vendors who w ...

Supernodes are used as linking relays, and use a small amount of bandwidth, rather than the large amounts needed by a typical P2P file sharing client. See this study, performed in 2006, for details: h ...

Although Gateway was based in South Dakota from 1989 through 1998, it started on a farm outside of Sioux City, Iowa in 1985: http://ecommerce.hostip.info/pages/474/Gateway-Inc-EARLY-HISTORY.html Af ...

Mac users running MacOS are safe from the malware contained in the fake message, but a Mac user running Windows could be infected. However, any computer user running any operating system should be ...

There's a new post up now that clarifies where the fault for Skype's problems lies: with Skype itself. See http://www.maximumpc.com/article/skype_to_users_microsoft_good_my_bad_we_fixed_all_better_now ...

Here's a useful article to help you get better WoW reliability under Vista: http://news.softpedia.com/news/World-of-Warcraft-and-Windows-Vista-DirectX-10-Compatibility-57452.shtml Here's more infor ...

A couple of additional tips I'd add to Paul's outstanding summary: 1. Use a demo version of a file recovery utility (File Scavenger or others, such as Ontrack's Easy Data Recovery Professional, av ...

If you want to share a scanner or all-in-one unit's scanning capability over a network, check into RemoteScan at www.remote-scan.com. Check your scanner or all-in-one's support at http://www.remot ...

You may find this report (http://www.ovt.com/news/details.asp?id=428) useful, as it covers a lof the new image sensor vendors and their latest products. HDR and Ultra HDR are definitely on their radar ...