Posted 10/26/2009 at 12:45:04pm
Word and OneNote do not work as of yet. Excel and PowerPoint work great in IE8. ...
Posted 10/22/2009 at 01:32:33pm
I've been running Windows 7 since the Beta stage. It's worked well for everything I've needed. Stable, fast and easy to use. ...
Posted 10/07/2009 at 01:04:03pm
http://tweaks.com/software/tweakslogon/That is the fastest free way to do it. It even makes the image compliant with the 245kB size requirement without requiring anything more from the user than a s ...
Posted 10/04/2009 at 06:17:28pm
Windows XP Mode is NOT for gaming! It is for business applications only, ones which require very little, if any graphical acceleration. I had trouble playing video files in VLC Media Player for cr ...
Posted 10/04/2009 at 06:15:56pm
I can't believe there's actually a Help and Support entry on opening a Windows Vista box! ROFL. I've had 7 since beta and am running MSDN-AA code now. Nothing has shown up that would send me bac ...
Posted 09/19/2009 at 11:04:15am
This is a killer buy. From a "poor college student" perspective, you can certainly save electricity this way. Power's there only when you need it. You can also remove the distraction o ...
Posted 09/18/2009 at 01:48:51pm
Click the link for "Need to join your school's network domain? Click here!" It will show Windows 7 Professional is the same price ($29.95) as Windows 7 Home Premium. ...
Posted 08/15/2009 at 09:59:36am
While the majority of people might switch to laptops (leaving desktops a niche market), desktops will never die. You can always get more bang for your buck in a desktop. There are some components ...
Posted 08/14/2009 at 10:50:22am
The whole "if it's in the EULA" defense is stupid. There's a difference between asking to install adware and installing something that uses your CPU at full bore. If you pay for your own ...
Posted 03/12/2009 at 07:09:58pm
WANT! Well only if I can boot my OS off it... ...
Posted 03/11/2009 at 07:26:49pm
There are more "Some part of Windows stopped working blah blah blah" than I'd like (i.e. anything more than zero is not what I want) but upgrading from Vista Ultimate to Windows 7 Build 7048 ...
Posted 02/01/2009 at 11:04:24pm
http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/02/nanovisions-mimo-um-710-mini-display-gets-tested-proves-addict/ Not sure how this compares other than the specs being virtually identical... Still, this isn't the ...
And this is different how? on The Music Industry Abandons Lawsuits and gets Ready to Boot Offenders off the Net
Posted 12/21/2008 at 08:51:02pm
I fail to see how this will be any different than what the RIAA did before. Piracy can't be stomped out like this; the only weapon that is guaranteed to work is the market (witness the meteoric rise ...
Posted 12/09/2008 at 05:16:09pm
...because there are many places *cough iTunes Amazon eMusic cough* where MP3 files can be purchased legally and may well be burned to CDs. Those CDs would show up as "fake" too, would the ...
Posted 11/21/2008 at 11:38:31am
Let me put it this way: Sufficiently advanced (i.e. beyond our technology of today) technology is basically indistinguishable from "magic" or "witchcraft." Think about what would ...
Posted 11/11/2008 at 10:12:22am
Finally! I always wondered why there was never a network option for Complete PC Backup. I fudged it; I created a Complete PC Backup of my laptop (which has no DVD burner) on a USB drive, then put ...
Posted 11/10/2008 at 01:32:26pm
If you're having problems with games, check out http://forums.hamachi.cc; chances are someone else is trying to play the game you are and you can find a solution. ...
Posted 11/01/2008 at 12:53:34pm
There are possible alternatives for Intel's quads performance-wise now? Of course we're not talking price, Q6600 can be had for $180 if you know where to look. Hopefully a performance WIN, but cer ...
Driver Protection - Whither Blue Screens? on Even More Windows 7 Features Revealed in Privacy Statement
Posted 10/29/2008 at 09:28:02am
So perhaps the OS will ward off (some) blue screens on its own? My only fear is that this feature will go into overdrive, so if a driver crashes *once* it is treated as a pariah forever... ...
Posted 10/28/2008 at 01:25:25pm
Even last year I saw a notebook on the shelf at a Sam's Club with 4GB RAM and Home Premium x64. If you have 4GB RAM I see no reason to NOT use x64. However, personally since my laptop only has 2GB ...
Posted 10/27/2008 at 09:46:31pm
I've used Vista Business since the Express Upgrade was available. Vista has gotten much, much better since then. Really, if Windows 7 is based on Vista (which it is), I don't think there is going ...
Posted 10/25/2008 at 12:52:58pm
My big issue with Steam is the terrible download speeds, whether it be on my University connection (10kB/sec, shaped) or home (45kB/sec on a 6Mbit DSL line). The speeds suck! The concept itself is ...
Posted 10/18/2008 at 06:07:21pm
Right now, the 9800GX2 is boned (again). The drivers will not allow multi-display (even cloning) because of the way the 9800GX2 is setup. GX2 = FAIL. ...
Posted 10/14/2008 at 02:28:33pm
I don't have a problem with ads unless, as has been pointed out earlier, they are out of context. However, if they are realistic within the context of the game (say a billboard for Joe Smith along t ...
Posted 05/28/2008 at 03:26:29pm
I noticed one of the applications that gets a compatibility fix is "WinAntivirus Pro 2007." Is that "fix" a "block?" 'Cause last I checked, WinAntivirus Pro is spyware. ...
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