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Windows Vista experience
This post started out on as a comment on Tyler Ingram’s blog in response to a Windows Vista post. I always feel bad leaving huge comments on people’s blogs, it just feels like an unwritten faux pas,...
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Dell | Windows XP still an option
Dell has brought back Windows XP as an option on four models of Dell Inspiron notebooks and two models of Dell Dimension desktop PCs. This is in response to popular demand made by vistors on Dell’s...
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Windows Vista – Media player 11 – Sleep mode
Media player 11 in Windows Vista has been causing my system not to enter sleep mode as set up in the power management options. This started a couple of weeks ago and took me a few days to realize what...
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Gears of War | Driving me nuts
Gears of War is officially driving me nuts. The game has some bugs that are just annoying and sometimes cause you to restart from the last checkpoint as you get stuck in the game. There was one part...
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Firewire ports not working
Firewire ports not working? If you find your Firewire (IEEE 1394) ports are not working it may not be a hardware issue, especially if you have Windows Vista installed on your machine. This is a known...
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Disable touchpad | XPS M2010
Disable touchpad | XPS M2010 – On most notebooks with the touchpad driver installed it adds greater functionality and more options within the mouse properties to adjust touchpad settings and in most...
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Epson needs to catch up
Epson needs to catch up in my opinion. They’ve really been lagging in releasing Vista compatible drivers for dozens of their products. I have an Epson printer which isn’t that old. It’s the model just...
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System restore | Command prompt
System restore can be run from the command prompt in Windows. This holds true for Windows XP as well as Windows Vista. Let’s say you’ve booted into Windows normally and your background is gone, no...
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Young Drivers of Canada destroyed my clutch
Young Drivers of Canada destroyed my clutch! It didn’t take long at under six months and roughly 20,000 KM. I had the misfortune of working for Young Drivers of Canada in Ottawa for almost six...
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Avira Premium Security Suite and Spyware Doctor with Antivirus
Avira Premium Security Suite and Spyware Doctor with Antivirus do not appear to be compatible. My opinion when it comes to protecting one’s system is that a layered approach is more highly effective...
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