Archive for the ‘Windows’ Category
HP released the Windows 7 drivers for the dv2z-1100 recently. Here are the 64-bit links. I’ve noticed a little bit of a difference since I installed them last night. The biggest issue with the Vista drivers was the laptop would often fail to shut down or go to standby with a SD card in the [...]
I had to replace the MB on my laptop (the GPU imploded, taking pretty much everything with it). Afterward, it would POST and boot, but I had two issues: I had to re-enter the BitLocker key each time the computer booted or resumed from standby or hibernate, and It was no longer activated and wouldn’t [...]
I picked up the ASUS 1000HE (in black, thank you, not pink) as a secondary and vacation laptop. It’s light, it’s got a slightly faster processor, and it has a ton of storage. I’ve been running Win7 RC for about a month, though, and I’ve read that the 1000HE can run that – no problem. [...]
My work email is on hosted Exchange via a GroupSpark reseller. You can tell if you are on GroupSpark if you use “ActiveSync.MyOutlookOnline.com” as your AS server. I have no idea what changed from Vista to XP, but I can no longer login using Outlook 2007. It has something to do with Active Directory, but [...]
There are a bunch of new shortcut keys in Win7. Here’s a good list. My favorites are the arrow keys arranging windows on the screen. Plus one they don’t have listed: Windows + B: Navigate the system tray with the keyboard.
A few tools I was using last night to get Windows 7 working: Virtual Clone Drive – double-click an ISO to automatically mount it as a drive. Double-click a different ISO and it replaces the first. Much easier than MS’s tool. ISORecorder – burn an ISO to a CD/DVD. Very simple and reliable tool. TreeSize [...]
I just finished “upgrading”. Actually, I had to do a clean install, because I couldn’t clear enough space off of my C: drive. Unless you have about 15GB of free space on C: – don’t bother. I had a 30GB partition for C:, but 6.5GB was in winsxs, another 4GB was in Installers, and another [...]
The C: drive on the Sage server is a 120GB drive that holds nothing except the OS and the installed applications. All of the data is stored on other hard drives. Still, I kept running out of space on C:, despite routinely removing all of the temporary files (and everything else I could think of). [...]
Long Zheng posted a link on his blog to a Microsoft-produced retrospective of the last decade of Media Center versions (also posted by Brent at GeekTonic, which reminded me to write on this). It’s time for Microsoft to uncouple Media Center from the OS. I jumped ship from Vista Media Center almost 6 months ago, and [...]
I am creating a batch file for the command line, and I needed to parse out the arguments (e.g., get the filename, change the extension, remove the quotes, etc.). I always forget these (and where to find them), so I’m copying them here. %~1 – expands %1 removing any surrounding quotes (“) %~f1 – expands [...]