Archive for the ‘Windows’ Category
The wireless stopped working reliably on my laptop, so I needed to reinstall Vista. Instead of doing it all at once, though, I decided to resize the partition and install Vista to a new partition, which would allow me to access the old install. This way, I can still access the programs, settings, and data [...]
Looks like Windows 7 will support DivX and XviD, in addition to H.264 and MP4. It’s about time.
I haven’t setup LogMeIn because I’m skittish about security. PhoneFactor looks like a promising addition to the chain that could alleviate my concerns. It provides a second-factor authentication (the first being your username/password) by requiring you to answer your phone before it lets you in. If you (or, more likely, a would-be hacker) don’t have [...]
Ugh – what a stupid “feature”. I’m testing some AtomicParsley settings in Remote Desktop, and every time it fails, a ridiculously loud Beep comes out of my local computer. I’ve muted the speakers and disabled every setting in RD, but it still happens. Enter the interwebs. Or, more specifically, a site called Weyland.be. Turns out [...]
I had to markup a file I had in PDF-only format, and a quick search turned up an incredibly powerful and FREE (even for commercial use) tool called PDF-XChange Viewer. In addition to being a lightweight (4MB) and fast PDF viewer (with a portable version and with IE and FF plugins), it also provides markup [...]
Last night my laptop crashed for good, and I had to reload Vista. The culprit was BitLocker, which I had previously enabled after installing the OS. At the time, I couldn’t access the BitLocker Drive Preparation tool through our enterprise account, so I did it manually with Partition Magic. However, at least once a day [...]
I’m trying to limit the non-original content, but this was too good to pass up. When you want to backtrack a few paces in your web surfing clicktrail but not lose the page you’re on, in Firefox 3, click on your current tab, hold down the Ctrl key and drag it. This will duplicate the [...]
Amazing – Windows Help actually has…answers! I was looking for keyboard shortcuts, and found the most comprehensive list I’ve seen. This is verbatim from the help file (after the break).
This is just downright ludicrous. There is apparently a conflict between Windows Live Photo Gallery and Quicktime, where even single-clicking on a MOV file in Windows Explorer causes Explorer to hang for up to several minutes. I “fixed” this problem by renaming the culprit: wlxquicktimecontrolhost.exe The file is located here: C:\Program Files\Windows Live\Photo Gallery Just [...]
In the last 10 seconds of every track, WMP would freeze and then skip. It didn’t happen in any other player, but I prefer WMP (I listen to a lot of DRM music via Zune Marketplace). Well, turns out it’s a problem with the SigmaTel High Definition Audio CODEC. If you disable the “enhancements”, the [...]