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I have used this program and didn’t cause any issues on an XP new laptop of a friends. Still worth looking at CCleaner.
Dear Readers, Here is my full review on Auslogics Disk Defrag (3.1.8.50)…. AA. Cost: Free BB. Is it worth that cost ?: Yes unless you have “raided hard-drives” 1. Ease of use – Super simple there are basically 3 options Analyze , Defrag and Defrag & Optimize 1a. Interface – This version has way more colour to it. Then that of the older versions of this program I have reviewed in the past. Also important to note is the super simple direct to … Read More
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Would you do this? I wouldn’t. He says “Its only $150 next year”. Oh that’s entirely reasonable then. I think the hard part for most average people is paying $245 for something that is complex. People don’t really want to have to spend money and time to figure something out.
Recently I just paid ~21,000yen for a one year MS TechNet Standard subscription for myself, for usage at home. I’m not at all sure if this is common or whether people still think Technet is just for business – or even if many people have even heard of it. Essentially though, this gets me access to most MS OSs and their variants (32-/64- bit, languages etc.) e.g. XP, Vista, Windows 7 and several server versions. It also allows me to use various ve … Read More
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Another batch of useful and interesting content.
Here we go again… Another roundup of articles from the members of the What’s On My PC blogroll. If you are someone that has an interest in information technology and computers, then these sites are where to get started. Online Storage Reviews Definition of Online Storage Gadgetsholic Nokia C6-01 Phone Unveils with 8-megapixel Camera RGdot TyperTask: Tiny System Automation My Technology Guide Norman Security Suite 8 Free License Valid for 4 Year … Read More
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It requires a bit of hacking but it works in the end. Good work!
Recently, I upgraded my laptop from Windows XP to Windows 7. I thought there was no compatibilty issue of win 7 with my hardware, if the hardware works on xp it also works on 7. But I was wrong, my old printer, canon bjc265sp, didn’t installed itself by 7, not like xp. So I search over the internet for the driver, I am unlucky, now Canon don’t continue the support for the driver. The latest driver version only works on XP. I try to search on goog … Read More
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This is a confusing error message. Did it fail? Was it successful?
There’s a reason why I don’t make more use of Linux. It’s because things like this happen: ~ For fellow geeks, this occurred while doing the groundbreaking, cutting-edge task of copy a file over the network to a Windows XP machine using Samba. … Read More
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This is a Registry hack for XP and Vista. Still could be helpful for a business.
You can restrict your users from using certain iTunes features. This is sometimes referred to as parental controls. The Automatic and user-initiated checking for new versions of iTunes and device software updates features can be restricted by specify parental control preferences that will be inherited by new user accounts, these can be created under the following keys: On Windows XP and 32-bit Windows Vista: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESoftwareApple Comp … Read More
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This is a problem that I have noticed as well. Glad there is a fix to it.
Suddenly, every time I ran the Add or Remove Programs on my Windows XP machine, the window would just say “Please wait while list is being populated…” and just stay that way. Well, after reading countless sites I finally found the solution here. Who is the culprit??? F’ckin Java!!! Basically, you just run RegEdit, go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SOFTWARE/Microsoft/Windows/Current Version/Uninstall. Search for Java entries and look at the DisplayIcon V … Read More
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Suggests that Windows lack of attention to detail might be the reason that Apple is enjoying success.
So, I spent a whole bunch of the day killing Windows Vista for a friend and installing Windows 7, you know, so his computer would work and stuff like that. Windows Vista has gotten a lot of bad press, but I wanted to point out that it was not the only problem this HP had. The poor thing had been burdened down with superfluous software that all needed to start at the same time the operating system did, and was shut down manually at the … Read More
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Apparently ManyCam can cause problems on your Mac. Uninstall if you are having problems. ManyCam responded to this and apparently it wasn’t to blame for this issue. Good to know!
Currently I have a post-intel Macbook. I dual booted it with Windows XP a about a year ago and things worked perfectly. However two months ago, when I booted up in Mac, I was not able to connect to the internet. It “showed” that I was connected but I could not get online. After a few weeks, I couldn’t even log on to my Mac, I had to use XP for my daily computer use. I pinged myself and the other IP‘s on the network and it worked fine. I tried res … Read More
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Is it even possible to secure a Windows system?
Nearly a month after a Google engineer released details of a new Windows XP flaw, criminals have dramatically ramped up online attacks that leverage the bug. Microsoft reported Wednesday that it has now logged more than 10,000 attacks. “At first, we only saw legitimate researchers testing innocuous proof-of-concepts. Then, early on June 15th, the first real public exploits emerged,” Microsoft said in a blog posting. “Those initial exploits were t … Read More
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Microsoft support gets the issue correct. Great job guys.
I never thought I’d be writing this on a public space but Microsoft is getting this right. As most of us techies, I do tech support for all of my less-techie friends & family. People who are particularly close to me even get ongoing preventative maintenance. (They don’t really know it’s happening, but it is.) I thus maintain Debian servers, Macbooks and Windows XP/7 laptops alike. A few weeks ago I had a misbehaving Windows 7 laptop. It would … Read More
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Gives you an overview of various methods of installing Windows 7/Server 2008.
Seems lately that most of the IT professionals I come across through teaching or consults are all getting ready to deploy Server 2008 and Windows 7 at some point during 2010. And with that, most are having to change the way they image and manage Windows 7 due to the fact that 7 natively images the pc, even if you are simply installing it from CD/DVD! Gone is the i386 folder from Windows XP. Gone is the 50-60 minutes of tending to the keyboard and … Read More
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I had to do this once to fix a customers problem. It works great.
Yesterday after disinfecting a customer’s Windows 7 PC, it could not connect to a network. I found that I had to reset Winsock and TCP/IP. There are some great programs that will do this for you on XP, but what about Windows 7? The solution I used was pretty simple: In the start menu click in the search box and type “cmd” (without the quotes of course). You will see an item named cmd.exe. Right click it and choose “Run as Administrator.” [caption … Read More
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This is interesting. Is there a business use for this?
Hey, I’m a real fan of VirtualBox and i use version 3.2.4 on my windows 7 ultimate 64bit, Today i tried using a usb etoken from Aladdin on my windows XP pro guest and to my surprise it didn’t work, i looked all over the documentation and tried to filter my usb token, i tried what not and it refused to work, when performing the command “VBoxManage list usbhost” i could see all my other usb devices like my usb printer, usb drive etc. and in the fi … Read More
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Pretty amazing for 50GB to be taken with Windows Installer data files. Good work!
![[HOW-TO] Free disk space being used for Windows Installer data files](http://falcon1986.files.wordpress.com/2010/02/windows-7-logo.png?w=100&h=100&h=100)
At the office where I work over the summer, one of my responsibilities is performing basic computer maintenance. I encountered one Windows XP computer that only had about 2GB of free space left on an 80GB capacity hard disk. Even after running a cleanup with CCleaner and scanning for malware, there was no significant change in free space. The computer’s owner only had about 4GB of her own data and not many applications were installed. I got suspi … Read More
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Nice step by step in case you get stuck in this situation and are not an administrator.
If you have used thumbnails to view the folder and/or the sub folders the process is actually explorer.exe. There are some good, simple and reliable unlock utilities out there, but since I am on corporate Windows XP with no admin rights, I have to use another trick: Warning : by killing the process that uses the Thumbs.db file the problem is resolved. The process is usually the Explorer. But to operate the Windows XP you need the explorer.exe pro … Read More
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mr meister figured it out on Snow Leopard:
It took around 5 mins at the most, so if you havent already, try leaving it a while and seeing if that sorts it. Other than that, Im out of ideas.
devnut said for Windows XP:
confirmed wait time on windows xp, around 7 mins, and next syncs are normal but many times faster
via Apple – Support – Discussions – iPod Classic wont sync after 9.2 update ….
A great in-depth review in this article. Windows 7 isn’t automatically better than XP.
This post give the details. PAHU has the solution. “It sounds like you may simply have the color setting set to grayscale. For the Canon MP830 Gutenprint v5.2.3 driver on the Mac, select to print something and change the print dialog to Printer Features. Under the sub-menu of General you will see a setting called Color Model. Ensure this is set to RGB Color. “
You can upgrade to SP3 that will run until April 8, 2014. Almost 13 years of support. Wow! Find out the details here.
Here you go. It has some pretty amazing hardware as well for its form factor. ”eSATA, a 1.3 MP webcam, Gigabit Ethernet, and a 3 hour battery. The 7-inch resistive touchscreen definiftly isn’t anything special at 800 x 480″
XP still has over 64% of the market. Pretty dramatic. I like the fact that non Windows OS are 8%. I expect that number to rise as older machines retire. It is pretty exciting that Macs are becoming more popular. Good news for the average user.
I don’t know if people who only use Windows like the pain or really can’t afford a Mac. For something that you use all the time I would rather cut back in other areas to afford a Mac than to have to use a PC all the time. Yes PC have their use, and so do Macs. Thanks Maxyimus!
I had the same problem. Since I didn’t have time to identify which one of today’s updates caused the problem, I removed them all and now my computer is back to normal.
Follow these steps:
1. Boot from your Windows XP CD or DVD and start the recovery console (see this Microsoft article for help with this step)
Once you are in the Repair Screen..
2. Type this command: CHDIR $NtUninstallKB978262 $\spuninst
3. Type this command: BATCH spuninst.txt
4. Type this command: systemroot
5. Repeat steps 2 – 4 for each of the following updates provided by FindMeFollowMe:
- KB978262
- KB971468
- KB978037
- KB975713
- KB978251
- KB978706
- KB977165
- KB975560
- KB977914
6. When complete, type this command: exit
Your computer should restart and everything should be back to normal.
You should see this distribution. It is amazingly close to XP.
The difference really is amazing. Click here to find out how.
Suggests using teracopy. This is a great tool if you are doing large transfers. Click here to read the article.
Good step by step. Click here to read how.
Here is a great free one for personal use. Click here to download. Its called WhoCrashed.
Fun isn’t it? Click here to read.
Just follow this post here. The does present a security risk so make sure this account is not an administrator!
Step by step instructions. This is not for a virtual Machine but Boot Camp. Click here to read.
The reasons to stick with Windows XP just keep pilling up. Click here to read.
Good details. Nice to know. Click here.
This guy likes Apple but feels that Windows is a better development platform. Click here to read.
Nice suggestions. Following these suggestions will save you money and prevent having to buy a new computer. Click here.
Turns out its third party security software. You can also use Crap Cleaner which I have written earlier about to clean up your system. Click here to find the solution if you use Kaspersky.
Amazing. It fixes things from Windows 95 to Windows XP. Click here.
Nice instructions and useful website. Click here to learn more.
The speculation of what Microsoft will do to reduce support for XP. Click here.
