Category Archives: Windows

Windows 7: Lower upgrade pricing

June 26, 2009 – 11:04 am

Remember that the lower upgrade pricing for Windows 7 Home Premium and Professional is active today for a limited time.
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium Upgrade
Microsoft Windows 7 Professional Upgrade
The former is US$49.99 and the latter is US$99.99 now, and will be $US119.99 and $US199.99 after this short-term deal. (Those are Amazon affiliate links.)

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Computer problems, continued

June 4, 2009 – 10:15 pm

My computer continues to reboot randomly with graphic anomalies and repeating sounds. So far I have tried the following:

Tested the machine with both the Creative X-Fi installed and not.
Tested the machine with a different PSU.
Run memcheck on the machine twice with 4GB RAM installed, and then swapped the 2 pairs and tested several times.
Tried Windows [...]

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16 gallons and a BSOD, please

February 3, 2008 – 2:41 am

Stopped to refill at the local Shell station and lo! what is this I see?

Is that a Windows blue screen of death?

‘Nuf said.

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New gaming PC: Liberator

September 24, 2007 – 10:59 pm

My gaming PC is up and running like a champ. In the end, I chose more cores over higher clock speed and went with the quad core Q6600 . Windows Vista Home Premium 64 is actually running well – just a matter of getting the latest beta nVidia drivers installed. I’ll have to try Creative’s [...]

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Ctrl-Space efficiency

January 4, 2007 – 8:40 pm

Well, why adapt when there is Launchy, on OSS equivalent to Quicksilver?

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