Category Archives: Windows

Windows 7: Lower upgrade pricing

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.)

Computer problems, continued

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 [...]

16 gallons and a BSOD, please

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.

New gaming PC: Liberator

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 [...]

Ctrl-Space efficiency

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