JMB38X Power Management Causes Vista Hang
The ongoing issues with "dialing in" my new laptop continue. This problem was manifesting as an occasional "hang" shortly after Windows startup. This time, it's the JMicron supplied flash media controller.
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Windows Vista Dual Boot (After Install)
I can't get Vista to work with a few of my favorite image/video editing programs, namely Ulead MediaStudio Pro 7. Normally, this would be a prompt for me to upgrade to the most recent version -- version 8. However, short of downloading a demo version, there's not really any assurances that MediaStudio Pro 8 will work either. Vista's own application compatibility testing also states there are known issues with the versions of Nero and Ulead PhotoImpact I've been using. So, I guess I'll dual-boot...
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Buggy Video Behavior, WinXP Preview
Recently, I put together a new primary workstation. Everything works great: motherboard, processor, hard drives, memory. The Video Card works well also, except for one slight annoyance. I may be wrong, but it appears as though the latest release of the nVidia GeForce drivers, along with WinXP - causes a flicker when some video content is previewed.
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Custom Searching in IE, Via SearchURL Registry Entry
IE has a pretty cool and often overlooked feature for quick searching. Check out "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchUrl". This is a collection of keys that may save you some page visits allowing you to go directly to your results.I'm someone who plays World of Warcraft (WoW), and the game is so complex you may often want to look at third party web sites for maps and information like location of goods and services in game. Read on to learn how to make your own, or download a sample that allows you to search popular WoW helper site "Thottbot".
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iPod Not Seen in iTunes but visible in Windows Explorer
I have a laptop with a pretty unique partitioning scheme. Apparently, this is the cause of some problems with my iPod not being seen in iTunes.Continue reading "iPod Not Seen in iTunes but visible in Windows Explorer" »
Windows XP Reduced Media Edition
Forced to do so by an European Commission ruling, Microsoft released a flavor of Windows sans Media Player.
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Most popular Spyware!
I found this "most popular list" pretty interesting. Suprisingly, Gator was number three.
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