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Archive for January 2008

January 12th, 2008

Windows Vista Out of British Schools

I do not understand and totally disagree on the British Education Communications and Technology Agency to strongly recommend against using Windows Vista and keeping the technology out of the classroom. They should at least have said to have a PC or two in the classroom at the very least to give students the option and […]

By Milo -- 1 comment

January 11th, 2008

Auto Play Files and Devices in Windows Vista

Sometimes you wouldn’t want to autoplay particular files especially when it involves pictures and someone is peeping at your back. In most cases, you would rather autoplay everything you connect to your computer to make things simple and easy on the fly.
Anyways, to be able to configure what files and devices you want to autoplay […]

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January 9th, 2008

How to Increase Performance of SATA Drive

Write caching should be able to increase performance of SATA disks and enabling it is recommended in laptops and computers connected to power supply regulators as the risk of losing data is nil when power suddenly shuts out.
To enable your write caching simply:
1. Type “Device Manager” in the start button and run it.
2. In the […]

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January 9th, 2008

Tri-Boot Windows Vista

For the sake of “passion for technology” mantra, you might want to tri-boot your Windows Vista with Vista-XP-Ubuntu. I wouldn’t be doing that anytime soon with my laptop but you might want to try this one out.
TheVistaForum posted this tutorial and in an excerpt:
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January 9th, 2008

Chapter 38 on Windows Vista Mobility

Chapter 38: Hitting the Road of the book titled Special Edition Using Microsoft® Windows® Vista was published by InformationWeek with permission to the author. This chapter covers the mobility aspect of Windows Vista that allows you to utilitize features while on the road.
In an excerpt of the chapter:
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January 7th, 2008

Download Switcher 2.0.0

Switcher 2.0.0 is a Windows+Tab or Alt+Tab replacement for Windows Vista which mimics the Expose feature of Mac OSX.
Switcher 2.0.0 allows switching between open applications thru a thumbnail view tiled across the screen according to preferences set.
This tool requires Windows Vista Aero and the basic version is out of luck.
To use the tool, simply run […]

By Milo -- 1 comment

January 5th, 2008

Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification for January 2008

Microsoft is releasing a security update on January 8 which includes 1 critical and 1 important update.
The critical update is for Remote Code Execution and the important update is for Local Elevation of Privilege
The bulletin assignment is found here.
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January 5th, 2008

Cash Cow Vista

Cash Cow is what Windows Vista is all about. Forget about the critics, forget about the bash, forget that it was ranked as the worst product in 2007 by a reputable site. Numbers matter and Vista made a statement.
Microsoft sales in client division which includes the Microsoft Vista operating system:
rising 24.8% to $4.1 billion for […]

By Milo -- 2 comments

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