Archive for February, 2010
Several OS’s Reaching End-Of-Life
From the Windows Blog: End of Support for Windows 2000, Windows XP SP2 and Windows Vista RTM from The Windows Blog by Brandon LeBlanc Back in October 2009 we talked about upcoming dates for end of support for certain Windows XP and Windows Vista versions. Those dates are getting closer and this is the time [...]
Change Drive Letter in Windows 7
“How do I change a drive letter?” That’s a question I have heard many times. It’s actually pretty simple and here are the steps. 1. Click Start => Right-click Computer => Choose Manage. 2. In the left pane, under Storage click Disk Management. 3. Right-Click the partition you want to change and choose Change drive [...]
Google Buzz Added to Windows Mobile Maps
You can download an updated version of Google Maps for Windows Mobiles that includes a Buzz layer. You can download it here or send the link to you phone via text (the easier way in my opinion). The best part is that you lose none of your previous map data or layers. Alas, still to [...]
Windows 7 Sleep Mode Issue
If you have Windows 7 (or Vista) then you may, one day, have a serious problem getting out of sleep mode. I have three PC’s here, all running Windows 7, and two of them sometimes are slow to wake up. Slow is one thing, but non-existent is another, and earlier today mine was non-existent. Here’s [...]
Windows Home Server Announcement
Posted today on the Windows Blog was some great information about the coming release of Windows Home Server 2.0. This is especially good news for Media Center users. Stacking feature sets with Windows Home Server! from The Windows Blog by Joel Burt After writing my previous blog post about how Windows Home Server and Zune [...]
Windows Phone 7 Series Around the Web
Microsoft announced Windows Phone 7 Series February 15th at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. From what I have seen and read it looks incredible. I was actually thinking my next phone would be a Nexxus One, but now I am thinking twice about that. It won’t be out until later this year, but I’m not [...]
A Windows Update to Watch(out) For
Looks like “Genuine Advantage” is not not enough. Microsoft has found another way to prove your a thief – even if you aren’t. As a commenter noted, it looks as though you could install a genuine copy of Windows, and if that key is later stolen or hacked then YOUR copy becomes invalid as well. [...]
Website Review – Drop.io
First, in order to explain what drop.io is I will quote their website, which explains it best. About drop.io Drop.io is an easy to use, online collaboration and file sharing service that provides users with a simple, real time and private way to chat and share images, video, audio, documents and other digital content through [...]
3 Good Sites for Internet Radio
You have, no doubt, visited the web site of your favorite local radio station and found you could stream them online. But did you know there are many stations out there which exist online only? No DJ, any type of music you could want, and 24-7. Here’s my 3 favorites. 1. Pandora This one is, [...]
Missing Windows .dll Files
Everyone has probably seen that error message saying a .dll file is missing. If it’s a program you installed then chances are a reinstall will fix it or maybe just a quick visit to the web and a search for the file will turn it up in one of vast .dll libraries online. If it’s [...]
