March 2009 - Mike's Window

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A message to all who view this blog:
I have been looking at viewing stats for the entries I make, and can see that the graph looks similar to the side elevation of a mountain range. Some topics are way more popular than others, but I am not running a popularity contest here.
My main aim is appeal to a wide experience/knowledge base. I cannot, therefore, apologise if each or any of the entries do not appeal to you.
If you have an issue, complaint, or would just like to make a general comment, please feel free to contact me.
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A ‘Cure all’ alternative..

What program cleans up all in the list below: Downloaded Program files Temporary Internet files Offline webpages Office setup files Recycle bin Setup Log files System Error Memory Dump files System error Minidump files Temporary files Thumbnails Per User...

Published Thu, Mar 26 2009 13:02 by Mike Hall

Filed under: Utilities, System Recovery
64bit + Canon Lide 30 + Vuescan 8.5

It works, and I should be really pleased, and I was until I clicked on ‘Purchase now’. There are two versions of Vuescan: standard or professional. Pricing is essentially half the price of a new scanner, or almost full price of a new scanner. To offset...

Published Wed, Mar 25 2009 11:25 by Mike Hall

Filed under: Hardware, Windows
Internet Explorer 8

.. is finally RTM, and despite some saying that it still has bugs, it works for me. In fact, in 64bit guise, it works extremely well for me, but then all I want to do is browse with it. The compatibility button (to the left of ‘refresh’) seems to work...

Published Mon, Mar 23 2009 10:44 by Mike Hall

Filed under: Security, IE8
Defragging..

I had recently installed Diskeeper Pro Premier 2009 on a 32bit installation of Vista Ultimate, but set it for manual rather than automatic defragmentation because I felt that it was interfering in normal operation. Since then, I have installed Vista Ultimate...

Published Sun, Mar 22 2009 22:54 by Mike Hall

Filed under: Vista, Utilities, Vista 64
Reputable anti-Malware solutions..

Antivirus Avira – AVG – Avast – Kapersky – ESET NOD32 Antispyware Spybot S&D – Malwarebytes – SuperAntiSpyware OK, there are others BUT The decent ones never produce unsolicited popups which warn of multiple infections...

Published Sun, Mar 22 2009 10:24 by Mike Hall

Filed under: software, Security
Internet Service Provider Mail

When you sign up with an ISP, you will be given an e-mail ID too. It will look something like this: a.n.other@ISP name.com .. If in Canada, .ca, in the UK, .co.uk, in Australia, .au and so on. I always use my ISP mail account as my primary mail in/mail...

Published Wed, Mar 18 2009 21:06 by Mike Hall

Filed under: Mail
A new USB keyboard and mouse?

If you buy a new OEM computer these days, it will most likely come supplied with a USB keyboard and mouse. It wasn’t always this way. Early IBM clone computers used a 5 pin DIN port for the keyboard and a 9 pin ‘D’ serial port for the mouse. These were...

Published Wed, Mar 18 2009 20:11 by Mike Hall

Filed under: Vista, XP, Hardware, Windows 7, Vista 64
Vista 64 drivers – my Canon Lide scanner..

I have been thinking about options today and I have three. None of them are too good, but I will save anything up to $110. Option 1. Use a KVM switch attached to a computer which will run the scanner Pro’s: It would work.. Cons: I don’t have a KVM switch...

Published Mon, Mar 16 2009 1:08 by Mike Hall

Filed under: drivers, Vista 64
The Crow Dilemma..

A few days ago, I wrote about 64bit Vista and losing the use of my scanner, an aging yet still cute Canon Lide 30. Well, after having used my 32bit Vista installation since November 17, 2006, I have finally thrown in the towel. It was taking longer than...

Published Fri, Mar 13 2009 21:12 by Mike Hall

Filed under: Vista, Vista SP2
Vista 64 and Vantec Nexstar USB IDE enclosures..

It took me a day or two to figure out why Vista 64 would not see my USB enclosure. It has a WD 80gb IDE drive installed in it, and the jumper was set to slave. It seems that 32bit does not really care where the jumper is, but Vista 64 likes to see the...

Published Fri, Mar 6 2009 16:13 by Mike Hall

Filed under: Vista, Hardware
Vista 64 drivers..

Whenever I have mentioned anything about installing a 64bit OS and compatibility, some have been very quick to say “no compatibility problems here’ What they actually mean is that all motherboard devices are detected. In some cases, drivers for peripheral...

Published Wed, Mar 4 2009 9:11 by Mike Hall

Filed under: Vista, drivers, compatibility, Windows 7

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A ‘Cure all’ alternative..

64bit + Canon Lide 30 + Vuescan 8.5

Internet Explorer 8

Defragging..

Reputable anti-Malware solutions..

Internet Service Provider Mail

A new USB keyboard and mouse?

Vista 64 drivers – my Canon Lide scanner..

The Crow Dilemma..

Vista 64 and Vantec Nexstar USB IDE enclosures..

Vista 64 drivers..