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Tips, views, and thoughts of Mike Hall, Microsoft MVP 2005/6/7/8
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Bearing in mind that a single DVD will not hold a backup image of your Vista installation, and that computer manufacturers do not include a second hard drive or external backup device specifically for the purpose, do NOT attempt a full system backup until...
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In the past, I have been an advocate of AVG and, until this version, had no reason not to be. Unfortunately, it has been slowing my system down. The automatic scan, set to start at 01:00 hrs, was still running on the 160gb SATA drive at 09:00, with an...
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If you have attempted to install the latest round of Office updates via Windows Update, there is a very good chance of seeing this error code. There is a fix, but it is quite severe and may leave you with the task of creating new user accounts if your...
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.. with your Internet Service Provider is easy. All you have to do is call ISP support, and a 'technician' will walk you through the process. Whether you are using Windows Mail, Outlook Express, Outlook, Thunderbird, Entourage or whatever, calling...
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Version 8.0 Is NOT compatible with SpywareBlaster or Spybot 'immunize' features. The AVG people are well aware of this and sent this e-mail to a user in response to problems encountered, suggesting the following actions.. Dear Sir/Madam, According...
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Grisoft have released a new version of their Anti-Virus product. It has a new look icon and new look interface. Download the new version from.. http://free.grisoft.com/ Uninstall version 7.5 or whatever anti-virus solution you are presently using, and...
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The Vista language packs are back.. .. for those of you who like to switch to some obscure language and then see if you can find your way back to an operating system that you understand. There are thirty four packs on offer, essentially thirty two different...
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.. happen because you thought that.. 1. your friend was right about having everything run in RAM, so you deleted the page file.. 2. you thought that you could recoup some badly needed and, in your opinion, wasted hard drive space, so you deleted it or...
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I now have conclusive proof that Vista is 'apparently' every bit as fast as XP.. For all of these tests, I followed exactly the same procedures each time. The installations are on individual drives in the same machine, not set up as dual boot...
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You may think that an OEM is being 'cheap' by putting a recovery partition on a computer and NOT giving you original Microsoft CD/DVDs. They take up valuable hard drive real estate, but the content of a recovery partition is maybe more valuable...
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The SP1 64bit update found its way onto some systems after being released in Windows Update. It was meant for TechNet subscribers only, and has now been withdrawn. The wait for public release goes on and is scheduled for sometime in March or maybe even...
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A judge has ok'ed the class action lawsuit against Microsoft regarding the 'marketing' stickers applied to the front of XP machines in the months leading up to the release of Vista. We hear that some 'big noises' within the Microsoft...
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You know something has worked well when newsgroup 'nay sayers' fall silent or suddenly change sides. Windows XP had problems when first released. Make no mistake, it was a quantum leap forwards especially for Windows 9x/ME users, but it was dogged...
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For those of you who are suffering withdrawal since the Vista backroom boys took away the visual part of defragmentation, you can come out now. The nice people at Diskeeper Corporation have just what you need, and prices start from only $29.95 for the...
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You don't believe me? So go take a look for yourself.. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310560 It is a DIAGNOSTIC tool. It has never been officially designated an on/off switch, but it became common among Windows 9x users to use it as one. The problem...
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Preface The general idea behind backups is to create usable retrievable copies of data onto media that is then kept isolated from the computer system until such time as there is a necessity to retrieve any of them. The term 'backup' is also synonymous...
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Since writing the first part, I have reloaded Halo for PC, Combat Flight Simulator 3 and Fable Lost Chapters. There is absolutely no doubt in my mind that the DirectX 9 'pack' has improved the way the games play now. I can set detail in each game...
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Remember 'First Aid', 'RegClean', or 'CleanSweep', 'Norton System Doctor', or 'Nuts n Bolts'? If you were a Windows 9x tinkerer, you might. The idea behind them was to aid the computer user in case of problems,...
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When I first started to use Vista, I was surprised at what would run. Virtually everything I had was ok, games included. However, while games in general would run, some didn't run particularly well. The high end games like Fable, CFS3, Halo and Age...
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Page files do not exist purely to use up valuable hard drive real estate. Windows is not the only OS to use a page file. The page file is not part of some underhand Microsoft scheme to force you to go out and buy a larger hard drive. The page file exists...
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