Mike's Window : Vista 64

The Vista Lifecycle and effects on the end user..

Mike Hall — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 14:29:41 GMT

In case you don’t already know: Mainstream support for Business and Enterprise versions of Microsoft Windows Vista will end on April 10th, 2012 Extended support for Business and Enterprise versions of Microsoft Windows Vista will end on November 11, 2017...(read more)

nVidia display drivers 190.38

Mike Hall — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 00:58:33 GMT

These drivers are being served up by the nVidia website for Vista/Win 7 64-bit variants. A warning: If you are using an ‘Ajax’ based start page like Pageflakes or the Sympatico/MSN customizable start page, you will experience very bad flicker as you scroll...(read more)

Keyboard/mouse drivers..

Mike Hall — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 20:10:01 GMT

Microsoft have released Version 7 drivers of the Intellipoint/Intellitype drivers for their range of keyboards and mice, and guess what? The scroll wheel on my Optical Desktop Elite keyboard is working properly for the first time in almost two and a half...(read more)

High End? Not exactly..

Mike Hall — Sat, 09 May 2009 17:14:39 GMT

‘Mike’s Window’ is written in Windows Live Writer which is running in Vista 64. This is the OS which everybody loves to hate. I do have Windows 7 64bit RC installed too but I prefer Vista. This is my production PC.. Biostar T6100-939. AMD 64 3500...(read more)

64 bit issues.. Printer sharing

Mike Hall — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 02:36:22 GMT

I am assuming that you know how to and have made the necessary share permissions on the computer which is hosting the printer. To share a network printer being hosted by a computer running a 32 bit operating system with another computer running a 32 bit...(read more)

Vista and keyboard scroll wheels.. part 2

Mike Hall — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 01:36:48 GMT

How to disable the keyboard scroll wheel after having gotten it to work by installing the Win 7 driver until the next reboot. BTW, this is the ultimate detrimental side effect. Depress the SLEEP key.. Now, when one wakes the computer by swishing the mouse...(read more)

Vista and keyboard scroll wheels..

Mike Hall — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 04:59:10 GMT

I wrote about this when Vista first appeared. It took a while for the manufacturer to produce proper drivers for Microsoft keyboards, and when it was finally released, everything worked except for the scroll wheel. Subsequent driver releases were made...(read more)

Defragging..

Mike Hall — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 02:54:08 GMT

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...(read more)

A new USB keyboard and mouse?

Mike Hall — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 00:11:32 GMT

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...(read more)

Vista 64 drivers – my Canon Lide scanner..

Mike Hall — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 05:08:55 GMT

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...(read more)