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  • WLAN–LAN switch not supported under Windows 8

    Maybe you remember setting the WLAN / LAN switch on your notebook BIOS, disables your WLAN adapter when you plug in an Ethernet cable to your NIC and enables the WLAN when it is unplugged. This feature, even if it is correctly configured in the BIOS of your notebook, it will not work on Windows 8. Sadly...
    Posted to WSSRA by Thomas K.H. Bittner on Sat, Apr 27 2013
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  • Stuff not working?

    Apps.. . It could be that your preferred anti-virus solution is the culprit. Posters in the MS Community forums are reporting that some anti-virus solutions are having adverse effects. It could well be my problem too, but if I never saw another app on this PC, it would be too soon. Apparently, turning...
    Posted to Mike's Window by Mike Hall on Thu, Jan 10 2013
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  • An article on touchscreens..

    It brings up some interesting points: http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9223361/The_hidden_dangers_of_touchscreens?taxonomyId=15&pageNumber=1 I wouldn’t say that they were ‘hidden’ dangers though. maybe some just not completely obvious. What is obvious is that with a reach of around 60cms, my...
    Posted to Mike's Window by Mike Hall on Wed, Jan 11 2012
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  • HP Power Assistant causes Drop Outs

    If you using a HP device with HP Power Assistant installed, you can encounter drop outs when playback multimedia files. Even you have the most recent drivers installed for any relevant adapter and turn on highest performance settings on the device. If you uninstall this software, usually the issue is...
    Posted to WSSRA by Thomas K.H. Bittner on Tue, Jan 10 2012
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  • ‘Tiny’ will kill some of us..

    It was the usual cold Ontario kind of day, snow on the ground, freezing rain, sub-zero temperatures, the kind of day where one wraps up warm. I was in the elevator, en route to the Jeep in the underground parking lot. The elevator stopped on the forth floor, and a person alighted, full weather gear and...
    Posted to Mike's Window by Mike Hall on Wed, Mar 23 2011
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  • USB Ports..

    Back in the old days, all ports on a computer were on the back panel (in the case of the BBC Micro, underneath too). This worked for mice, keyboards, printers, scanners, speakers etc. Then along came headsets and plug ‘n play USB devices. So case manufacturers started to include front panel audio and...
    Posted to Mike's Window by Mike Hall on Sun, Sep 19 2010
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  • Hibernation.. no rhyme or reason

    I like to put my computer into hibernation when I am going to be away form it for a while. Most of the time, it goes to hibernate and stays there, but not always. Why is this? The hardware and software configuration never changes. I don’t add or remove very much at all, especially hardware. I have all...
    Posted to Mike's Window by Mike Hall on Sun, Aug 29 2010
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  • LCD monitor lifespan

    During 2006, I bought a 19” 4:3 LCD Monitor. It was bright, clear and offered more real estate than a 19” CRT type. It took up less room on the desk and generated less heat into the atmosphere too. It replaced a seven year old 17” CRT which incidentally still works. It is not as bright as it once was...
    Posted to Mike's Window by Mike Hall on Mon, Aug 23 2010
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  • All drivers?

    The Intel D101GGC is a motherboard used by OEM computer manufacturers. It has little by way of labels, and I only found out what it was because I installed SIW (the free version). It must have been quite a popular 775 base, ‘must have been’ because it is no longer supported properly. No kidding!!! Type...
    Posted to Mike's Window by Mike Hall on Sat, Aug 7 2010
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  • It seems like only yesterday..

    I haven’t used a 3.5” floppy diskette for quite some while, and the last time was to update the BIOS on an aging machine for which there was no Windows flash utility. I can’t remember the last time I saved a Word document or photo to one, and yet I flatly refused to remove all traces of 3.5” floppy stuff...
    Posted to Mike's Window by Mike Hall on Thu, Jul 1 2010
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  • Replacement fans

    I have an aging MSI n6600 video card.. I know it is not an all time great but I paid $160 for it when new and it delivers enough performance for what I do. The only problem is that the integrated fan stopped working. I tried all of the local computer stores, but nobody had a replacement fan for such...
    Posted to Mike's Window by Mike Hall on Mon, May 31 2010
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  • VGA Temperatures..

    I run Speedfan on this computer because it sits in an open ended cubby hole in my desk. My interest in fans is not #1 on my list of hobbies, but it is nice to see when the box needs a dusting out. Just recently, I noticed that the GPU temperature was rising too quickly, and an inspection showed that...
    Posted to Mike's Window by Mike Hall on Sat, Mar 13 2010
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  • Noisy case fans..

    There is not much worse in life than sitting beside a PC tower which has noisy fans. It is like living next to a hamster, continual squeaking, droning, air rush sounds in the not-so-background. It is time to do something about it. If you have to change the fan because it is squeaking or droning, don’t...
    Posted to Mike's Window by Mike Hall on Sat, Feb 20 2010
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  • Monitor Aspect Ratios unraveled..

    Sometimes, the native resolution of a newly purchased monitor can make it hard to read for those who do not have 20:20 vision. And then there are those who like to see more on their monitors and have good enough eyesight to cope. I have to use reading glasses for working on the computer anyway, so I...
    Posted to Mike's Window by Mike Hall on Sat, Jul 18 2009
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  • LCD Monitors

    For the last two or three years, I have used a 19” LCD monitor as my primary display alongside an 18” Dell P990. Three months ago, the LCD monitor started to play up. It would lose colour brightness occasionally, but one day decided it was not going to display anything at all. The common thinking is...
    Posted to Mike's Window by Mike Hall on Wed, May 13 2009
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  • Slow machines.. Hardware issues

    What has happened to the concept of respecting your customers? How do the CEO’s of major stores and direct sellers sleep at night knowing full well that their company has sold underpowered junk to ‘would be’ computer users who do not have $$$$$ to spend? Oh, of course.. the end of year...
    Posted to Mike's Window by Mike Hall on Wed, Feb 25 2009
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  • Hard drives.. In My Opinion

    Benchmarks.. a exercise in futility? For those of you who just love numbers, here are the ‘read’ results of running HD Tune Pro on my hard drives. What they essentially show is that a large SATA II drive with a cache twice the size of smaller drives has a better transfer rate. Pretty cool, eh, but nothing...
    Posted to Mike's Window by Mike Hall on Sun, Feb 22 2009
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  • Memory.. a reason to upgrade, a reason to cry

    There was a time when the only limit on how much memory could be installed in your computer was down to the size of your salary. The top module is of the 30 pin type and you could get silver or gold contacts. It could make a diffe rence. The 72 pin module below it was not always a straight 72. In some...
    Posted to Mike's Window by Mike Hall on Wed, Feb 18 2009
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  • Snappy start-up = no features

    I did something recently that I have never done before. I used the ‘disable’ function in WinPatrol to eliminate some start-up items. For the most part, they were the ones which auto start but don’t show in the notification area, so I would lose nothing, yes? NO! I knew that the problem...
    Posted to Mike's Window by Mike Hall on Mon, Jan 5 2009
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  • Add Bloat To Taste

    Actually, I hate the word 'bloat', but I use it now because it is bandied around quite a lot. According to sources, the next version of Windows will no longer include an e-mail client, picture viewer, and MovieMaker. It is said that this will benefit the user in as much as the latest versions...
    Posted to Mike's Window by Mike Hall on Wed, Sep 24 2008
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