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  • Pssssttt..

    There is a Quick launch toolbar on Windows 8 but keep it quiet in case MS take it out as they did the hack to dump the Metro-o-o-o interface. Between this and Vi-Start or Start-X, Windows 8 might approach being a desktop OS after all. Vi-Start and Start-X both need more development, but even now they...
    Posted to Mike's Window by Mike Hall on Thu, May 3 2012
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  • The best anti-virus..

    .. is the one that can be installed and forgotten about thereafter. For home users, Microsoft Security Essentials is best and this is why.. Of all anti-virus programs that I have tried, it is the least invasive. It can be like this because it works in conjunction with the Windows firewall and doesn’t...
    Posted to Mike's Window by Mike Hall on Mon, Jan 23 2012
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  • Windows 8..

    What I want from it.. A proper working desktop version, complete with proper working start menu and desktop front end,. It’s that simple. My computer is not the size of a phone or small book, and for what I do, keyboard and mouse is still the best input method. If I don’t get what I want from it.. I...
    Posted to Mike's Window by Mike Hall on Wed, Oct 12 2011
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  • Setting up an iMac A1311 - It was.. different

    A couple of days ago, I set up an iMac A1311 for a local client of mine. All three components were very sleek, more pieces of art than computer. There were no wires other than the power and Ethernet cable, and it all looked good on the desk. Apple supply a small manual (small in dimensions) which I needed...
    Posted to Mike's Window by Mike Hall on Tue, Aug 23 2011
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  • To do lists, Calendars et environ..

    Personally, I like ‘clean’ and simplicity, and free is good if I can get it, Never assume that best is the most expensive, because best is very subjective. Always try free stuff first. You may find that it suits your purposes to a tee. My choice.. Back in 1992, I picked up on a small application...
    Posted to Mike's Window by Mike Hall on Sun, Mar 27 2011
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  • Registering my protest..

    As time passes and new software versions are being released, I am constantly being forced to change the way that I do things. Change is good. Windows 7 is better than any other Windows OS before it.. BUT Windows Classic Menu With us since Windows 9x, we had it in Windows 2000, XP and Vista. That is a...
    Posted to Mike's Window by Mike Hall on Thu, Sep 30 2010
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  • So, you think that you are in the clear..

    .. but wait. A short case study I have an aging Biostar T6100-939, manufactured in the heady days when XP held down 76% of all PC users. Windows support was good, and there were even XP 64 drivers available for it, although I only ever ran XP Pro 32-bit. The chipset is the nVidia nForce 410/6100, all...
    Posted to Mike's Window by Mike Hall on Mon, Jan 11 2010
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  • Remember the ‘wow’ factor?

    How quickly it turned into the ‘Whoa’ factor? I have been working the Microsoft Answers forum for a while now, and there is one forum group, Hardware and Drivers, which demonstrates the above very quickly. The basic claim is that Windows 7 will run on a less powerful machine than Vista ever could. OK...
    Posted to Mike's Window by Mike Hall on Thu, Dec 3 2009
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  • Windows 7 – It works..

    I have been using Win 7 since it was released to techs and, apart from the substantial annoyance of no classic menu, it is very much the same experience as using Vista, XP, W2K, ME, 98, 95, 3.1, 3.0. What I am trying to say is that it is just an operating system. I don’t use or like gimmicks, e.g. Aero...
    Posted to Mike's Window by Mike Hall on Thu, Sep 17 2009
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  • Classic menu revisited – Part Two

    Apologies for the gap in transmission. Like some early OEM Vista installations, I have been working but maybe not as well as expectations. In fact, at one point, I screwed everything up so bad to the point where I was considering starting over. Messing with start menus should only be attempted when firing...
    Posted to Mike's Window by Mike Hall on Sun, Sep 13 2009
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  • Classic menu issue revisited – Part One

    I think that I am beginning to understand one of the reasons why the Windows 7 Start Menu/Taskbar defaults to the way it is. Touch screen usability The oversized, widely spaced icons on the taskbar and in the Start box all point to ease of use on a touch screen. OK, fair enough, but how many computer...
    Posted to Mike's Window by Mike Hall on Fri, Aug 21 2009
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