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  • Windows 8 64-bit compatibility..

    My external hardware devices.. D-Link DWL G-132 wireless 108G USB adapter is identified, installs without the need for any additional drivers and connects to the wireless network at 54mb, just as it did on Windows 7. The surprise is that it still works. It was earmarked for the chop quite a while ago...
    Posted to Mike's Window by Mike Hall on Tue, Nov 6 2012
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  • Windows 8 upgrades - Problems?

    It is possible to to upgrade from Windows 7 to Windows 8 without having a bunch of issues in close pursuit because I have done it. Mind you, it only came good on the second upgrade attempt. While the first attempt did seem to go through ok, I did have issues and not everything worked as expected. This...
    Posted to Mike's Window by Mike Hall on Mon, Nov 5 2012
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  • Windows 8 Compatibility - The Weather Network

    This weather service has worked well through three operating systems, and has been my preferred weather service here in Canada. When running Windows Vista and 7, I had it piped through into a gadget called WeatherCentre and the service worked well Windows 8 doesn’t do gadgets, so I installed the original...
    Posted to Mike's Window by Mike Hall on Mon, Oct 29 2012
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  • Card readers

    Windows 7 is reporting that my card reader unit is slowing down the process of coming out of sleep. I assume that it includes hibernation because I never use the sleep function. The 9 in 1 card reader is running on generic drivers, but it looks like they all do. I haven’t seen a packaged card reader...
    Posted to Mike's Window by Mike Hall on Sun, Sep 16 2012
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  • Windows 8-balled?

    OK.. Stuff that still works.. All of the internal hardware Existing peripheral devices Networx Winpatrol Stuff that doesn’t work or is a pain All of my stress reducer games The traditional Windows games which are now only accessible via the UI formerly known as Metro (also used as stress reducers) My...
    Posted to Mike's Window by Mike Hall on Fri, Aug 17 2012
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  • Compatibility and security issues..

    I knew a guy who always got lost whenever he ventured out in his car beyond his comfort zone. While his street hadn’t changed much, the road system beyond had and the 15 year old atlas map on the rear parcel shelf didn’t reflect the changes. Similarly, I saw in MS Answers a guy who couldn’t get AutoRoute...
    Posted to Mike's Window by Mike Hall on Sat, Feb 25 2012
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  • Windows Media Player codecs..

    Extend the file recognition capabilities of Windows Media Player with this bunch of codecs.. http://www.windows7codecs.com/ http://www.majorgeeks.com/Win7codecs_d5959.html http://www.windows7update.com/Windows7codecs.html OK, so why would you want these? That’s easy. It saves having to download...
    Posted to Mike's Window by Mike Hall on Thu, Nov 24 2011
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  • LG cellphone software - an update

    Good news finally. It is now possible to download and install the LG support software and PC Suite onto a machine running Windows 7 64-bit. Not only does it download, it even installs and works after installation. Maybe my email to LG woke somebody up to the fact that 64-bit operating systems are becoming...
    Posted to Mike's Window by Mike Hall on Sat, Oct 22 2011
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  • Newly released LG ‘retro’ phone requires a retro computer.. Grrrrrrrr

    I recently replaced a lost cellphone with an LG Madison (GB255G). It is a retro style flip phone, simple, easy to use and works generally quite well. I didn’t pay too much for it , and I was quite pleased. The cellphone has Bluetooth capability and can hook up to a PC. It can also hook up with the supplied...
    Posted to Mike's Window by Mike Hall on Mon, Aug 8 2011
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  • Home software – A general warning..

    Following on from my previous post re To do lists, Calendars etc.. The problem with feature-rich‘home user’ applications like Noto where you have to pay is this. You get used to using them, store a great deal of information in them, and then wake up one day to find that the software developer has lost...
    Posted to Mike's Window by Mike Hall on Sun, Mar 27 2011
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  • Diskeeper 2011–Restore point update..

    Just a quickie. It appears that Diskeeper 2011 doesn’t trash restore points on my computer as the 2010 version was doing. Also, it is even less noticeable in operation that 2010 was. Way to go, Diskeeper. Well done.. Diskeeper 2011 is now available to all, btw.. https://www.diskeeper.com/
    Posted to Mike's Window by Mike Hall on Wed, Mar 23 2011
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  • Game compatibility

    I dug out an old game of mine having noticed that the Windows 7 Compatibility Centre claims that it is Win 7 64-bit compatible. The game in question is Microsoft Train Simulator v.1. Yes, it installed in compatibility mode, and it started without any corruption of the initialization screens. It ran very...
    Posted to Mike's Window by Mike Hall on Sat, Oct 23 2010
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  • IE 9 Compatibility

    It pays to read the blurb on the webpage which appears when you initially start up IE9. If you don’t, like me, you will miss really important info on how to get to the full range of IE tools. Help pages re the tools tell you where to look in the menu, but don’t tell you where the menu is...
    Posted to Mike's Window by Mike Hall on Thu, Sep 23 2010
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  • Hardware drivers

    DWL G122/132 USB Adapters On the basis of a post in MS Answers.. http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/w7hardware/thread/8856ddb5-ff72-4f32-9e6d-5d94e6aa5182 . I decided to try out my D-Link G132 on my 64-bit Windows 7 desktop. Surprisingly, it installed and was working within a couple of...
    Posted to Mike's Window by Mike Hall on Wed, Aug 18 2010
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  • I knew it would happen..

    The latest unit added to the home network here is no longer a current model. The Toshiba L500 Satellite Pro has been replaced by the L650. This is Toshiba’s statement on the matter.. We’re sorry. The Satellite L500 Series is no longer available at most retail stores, online retailers, resellers, or ToshibaDirect...
    Posted to Mike's Window by Mike Hall on Tue, Jun 22 2010
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  • SQL Server 2008 Best Practices Analyzer (BPA) available for download

    In followup to the SQL Server 2008 Best Practices Analyzer - keep an eye for the release post here, CSS SQL Server Engineers from PSSQL blog have announced that final development and testing were completed on the tool and it is now available for you to...
    Posted to SQLServer-QA.net - Knowledge Sharing Network (SSQA.net) by on Mon, Jun 21 2010
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  • Jumping through hoops..

    I will start with something of a disclaimer. I use a printer which is seven years old, and a scanner of even older vintage. The printer is an aging HP DeskJet 5150, still supported even for Windows 7 64-bit, which at the time of purchase was a definite advancement over what I was using. It was/is quite...
    Posted to Mike's Window by Mike Hall on Mon, Jun 7 2010
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  • An update on the ECS L7VMM upgrade..

    With a Windows Experience Index of 1.0, it is never going to be a gaming machine. The ATI 9250 never was an all time great anyway, but it puts up icons on the screen and will easily handle the standard Windows offerings. Tinker and Hold’em are a couple of no-no’s because the 9250, being only 128mb, can...
    Posted to Mike's Window by Mike Hall on Wed, Jan 27 2010
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  • nVidia graphics drivers – latest but not greatest..

    Video card is an MSI N6600 – 256mb.. The latest graphics drivers for Windows 7/Vista, version 196.21, have caused me to do a restore back to a previous restore point. Rolling back the driver does NOT work, as IE8 still flickers after doing so. When the mouse pointer runs across the various items in Pageflakes...
    Posted to Mike's Window by Mike Hall on Sun, Jan 24 2010
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  • Printer compatibility with Windows 7

    Many older printers may only have basic driver support, in which case you will lose maintenance utilities which show ink levels etc. Also, 64-bit support may be thin on the ground, and printers without 64-bit support will not work if connected direct or through a network to your new 64-bit operating...
    Posted to Mike's Window by Mike Hall on Fri, Jan 15 2010
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