August 2005 - Posts

Intellipoint? Not on x64 apparently!

Published 31 August 5 11:21 AM | Charlie Russel

I have been the IT Director in both small and mid size software development companies, and I think I understand about resources and priorities when it comes to software. So I’m usually fairly patient with and understanding of the resource realities...

Creative releases additional x64 Edition drivers/apps

Published 23 August 5 3:55 PM | Charlie Russel

Good news for those of you out there with Soundblaster hardware -- additional drivers have been released by Creative Labs that allow full functionality in Windows XP Professional x64 Edition. They also have an x64 specific FAQ for their products. Among...

Create PDF's in x64 Edition

Published 16 August 5 10:54 PM | Charlie Russel

I just finished printing several documents to PDF format today on my Ferrari 4000, running x64 Edition. Even though, as we know all too well, Adobe can't seem to manage to support x64 Edition yet. Instead, I used deskPDF Professional , from docuDesk ...

vrrrOOOOOOOOmmm

Published 14 August 5 10:27 AM | Charlie Russel

I've had my new Acer Ferrari 4000 for 3 days now, and I'm loving it. Not only is this a fast notebook, and good looking, but it's really well built, with all the little touches that can make a difference. I've not been a big fan of Acer products in recent...

Adding support for different architectures and OSs to a Printer

Published 5 August 5 7:10 AM | Charlie Russel

You can define a printer on one machine, and share it to other computers on your network. And if they're both running the same version of Windows, you're done. But if they are running a different version of Windows(NT4 or Win9x), or especially a different...

Next Tuesday 6 Windows Security Patches:

Published 4 August 5 11:40 PM | Charlie Russel

On 9 August 2005 Microsoft is planning to release: Security Updates • 6 Microsoft Security Bulletins affecting Microsoft Windows. The highest Maximum Severity rating for these is Critical. These updates will require a restart. These updates will...

Nvidia Forceware 77.56 32 & 64 Bit WHQL Drivers:

Published 4 August 5 11:36 PM | Charlie Russel

We have just discovered new drivers on the nvidia FTP and so far we are getting excellent feedback on them with performance just as good if not better than the 77.76 drivers and better Image Quality. As of yet no bugs have been found, And they are WHQL...

Outlook 2003 and 4GB

Published 3 August 5 11:47 AM | Charlie Russel

Just a quicky today. There is a known issue with Outlook 2003 running on Windows XP Professional x64 Edition computers that have 4GB of physical RAM. And there is a hot fix available for it. See MS Knowledge Base article # 896253 . While I don't have...