August 2006 - Posts

Want to play BluRay or HD DVD? Get x64!
Published 24 August 6 11:45 PM | Charlie Russel
It looks like Microsoft has decided that they will not support the playing of commercial, HD DVDs on 32–bit versions of Vista. As reported here: http://www.apcstart.com/site/dwarne/2006/08/1139/microsoft-cuts-another-feature-full-hd-playback-in...
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WinRAR 3.60 Released (now, 3.61)
Published 24 August 6 6:46 AM | Charlie Russel
There is a new version of WinRAR , the alternative archiver to WinZIP. But unlike WinZIP, it directly integrates into the x64 Windows Explorer shell, allowing right-mouse clicks. In fact, the WinRAR folks have supported x64 since almost the very beginning...
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Windows Desktop Search 3.0 B2 - Native x64 support!
Published 22 August 6 10:42 PM | Charlie Russel
Microsoft has released Beta 2 of the Windows Desktop Search 3.0 tool. The major gain here is full x64 support! For details on the beta, and a link to download, see MS KB Article # 917013 . (Note: this is for Server 2k3 and Windows XP only – Vista...
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ATI Fresh Install Problems
Published 20 August 6 7:10 AM | Charlie Russel
We’ve seen this reported several times in the public newsgroup , but now that it’s finally happened to me, I guess I’d better write it up. The symptoms are this: ATI Graphics card Fresh install. Installation appears to be fine, hard drive visible, etc...