I So Want To Kick Explorer Right In The Ass
Of all the software I use on my computer I would have to say that when I'm not using Chrome or VLC chances are that I have Explorer open on the desktop doing something. The only problem is that the version of Explorer in Vista is a piece of crap....
DreamScene Is Still Stupid
One of the big con jobs selling points of the whole Vista Ultimate package was the extras that were suppose to be a part of the bonus that the suckers people buying this over inflated version where suppose to get. I have written in the past about how I feel...
From the Pipeline – 9.24.08
Wow the world really sucks so I suggest we take a page from the McCain playbook and postpone everything until life doesn't suck anymore - who's with me on this? In the meantime though while you are deciding here's a few things that I found in my information stream today...
Windows 7 On Track For Late 2009
Since April 7, 2008 when I wrote In a perfect Microsoft World - Windows 7 I have been suggesting that we would see the next version of Windows being releasesd at some point in late 2009. This goes contrary to the public line that Microsoft has been spinning in that...
The art of getting a community involved
We love to bitch and complain about the tools we use everyday. It’s like it is almost a requirement for those of us that spend a lot of time with computers and more recently the web. We are a lot quicker to point out; sometimes extremely nastily, failings than...
Windows 7 – a whole lot of assumptions so far
Today must have been let's flood the blogosphere today with a whole lot of nothing day as it seemed to be all about Windows 7 on just about every Windows oriented blog that I read. Admittedly I am a Windows OS user who hasn't been the most impressed with...
Vista SP1 pulled from Auto Updates
According to a post at PCWorld that along with Service Pack 3 for XP being pulled for recently discovered incompatibilities with Microsoft's own Dynamics Retail Management Software they are also pulling Service Pack 1 for Vista from the automatic update cycle. Apparently Microsoft has discovered that changes in Vista...
Slipstreaming Vista SP1
For those that are fans of creating slipstreamed install disks this is from the WinExtra Community Forums courtesy of Pierre (thanks :) ) Is not supported by MS, but there's a (complicated) way to do it all the same, if you don't have access to an SP1 integrated image from MSDN...
The Registry: Windows’ Dangerous Playground
Earlier today someone on FriendFeed asked a question regarding the Windows registry and using a specific utility type application in order to clean up his registry. What he wanted to know was what to look out for in the scan results so that he didn't end up deleting the...
Windows 7 by late 2009
In a post today Ed Bott asked the simple question When will Windows 7 ship? in which he goes over the statement that Bill Gates inadvertently let slip that Windows 7 would arrive in 2009. Even ignoring the fact that I doubt; as would anyone with half a brain,...
