Category Archives: Windows

Hamilton C Shell 2009 – The Missing Shell for Windows

Rather than get right down to the details with Hamilton C Shell 2009, I’d like to take a moment to give a bit of software history. The reason I feel this is imperative is that most people buying software today … Continue reading

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Turn Hibernate on in Vista

If you find yourself missing the hibernation feature in Vista, you can turn it on easily by running: powercfg -h on on the command prompt. You must run this command on an administrator-elevated prompt. To do this, right click on … Continue reading

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Another Silly Vista Prompt

Vista has a nice user interface, and I'll have to admit the more I use it the more I have grown accustomed to it. That said, you see silly dialogs like this sometimes and it just makes you wonder what … Continue reading

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Microsoft Arrogance or Poor Design?

This sort of dialog box is either a textbook example of Microsoft's arrogance, or a display of its poor design choices: This pops up after you've used Vista a bit. Now, let's say you don't want to join the program. … Continue reading

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Fed Up With Windows, I Recommend a Mac

I'll start this article with one simple word: WOW. This is my first time recommending a Mac to anyone. I don't even own one yet, but recommended one. Those that know me will recount me being on the PC/Windows side … Continue reading

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There Are Other Formats Besides Quicktime

Flash video has become the de-facto standard on the web for displaying streaming video. There are many reasons for this, portability being the main one. Flash is available for Windows, Linux, Mac's, and a host of other devices. Why then … Continue reading

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Vista Thoughts 1 Year Later

It's been nearly a year since Vista was released, and on this blog I've been all over the map with Vista. I at first liked it, then didn't like it so much, but slowly started to like it more once … Continue reading

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Why Apple isn't Any Better than Microsoft

This world seems to revolve around monopolies. When you purchase a product or service, there seems to be a market leader in many categories. There are usually second and third place alternatives, and they may even be better, but the … Continue reading

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Vista Thoughts – Part 3

I've had several rants about Vista, and none of them good. That's going to change here, at least for the most part. Due to several hardware factors out of my control, I had to replace my desktop computer, so I … Continue reading

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I Spoke Too Soon

Last time I posted that Vista x64 edition was substantially better than its 32-bit counterpart. For the most part, that's correct, but I spoke too soon. Vista, in any edition right now, is not a suitable operating system for a … Continue reading

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