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If your computer is on a domain and the time is a little off, there’s a short command that I learned today. This can be helpful and saves time of having to create a group policy object. Open a command window and type, “w32tm /resync”. Minus the quotes of course. Your workstation will look to […]
If you’ve purchased a copy of Microsoft’s Office 2007, your default format for documents is XML based and will not be compatible with older versions of Office. The doc, xls and ppt formats for saving documents is being phased out for an XML based format that makes for smaller files, faster load times, searchability and […]
I’m learning how well my Core2Duo runs Vista. It does so surprisingly well. If you’re a power user, don’t get a video card with only 128 megabytes of Vram. Opting for the GeForce 7300 with 128 was a bad idea because slideshows and playing videos in “rolodex” app switching mode make the system slow to […]
The Vista User Access Control (UAC) is an awesome feature that keeps you safe and secure as you make changes to the system. UAC was implemented to make sure that you knew what you were doing before making changes. For example, the UAC may prevent you from installing an application unless you reenter your admin […]
If you’re having issues installing iTunes 7.0.2 on any version of Vista, I found this great link that outlines the steps to take that make this a much easier process. Check it out.
You’ve setup your system with Vista and you’re installing all of those much needed apps and as Adobe Reader 8 installs, you receive an error saying something about a temp file being full. No worries. Right click the Adobe installer (assuming you chose to save to disk and not run the file when you downloaded […]
Wow! Microsoft Vista is the best OS ever created but we’ll have to see what Apple has in store for its next generation OS (10.5). For now, this is the best operating system I have ever used. As I test, break and fix this OS I hope to be able to document my findings here […]
Bill Gates is a guest on The Daily Show this evening. Images after the jump. Just click “Full Story”
While watching Comedy Central tonight, I finally began to see advertisements for Vista. Microsoft is wasting tons of money by trying to be unique and “Viral”. They have 2 minute ads at every commercial break featuring an old guy talking about “IAP” which is a school for intellectual individuals. The end links to http://clearification.com with […]
