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Have You Lost Faith in Microsoft?

by Dave on March 30, 2009

Windows 7 RC1 will be released soon, and this generally means the Ready To Manufacture version will not be far behind. As people are still abandoning the Microsoft boat and diving into the vast, sparkling sea called Apple, I have to wonder exactly when did people lose faith in Windows. For me, it happened in [...]

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When to Quit and Reinstall Windows

by Dave on March 12, 2009

There comes a point in everyone’s computing life when they need to reinstall Windows. Some people do it more than others and some panic and just go out and buy a new PC. Reinstalling isn’t fun for most people. They would rather be walking on the beach, sleeping or even getting gut-shot and left for [...]

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Norton Taking “User” Out of UAC

by Dave on October 13, 2008

Norton UAC Tool
Norton has taken the “User” out of User Account Control by offering their own handy dandy UAC Tool that promises to make the world a better place by helping users cope with all of the extra mouse clicks involved in the Vista User Account Control security feature. Is it necessary? Maybe not. Will it [...]

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Add Power Programs to Your Windows Start Menu

by Dave on October 9, 2008

Give your Start menu the power it deserves.
The average user may not have any reason to access Disk Management or the Device Manager on a consistent basis. But for the people that like to tinker, adding power shortcuts to the Start Menu makes geeking-out much faster. The shortcuts we’ll be adding today are for Disk Management, [...]

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Easily View Your System Information

by Dave on October 7, 2008

For those of you who do not fear the black, murky depths of the command line, here’s a very useful tip for viewing your system information all in one convenient location. Just click Start, then Run and type cmd and hit OK. This will bring you to the command prompt. Next, type systeminfo.exe and hit enter.
This [...]

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Can Seinfeld Save Microsoft’s Image?

by Dave on September 8, 2008

Seinfeld. I mean c’mon, what’s up with this Seinfeld thing with Microsoft? Whaddayamean? Okay, it’s impossible to make a post sound like and old Seinfeld skit, but that’s what I was trying to do. Anyway, as most of us already know, Jerry Seinfeld is working with Bill Gates in some new Microsoft commercials to thwart [...]

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