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Free Windows software tools – My favs

Want to download some or all of this software all at once? Try Ninite.com Audio/Video VLC Media Player – Cross platform do everything player Songbird – Open Source music player Audacity – Free Audio editor and […]

01/28/200702/24/2023Computer

Internet Explorer 7

I rebuilt my work laptop and instead of installing Firefox or Opera I went with Internet Explorer 7. I installed from a test build I’d made using IEAK 7. The install went smoothly and after a […]

01/28/200702/24/2023Computer

Windows Media Player 11

Don’t upgrade to Windows Media player 11, yet. (01-27-2007) I bypassed my usual Audio app iTunes on a newly built machine in an effort to force me to use Microsoft’s new Windows Media Player 11. I […]

01/27/200702/24/2023Computer

A brief history of Windows PCs

Your computer is what’s often (derogatorily) referred to as a “WinTel” machine on which the software is dominated by Microsoft Windows and the hardware is dominated by Intel. Intel was founded by three unhappy Fairchild Semiconductor […]

11/29/200602/24/2023Computer

Thunderbird to Outlook

I switched from Thunderbird to Oulook 2003 today. Why o why do I always start these projects… What a PITA. oh yeah I’m a geek who loves to playandI get bored with apps and want to […]

07/29/200610/30/2008Computer

Winmail.dat – Microsoft Hell

Issue: Have you ever received a “Winmail.dat” attachment? I have clients who send files like Word or Visio via email but all I get is a “Winmail.dat” file. Argh! This issue is only like ten years […]

06/24/200602/24/2023Computer

DRM – Digital Rights Management

So during my 12 second breaks at work I browse the net and keep bumping into DRM. What I’ve read is really discouraging, my short take: Skip the rant and go right to DRM free $0.25 […]

04/24/200602/24/2023Computer

Handspring Visor Deluxe

At left is pictured my six week old Handspring Visor Deluxe©. The demise: Testing has proven that the device will not tolerate a two foot drop from my knee onto a tile floor without dire consequences. The […]

02/22/200102/24/2023Computer

Regi$try – Bill Gates

I made this when learning all about the Registry and Windows NT – DWORD value = 1$

01/09/199902/24/2023Computer

Help Desk Log – Classic humor

Subject: Humor: Help Desk Log – reposted from BOFH or somewhere crazy like that Monday 8:05am User called to say they forgot password. Told them to use password retrieval utility called FDISK. Blissfully ignorant, they thank […]

07/28/199702/24/2023Computer, Humor