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The PC Game Market is Not Dead

Sunday, July 20, 2008

You remember that old saying “Follow the money?” whenever you wanted to find the answer to something? It still applies… For years now PC Gaming has “been dying” and giving way to consoles; the more locked down, publiser/advertiser friendly, vendor lock-in-encouraging devices that have meant to replace the 20 billion PC gamers on the planet. Yea after [...]

Windows 7 (Vienna) Screenshots - Confirmed for 2010 Release

Wednesday, May 28, 2008

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If you haven’t seen it already, supposed pictures of the Windows 7 (Vienna) interface were leaked online yesterday along with a bit of information of “what we know so far”. Possible returns of WinFS, obviously a much more enhanced candy-esque UI is going to grace us and also a confirmation that consumers will be getting [...]

Windows XP SP3 - FAIL

Friday, May 9, 2008

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I don’t know why I didn’t think this would happen… it is Microsoft and they have proved for the last 8 years that they are absolutely incapable of releasing valuable, stable, robust and well-designed software. Rumors abound that Windows XP SP3 installs are fucking over computers world-wide, resulting in the inability to boot after the patches [...]

Getting Virtual / Multiple Desktops on Windows (XP and Vista)

Wednesday, April 30, 2008

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Have you ever found yourself juggling so many extra windows at work (or at home) on your desktop that you wished you have access to multiple desktops so you could group them together and not clutter one desktop with everything? Yea, me too… Linux has had the idea of “multiple desktops” or “virtual desktops” for a [...]

Legit Vista Crack (OEM Emulation) Released

Monday, March 3, 2008

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APC reports that a legit Vista crack has made it’s way out in the form of an OEM emulator. Apparently Microsoft does not require activation from machines with Vista on them from some OEM partners (See above screenshot) and the crack takes advantage of that. Also… for the folks reading this, “legit Vista crack” doesn’t mean [...]

Music Using Windows Sounds Only

Sunday, February 17, 2008

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This is pretty awesome, it’s music created using simply the system sounds from a Windows install. I was surprised how cool it could still sound… like music is 80% beat and 20% actual sounds? I guess that is why Stomp is able to exist? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsU3B0W3TMs

Create Customized Windows Vista ISO with vLite

Monday, January 28, 2008

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For the folks that have used nLite with Windows XP and love it, stop right there… vLite is for Vista and works just as awesome. For folks that have no idea what nLite or vLite are, they are these badass programs written by Dino Nuhagic that are used to take the install files for Windows XP [...]

Windows 7, Extensive Detailed Revealed

Wednesday, January 23, 2008

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Grant Gochnauer sends in a link to the istartedsomething blog where a commenter, rumored to be an insider from Microsoft, left a comment that equates to an essay covering the development, design, features and strategy all coming in Windows 7. We’ll try and highlight the juicy parts below, but if you love this stuff, you are [...]

Windows Install Recovery Tips (Not a Reinstall)

Wednesday, January 23, 2008

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Following up with our previous tip about keeping windows from “rotting”, Grant Gochnauer sends in another great tip from the ShippingSeven blog for recovering a really fuck-up Windows install without reinstalling. There are actually two tips, and they are: Try logging off, then back on instead of rebooting. Try backing up your data and then erasing [...]

Windows Utility: Process Lasso

Saturday, January 19, 2008

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Grant Gochnauer sent along a heads-up to a pretty kick-ass little Windows utility application named Process Lasso. The purpose of Process Lasso is to manage the priorities and CPU-quotas of all running processes to make sure your computer stays responsive, even in times of trouble (e.g. a single process runs out of control and pegs [...]

What Causes “Windows Rot” and How Can it be Avoided?

Thursday, January 17, 2008

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NOTE: “Windows Rot” is the name given to the phenomenon that every install of Windows degrades over time, gradually getting slower and slower, using more and more ram, until the computer running it needs to be reformatted and have Windows reinstalled. This phenomenon has existed since Windows 3.1 and is alive and well today more [...]

Is 64-bit Vista Stable And Why Should I Care?

Tuesday, January 15, 2008

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If your a Mac person your not going to care either way, but for you Windows user 64-bit Vista has some things to offer…… A 64-bit computer can theoretically process twice as much information as a 32-bit computer. This makes a 64-bit computer a good choice if you’re working with video, large database searches, or games [...]

Funny Windows Errors

Thursday, January 10, 2008

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These are always enjoyable… a collection of funny errors that folks have screenshotted in Windows.

Windows Vista HDMI DRM Fucks All DRM’ed Media

Thursday, January 3, 2008

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Laurence Hartje sends in a link to a story that is pure-suck… The gist of this (as I understand it) is that in Windows Vista, the new DRM functionality in the operating system is universal and tied to the hardware. More specifically, if you purchase movies while a monitor with a specific HDMI signature is attached [...]

Windows XP SP3 RC Ready for Download

Sunday, December 23, 2007

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OSNews reports that Microsoft has put the release candidate (RC) of Service Pack 3 (SP3) for Windows XP up on their download site for you to grab. The entire download weighs in at 580mb while the Windows Update version that will be available when the release goes final, will be roughly 70mb. Not too shabby for [...]

Get Windows Vista Ultimate for Free

Tuesday, December 11, 2007

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Brad Agdern just sent in a cool bit of news for folks that aren’t privacy aficionados. If you don’t mind Microsoft monitoring your computer usage for 3 months (I’m not sure of how detailed the monitoring is… but my guess is that it covers everything you are doing, sites you browse to, files you open, [...]

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The PC Game Market is Not Dead

Windows 7 (Vienna) Screenshots - Confirmed for 2010 Release

Windows XP SP3 - FAIL

Getting Virtual / Multiple Desktops on Windows (XP and Vista)

Legit Vista Crack (OEM Emulation) Released

Music Using Windows Sounds Only

Create Customized Windows Vista ISO with vLite

Windows 7, Extensive Detailed Revealed

Windows Install Recovery Tips (Not a Reinstall)

Windows Utility: Process Lasso

What Causes “Windows Rot” and How Can it be Avoided?

Is 64-bit Vista Stable And Why Should I Care?

Funny Windows Errors

Windows Vista HDMI DRM Fucks All DRM’ed Media

Windows XP SP3 RC Ready for Download

Get Windows Vista Ultimate for Free

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