Most Windows software these days follows the convention introduced back in Windows 95 to install applications into the “Program Files” or “Program Files (x86)” folder on your computer (usually located in C:\). With more recent versions of Windows such as Windows Vista and Windows 7 this has become quite important as the “Program Files” folders …
Category: Windows Vista
Dec 26 2011
Why Won’t Windows Automatically Sleep?
Recently, I reinstalled Windows 7 from scratch after putting a brand new OCZ RevoDrive 3 X2 solid state drive in my desktop computer but since then my computer hasn’t been going to sleep automatically after its nightly backup. After a bit of research, I found that I needed to use the powercfg tool to see what …
Oct 07 2011
Find Out About Daylight Saving Time Changes in Windows
Here’s a quick tip for tonight. If you like in a part of the world which observes daylights saving (which I personally find annoying) you can easily find out what happened or what will happen with regard to the system clock (whichever is closest). Under Windows Vista and Windows 7 all you need to do …
Jul 31 2011
Learning About Application Compatibility Mode in Windows
Yesterday, I wrote about an old game that was a favourite of mine back in school, WinTrek as well as some nostalgia from that time of my life. Anyway, with games written for really old operating systems like Windows 3.11 or Windows 95 you might need to tweak things a little bit to get these …
Jul 19 2011
Build Your Own Network Map in Windows
Here’s a quick tip for users of Windows 7. With the number of computers growing in homes and small businesses it can be hard to keep track of how things are connected without following all of the network cables and drawing up a schematic of the network. Now, maybe the dedicated amongst us would prefer …
Jul 18 2011
MacOS X and NTFS – Will it Blend?
In the Windows world the best file system to be using is NTFS (New Technology File System), hands down. Compared to legacy FAT file systems (including FAT32) the robustness, reliability and scalability of NTFS is undisputed. However, since NTFS is proprietary to Microsoft it is often incompatible with non-Microsoft platforms such as MacOS X. Of …
Jul 05 2011
Make Your Own DOS USB Boot Disk
This one might be a bit out there for the regular crowd out there but for those of us who grew up on the DOS command line (myself included) sometimes you need to get back to basics. Some faithful tools and utilities such as SpinRite only work in DOS and in order to use them …
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