Permalink 04/02/07 08:09:23 pm Categories: Hall of Shame , 208 words, English (AU)

More high DPI woes in Vista (+ solution!)

I just downloaded the cool new Windows Vista Ultimate Extra, Hold'em Poker. Now, I haven't really played it all the much yet, because there's a really annoying problem. You may recall I had an issue with Windows Mail, whereby it was not marked with th… more »
Permalink 17/01/07 03:06:18 pm Categories: Hall of Shame , 51 words, English (AU)

What am I supposed to do then?

Logging in to one of our server machines today, I’m prompted with this doozey: So clearly, I can’t “Restart Later.” I also can’t seem to “Restart Now.” What do they want me to do? “Restart ½ an hour ago” doesn’t work – I don’t have a time machine. more »
Permalink 13/01/07 09:56:42 am Categories: Hall of Shame , 222 words, English (AU)

Why I won't use Windows Vista Mail

I thought that I might like to give Windows Mail a try, on my shiny new Vista install, since it should be more "light weight" than Outlook. But there's a problem, and I don't think I will be using, unless I can figure out a work-around... Take a look… more »
Permalink 11/01/07 01:31:06 pm Categories: Hall of Shame , 231 words, English (AU)

Restart Manager

I think I just had my first experience with the Windows Vista Restart Manager. I'm not sure whether I particularly liked the experience, though. See, it was updating the video driver for my laptop. What happens is, Vista starts installing the updates… more »
Permalink 10/01/07 11:42:58 am Categories: Rants, Hall of Shame , 232 words, English (AU)

Path too long?

Why do so many people think the 260 character limit on path names is an operating system limitation? It’s not! The operating system can access paths up to 32,000 characters long (or a bit more). Individual components of a path are limited to 248 chara… more »

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