Work around for KB938371 disabling HID-compliant input devices
After a few days of non-working mice, someone found a work around for KB938371. As I noted here and here, Vista Update 938371 disabled two the three mice I have I on my main home machine. Here’s the...
View ArticleMicrosoft admits that KB 938371 kills USB Devices
Various reports on the Intertubes are reporting that Microsoft has acknowledge that last weeks Vista Update, 938371, has been causing “problems” with USB devices. The money quote: “We are aware of...
View ArticleSystem Restore and Vista
After reading the comments posted to my blog entries for USB issues caused by KB938371, I can’t over emphasis how valuable it is to have System Restore enabled. While trying to find a work around for...
View ArticleMy "Windows Feedback" copy of Office 2007 Ultimate just came in
I just received a NFR copy of Microsoft Office 2007 Ultimate in the mail. Last December, I signed up for the 2008 Microsoft Windows Feedback Program Sweepstakes. This was a three month program run...
View ArticleIPv6 and Vista
The other day, I read a post that Carl Franklin had made on his blog about a new Vista laptop that he had to buy on short notice. The gist of his post that Vista ran pretty well, but he did tweak some...
View ArticleProof by lack of evidence
CNET’s Matt Asay wrote an article for CNET’s News.com that was just so bad, it gets the “Epic Fail” tag. You can get the gist of how bad it is by the first few lines: Vista’s big problem: 92 percent...
View ArticleWhy www.nbc.com wont load with IE7 on Vista (and how to get around it)
My kids wanted to watch the Olympic swimming events going on in Beijing. Since NBC is streaming all the venues, I figures I would just fire up the web browser and wander over to www.nbc.com. We have...
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Offload TCP processing to the network controllers under Vista, Server 2008,...
After upgrading my home PC to Windows 7, I was decided to see if my motherboard/CPU combination support hardware virtualization. You need hardware virtualization support if you want to run Windows XP...
View ArticleWhat to do when a Windows 7 desktop icon has the wrong image
We are in the middle of rebranding our applications and as part of the rebranding, the icons for each application have been updated. We are having lots of fun cramming Vista styled icons through...
View ArticleThere was a problem sending the command to the program
I hate error messages like that. It’s both detailed and vague at the same. What command was being sent and what was the problem? Let me back up a few steps. A family member bought a new PC running...
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