Recently – I finally decided to take the plunge with Vista Media Center Edition and High Definition Cable TV…. I’ve been a fan of MCE for some time, and up until February this year I’d been using Vista MCE with a standard analogue cable line into a dual receiver Hauppauge tuner card and doing relatively [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Windows Vista’
Vista MCE and HD – At Last
Posted in Everything, Gadgets and Tech, tagged HDTV, Windows Vista on March 31, 2008 | 11 Comments »
Prolific PL-2303 Driver – Vista x64
Posted in Applications, Everything, tagged Windows Vista on February 8, 2008 | 18 Comments »
I purchased a USB to RS232 Serial cable so I could hook up my GPS unit to my laptop and found out that installing the driver on Vista 64 was problematic. Disabling driver signing verification with the following command at an elevated prompt, followed by a reboot, enabled me to install the driver. BCDEDIT.EXE /SET [...]
Vista Slow File Copy – Fix
Posted in Applications, Everything, tagged Windows Vista on June 22, 2007 | 30 Comments »
Are you tired of waiting around for Vista to copy your files, did XP seem so much faster at performing the same job? You’re not alone in thinking there is a problem with the current RTM version of Vista. MS claim that they’ll fix the problem in Vista SP1 (whenever that is) but for now [...]
CDRW/DVDROM Driver or Corrupt under Vista/XP
Posted in Applications, Everything, tagged Microsoft Windows, Windows Vista on June 21, 2007 | 5 Comments »
For a few weeks now I have been puzzling over why my CDRW/DVD ROM driver refuses to load under Windows Vista. I naively assumed that I needed to find a replacement driver from the manufacturer (IBM in my case), or perhaps my drive was bad. After replacing my laptop docking station and the drive unit , [...]
ADATA 8GB Ready Boost Flash Drive
Posted in Everything, Gadgets and Tech, tagged Electronics, Windows Vista on April 10, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
It’s been a busy, busy couple of weeks, and I’ve not been posting, but I had to mention my new purchase of an 8GB USB flash drive from AData. Yes, you read that right 8GB!!! Wow, I remember when I thought 512MB attached to my key chain was impressive. This little puppy is 200x speed [...]
DreamScene, DeskScape and Vista
Posted in Applications, Everything, tagged Windows Vista on February 26, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Check out this video of my Vista desktop. DreamScene on Windows Vista Ultimate Extras allows users to play full motion video as background wallpaper, but Stardock DeskScape goes one step further, as an addition to DreamScene, by allowing users to set “Dreams” as their wallpaper. [Youtube:pEg4q56ONdM] Does anyone know if a Mac can do this?
.NET Wrapper for COM Elevation
Posted in Everything, Software Development, tagged C#, Code, Windows Vista on February 12, 2007 | 12 Comments »
Microsoft has ramped up the security in their latest operating system – Windows Vista, which means that developers now have to pay more attention to certain security constraints imposed by the operating system when developing applications. Those of you readers who have read my prior posts on User Access Control in Vista (and the further reading [...]
Cable Labs Certified Media Center – Requirements
Posted in Everything, Gadgets and Tech, tagged Windows Media, Windows Vista on January 24, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Cable Labs is really putting the screws on OEM users, who like to home-brew their media center PC on the cheap. To view and record HDTV content on a new Vista MCE PC, the following is a list of required components (thanks Chris Lanier): 1) Vista Home Premium or Ultimate2) HDCP Video Card3) Special BIOS w/ OCUR [...]
Windows Vista UAC – Further Reading
Posted in Applications, Everything, tagged Security, Windows Vista on January 4, 2007 | 7 Comments »
Then and Now Microsoft Windows XP™ initially creates all user accounts as local administrators. Administrators have full access to system-wide resources and can execute any privileged operation. Microsoft guidelines suggest that users run day-to-day tasks under a least privileged account (LUA), however many users prefer to operate at the administrator level for the following typical [...]
Windows Vista – User Account Control
Posted in Applications, Everything, tagged Security, Windows Vista on January 4, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Presently, users of the Microsoft Windows™ operating system have had to face several challenges to secure the integrity of the data residing on their computer. Users have had to cope with the vast slew of malware, including viruses, spyware, and root-kits, which typically cause damage to data and/or applications residing on the user’s desktop pc. [...]
