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72XP: Some GUI changes
Jan 3, 2010 Tech Comments Off
Now for the next installment of 72xp, were going to make some GUI changes.
The superbar seems to be a pretty good idea, as in the idea of pinning items it, sortof like an advanced quicklaunch. pinning things to the start menu isnt really all that new though. now for me, i prefer my quicklaunch...
72XP: Allow permanent installation of unsigned drivers
Jan 2, 2010 Tech Comments Off
So over the past couple of months ive been attempting to transition from xp to windows 7, but some parts of the interface just bug me, i guess im just used to doing it a certain way in XP. (upgrading from from Windows 98 wasnt a problem all those years ago because XP was a much needed improvement)....
A review of download managers
Aug 9, 2009 Tech Comments Off
So recently, ive had a need to download a large file (around 3GB), I tried 8 download managers before i found one that worked well, how sucky is that :p so i thought i’d write a small review about them.
FlashGet
I added the file to the download list, it immediatly...
newly updated usb switchblade drive thingy
Apr 6, 2008 Tech Comments Off
So I decided to revamp my usb switchblade after seeing this guide, I wanted to intergrate it with my current setup. so after doing that, it was actually pretty easy as I already had a WinPE source...
Vista SP1 RTM available, Yahoo to reject microsoft bid.
Feb 10, 2008 Tech Comments Off
So Vista SP1 RTM has been released on Connect, and Windows Update apparently. Its quite likely that it’ll be available/leaked on torrent/http link if it isnt already. I should reinstall vista sometime and test it out.
update:
“Customers who visit...
Macworld 2008 & windows seven.
Jan 17, 2008 Site News, Tech Comments Off
So I tuned into macworld the other day, when i say I tuned in, i mean i just kept the macrumours live page open to watch the updates lol. pictures were cool too, ars had some too, but that crashed out quite often, probably because of the huge amount of users online. so i wont bore you with all the...
my sexy new multifunctional bootable autorunning switchblade, drive.
Dec 18, 2007 Tech 2 Comments
So ive had my 4gb u3 enabled cruzer micro (I may actually buy a cruzer titanium because the plastic case feels a bit thin on this one) usb flash drive for a while now, and id been planning to setup a number of things on it.
- an implementation of switchblade.
- a...
A visual representation of my hard drive
Dec 6, 2007 Tech Comments Off
So I recently downloaded something called WinDirStat that scans all your hard drives and gives you a visual representation of whats useing up what space, it really is pretty cool because each little block shows 1 file and the size of the block shows up the amount of space used by that file, it gives...
Carry on using MSN 7.5 after a forced upgrade
Sep 16, 2007 Tech 3 Comments
So the other day I went to login to msn (using version 7.5) and it asked me to upgrade before i could login. So either I upgrade or dont login, nice.
Ive never really liked the WLM Versions really. mostly because MsgPlus! has removed a much used feature from the newer version of the app which...
Support Autopatcher
Sep 3, 2007 Tech Comments Off
Recently a app called autopatcher which contains current windows patches for patching offline windows installations was ‘terminated’ by Microsoft.
This is after 4 years of the app being in existence which is a bit odd tbh. Microsoft have...