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Windows Update Fail

By on April 28, 2011 in Windows 7

Got the Windows Update reboot loop of death this morning. You know, where it fails to install updates and rolls back. To fix…

  • Uncheck KB982018 and install all other updates
  • Reboot
  • Install KB982018 on its own
  • Reboot

And you’re done.

Yes, really, it’s that stupid. Enjoy!

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Dropbox authentication: insecure by design

By on April 8, 2011 in Linux, Mac / OSX, Operating Systems, Web/Tech, Windows 7

I have tested this, and can back up what Derek is saying. It is more than a little worrying – but also easy for the Dropbox guys to fix.

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Browser Power Consumption

By on March 30, 2011 in Mac / OSX, Operating Systems, Random Rants, Web/Tech, Windows 7

Ignoring the IE9 propaganda – just for a second… LOOK CHROME REALLY DOES SUCK. Google really have their work cut out there. As more and more people get laptops, the battery usage of the browser needs to be looked at more closely. Also of interest how Safari fairs on Windows there – someone should do the comparison of browsers on Mac.

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AVG, Windows 7 and a Netbook

By on August 9, 2009 in Operating Systems, Random Rants, Windows 7

How do you take a fast operating system and make it impossibly slow to use? That’s easy, install AVG.

Last night, I installed AVG on my Samsung NC-10 thinking that would be good and useful to have some protection. How wrong could I be? Upon reboot the Resident Shield took 100% CPU on the Intel Atom 1.6GHz chip that the NC-10 has and consequently making the entire machine unusable.

Time to try another anti-virus I think. To think that Windows recommended AVG as well…

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Windows 7 and the Shake Gesture

By on August 8, 2009 in Operating Systems, Windows 7

Today I managed to get time to upgrade my MacBook Pro and Samsung NC10 netbook to Windows 7. Overall, everything went very smoothly however one feature that is on by default caused me much pain; I hate the fact that when I shake the mouse loosely all my windows minimise!

I spent some time hunting for the control panel item to turn it off. Typing in ‘Shake’ into the Control Panel search suggest the ‘Change how your mouse works’ in ‘Ease of Access’. However, there’s no option to turn off shake in there… or is there?

It turns out that ‘Prevent windows from being automatically arranged when moved to the edge of the screen’ means what it says AND disables the mouse shake gesture. Thanks Microsoft for making that intuitive – why do I have to turn both off. I like the arranging feature, I hate the shake feature.

mousefun

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