All Posts Tagged With: "Microsoft"
Windows Home Server Add-In List
Although it’s still early days for Windows Home Server, it’s showing a lot of promise. If you haven’t come across Windows Home Server yet, it’s a new Operating System that you can install on a low-spec machine which allows it to act as a server for your files, a Remote Access solution and a way [...]
13Mar2008 | Tony Williams | 0 comments | ContinuedDon’t Buy A HD-DVD Player
I’ve been sitting on the fence during the Blu-Ray Vs HD-DVD battle, but I’ve just become a fully paid up member of the Blu-Ray camp. Why? Because Microsoft have stopped selling the HD-DVD player, joining the host of companies that have either given their support to Blu-Ray, or have withdrawn their support from [...]
23Feb2008 | Tony Williams | 1 comment | Continued10 Tips To Improve Your Wireless Network
Many broadband users now have a wireless router, and have at some point encountered problems with weak wireless signals.
Although most routers can provide a decent enough signal for general browsing, but if you are doing big downloads or transferring files between machines or streaming video to a TV then poor wireless signals can be a [...]
Important Vista Patches Now Available For Download
If you are a Windows Vista user then you should download ASAP the new Vista patches that have just been released, both for 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Vista.
Two patches have been released:
compatibility and reliability patch
performance and reliability
Installing the patches will help improve Vista compatibility and will also improve performance.
9Aug2007 | Tony Williams | 0 comments | ContinuedDownload Fix For Windows Vista iPod Problems
Microsoft have just released a fix for the only remaining problem I have with Windows Vista, which is the problems using an iPod, which can corrupt your iPod if you disconnect it incorrectly.
This problem may occur if you use one of the following methods to disconnect the iPod:
You use the Safely Remove Hardware feature in [...]
8May2007 | Tony Williams | 1 comment | ContinuedWhy You Should Buy a DirectX10 Graphics Card
If you’re a big PC gamer then you really should consider upgrading to a DirectX10 Graphics Card. Rather than baffling you with performance figures, I’m just going to post these pictures that highlight the vast difference between DirectX9 and and DirectX10.
29Apr2007 | Tony Williams | 3 comments | ContinuedWindows Media Player Plugin For Firefox
The popularity of the internet browser Firefox continues to grow by the day, but it still has a few annoying quirks. One of these is that it can be difficult to watch Windows Media Player videos within Firefox.
Luckily, thanks to Port 25, who are the team at Microsoft who look after interoperability, there’s a [...]
How to enable the DVD Library in Windows Vista Media Center
Iv’e spent a lot of time copying my DVD library to my computer’s Hard Disk to protect my disks and to save having to swap them around everytime I want to watch them. In Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005, DVD content that was stored on the hard disk automatically appeared [...]
17Apr2007 | Tony Williams | 15 comments | ContinuedSave Up To $180 On Windows Vista
Let’s face it, upgrading to Windows Vista is too expensive for most of us mere mortals, with the top-of-the-range Vista Ultimate weighing in at a whopping $379. For that kind of money you can buy an 80GB iPod.
Luckily there is a cheaper way to get your hands on a copy of Windows Vista that [...]
Sync Google Calendar With Microsoft Outlook
I’m starting to use Google products more and more by the day. The latest two I’ve started using are Google Calendar and Google Spreadsheet. Unfortunately, my company still insists on using Outlook, but luckily I’ve discovered which adds a ISyncMyCaltoolbar to Microsoft Outlook that provides two-way syncing between Google Calendar and Outlook [...]
30Jan2007 | Tony Williams | 2 comments | Continued

