How to enable the start menu in Windows 8

Posted on January 22, 2012 by Mark Urbin

As a follow up to my earlier post on Windows 8. This requires the use of regedit. Pretty straightforward though.

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Why Windows 8 will fail

Posted on January 17, 2012 by Mark Urbin

Oh, and fail it will. Big time.  The single driving issue behind its approaching and certain failure is the Metro Desktop. Metro clearly defined as a touch screen interface and it is just bloody awful to use with a mouse and keyboard.  Really, it’s truly horrible. To make it worse, you can’t launch your apps [...]

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Browser wars summed up

Posted on July 11, 2011 by Mark Urbin

I recently “upgraded” to IE 9 on one of my systems.  Remember that  ”upgrade” doesn’t mean “better.” This cartoon sums up the browser wars pretty damn accurately.

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I’ve taken the Windows 7 plunge

Posted on March 30, 2010 by Mark Urbin

I’ve got Windows 7 Professional 64 bit on my desktop and copy of Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit on my laptop.  I’m pretty happy so far, the plug and play works quite well, with a couple of noticable exceptions. First off is my Wireless Laser Desktop 3000 keyboard, which I’m not using to type this because the [...]

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Upgrading from Windows7 Beta to the RC

Posted on June 18, 2009 by Mark Urbin

I upgraded from Windows7 Beta to the RC today.  Microsoft wants a clean install, but I decided to try this hack I found at Life Rocks 2.0. It’s really pretty straight forward. 1 Download the ISO and burn the ISO to a DVD. 2 Copy the whole image to a storage location you wish to [...]

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Dell jumping on the Android Netbook bandwagon?

Posted on May 6, 2009 by Mark Urbin

Microsoft is rushing to get Windows7 out the door. One reason is so they can push it into the netbook market. Netbook manufacturers have been looking at alternate OS solutions, including Google’s Android (it’s not just for Cell Phones anymore). The latest rumor is that Dell is working on an Android based netbook.  If a [...]

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The end of the Vista Era

Posted on May 4, 2009 by Mark Urbin

The Vista OS has not been good for Microsoft.  Pushed out quickly into the supply chain, new Vista users found a very different GUI, old reliable programs that would no longer run, digital music they had purchased would no longer play due to DRM issues, and a new version of Office that required a fair [...]

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Microsoft rumored to announce their own smartphone

Posted on February 9, 2009 by Mark Urbin

Microsoft has been in the smartphone business for a while, but only as a software vendor with their WinCE OS (ok, so Microsoft calls it “Windows Mobile” now, but the WinCE name is so descriptive).   There are rumors circulating that Microsoft will be announcing their own smartphone hardware. Microsoft already produces hardware, the Zune [...]

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Microsoft to repeat a Vista mistake in Windows7

Posted on February 5, 2009 by Mark Urbin

One of the serious problems with Vista was the half dozen plus versions.  That caused market confusion as well as code bloat, since every version had the same code with features locked out in the lower end versions. It looks like nobody has explained exactly what is wrong with this to the marketing folks at [...]

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Sound and Printing

Posted on January 21, 2009 by Mark Urbin

For just shy of $45, including tax, I have Windows7 producing actual sound.  Listening to unencrypted MP3s (the way music should be formated).  All it took was a new sound card and a set of cheap speakers.  (my Bose Companion 5 speakers are hooked up to my main system). Getting my Samsung color laser printer [...]

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