Tales from the Dark Side

Still Alive…

DarkSentinel — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 19:42:10 +0000

Just a brief post to let everyone know I am still alive. Just dealing with a few heath issues. Will be back to rant very soon…

Shoot all the insurance carriers! Steaming mad right now!

DarkSentinel — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 13:06:48 +0000

Although I tend to shy away from personal stuff since this a tech related blog, this issue needs to be addressed. As I have stated in previous posts I am very active in Internet newsgroups(Usenet), and have been for many years. I am also a Type II diabetic, and have been since being diagnosed in [...]

Buying an OEM system

DarkSentinel — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 22:30:49 +0000

I am active in the Usenet groups. Have been for more years off and on than I care to count. One of the current crop of complaints that I have seen, and am actually in a thread about, deals with the people that purchased OEM systems complaining that Microsoft should do this, they need to [...]

All Hotkeys - Learn those keyboard shortcuts

DarkSentinel — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 00:21:14 +0000

Technorati Tags: Hot Keys,Keyboard,Shortcut,Keystroke Ok, guys and gals, bookmark the link below. It is a MUST HAVE!!! Unlike the mouse only crowd, if have the choice of using key stroke I normally use it. This site is wonderful. Has the shortcuts for the things every day, and some you don’t.. All Hotkeys Quote of the day: [...]

Windows Feedback Program - Shame on you Microsoft!

DarkSentinel — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 11:22:37 +0000

Technorati Tags: Windows Feedback Program,Windows,Vista,Office 2007,Feedback,Microsoft Ok, I have a serious gripe here. Microsoft wants us to share our experiences with them. You have to download a program, and add what equates to spyware on your system. Now this is fine and good if you choose to do it. Like all of us, I covet my [...]

Hardware Tweak For Vista

DarkSentinel — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 09:45:08 +0000

Technorati Tags: BIOS,Hard Drive,Harware,IDE,SATA,SATA2,Vista,Windows,XP Note: This particular help/fix is not for everybody A lot of you out there are probably like me, and had the drives from your old XP machines when you upgraded. In my case, 80GB and 250GB Barracudas. Unfortunately, the mobo in my Acer only has 1 IDE controller on it, and I damn [...]

WGA…Wonderful or Worthless?

DarkSentinel — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 17:10:58 +0000

Windows Genuine Advantage…Windows Genuine Disadvantage. Depending on your experience with it, it can be either. I regularly hit and post in the Microsoft Usenet newsgroups, have multiple RSS feeds, and peruse various tech related websites. I have seen both sides of the coin. You have the anti-MS zealots always finding fault with everything Microsoft does. In [...]

Fixed: Outlook 2007 and Vista

DarkSentinel — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 17:27:39 +0000

Readers will remember my diatribe of December 10, 2007. Well after working that problem the entire day(anyone that knows me, knows I am unable to leave things unfixed), I stepped back, and as is normal with me a solution presented itself. Below is a post I made to the “microsoft.public.outlook” newsgroup on December 12, 2007, [...]

Microsoft’s turn this time…Re: Making your own software work with your operating system

DarkSentinel — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 22:49:38 +0000

Man am I fuming right now. Got my new machine. Was doing the happy dance! Athlon X2 Dual Core, 2GB RAM, 400GB SATA, and loaded with Vista. Whoops!!! That’s the show stopper right there. Apparently Microsoft can’t get their top of the line productivity suite to work with their own flagship operating system. Hell it [...]

The jury is in: Norton 360 sucks!

DarkSentinel — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 10:55:52 +0000

I just can’t believe some of the trash the software houses are putting out nowadays. My specific target of this diatribe is Symantec/Norton. More specifically Norton 360. Oh, and don’t worry Microsoft and others. You will have your turn. Coming from a network admin background, I am anal about security. So I am always looking for whatever will protect my systems [...]

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