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2007 November

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How to Turn Off System Restore

This is a tip for turning off System Restore in Windows XP.
Warning: this will delete all of your System Restores!
1. Click on the Start button.
2.Right Click on My Computer, then click properties.
3. Click the System Restore tab.
4. From here you can click “Turn off System Restore” or you can even change the disk space […]

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Weird Zune software error

Apparently the Zune Software doesn’t want me to listen to Arcade Fire
Just 10min ago after I got out of the shower I returned to my computer just to see the Zune software do this little number. It appears the program locked and I was unable to click anything. there is […]

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Vista who? I am on XP

Its true I broke from a cruse they call Vista and can now enjoy my PC once again. After error after error on Vista, read previous post, it was time for me to roll back to XP just so I can do simple every day tasks once again. Upon going back to XP […]

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Moving Back to XP

After running XP in a virtual machine within Windows Vista I have decided to make the leap backwards into my old friend. Within the last couple of weeks Vista has been acting crazy by screwing up the Windows Firewall and now starting 10min ago refusing to let me connect online with my wireless card. Up […]

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Windows Firewall issue

So I have Windows Vista Home Premium installed on my laptop and have yet to have any serious issues with it that has hindered my usability, until now. Recently I have installed Windows Live Care and after my 90 day trail was over it was time to uninstall it, easy enough to do for anyone […]

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Zune Support is a Joke!

Ok so I keep getting this error while installing the new Zune Software on my Vista machine:
“Software Installation Failed Setup must stop because the required package ‘Zune’ failed to installDIFXAPP: Rollback failed with error 0×2Error Code: 0×80070643″
So like any paying customer I decided to give them a call and to my delight they know nothing about […]

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Full Zune Coverage Today and Tomorrow

As updates happen today and tomorrow I will be sharing them with you. I am a Zune 30 owner and will be updating my software and firmware as they become available, hopefully at midnight. I think this is the most excited I have ever been over a simple firmware update and to be honest I […]

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Freebie download from Xbox Live

Today I realized that in the Marketplace under the music video section you can download an entire Finger Eleven  concert in HD. This is a sweet download for fans of the band seeing how dvds of this nature usually cost around $20. I wish the Marketplace featured more music videos and maybe some music. With […]

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Oh Crap! Big Computer Problem!

Ok so I have a standard built in CD-RW/DVD ROM drive in my Dell laptop and up to today it has worked fine until the drive was not reconginzed my Vista. When ever I put a disk in there it reads it but thats as far as it goes. I went to the Device Manager […]

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Tips for taking an online class

This quarter was my first time taking an online class for anything! The class I am taking is called “Web graphics and design” which in laymen terms means that I am learning to use Adobe(r) Photo Shop. The set up of the class is simple:

I have one week to finish the next two chapters in […]