Vista

In my Fun Toy for Geeks post, I gave the impression that U3 technology is pretty cool. Opinions vary, as they usually do, but I have at least one major concern: U3 could be compromised and used to steal private information. All some hacker would have to do is hook into U3 so that it installs [...]

I was at a client’s site today and had to change the computer name on a Vista PC to clear up a conflict. I found what is either a “feature” of Vista or a bona fide bug in the OS. When I tried to change the computer name from “Xyz” to “XYZ,” the OK button [...]