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Today Coast Runner,
Need some help. Got a new machine with Vista Home Premium installed. Attempted to load Partition Magic 8.0 to no avail. Used Vista to partition the HDD. Loaded Windows XP Professional on the new partition and “lost” Windows Vista? Could not see the partition, only the partition with […]

Despite reservations early on, there is something to be said about rolling with a 64bit operating system. Sure, there have been issues with both Windows XP 64bit and Linux 64bit. But now that software is becoming available for both platforms along with the benefit of extra RAM capacity, things are looking much brighter.
One of the […]

As I was combing over this today, I could not help but wonder why some of the items were removed at all? Take DXDiag for instance. This is a tool that nearly every gamer out there is aware of and has likely used to diagnose issues with DirectX. Why was it cut - get this, […]

As I run Vista myself here in a virtual machine for work, I have come to find myself getting used to this release and find myself less worrisome about the lack of XP for those who prefer it. Despite what others feel was a terrible mistake, myself included at one point, I do not see […]

If you were to take the article seen here at face value, my article’s title may very well be the reader’s conclusion. Once you get past the rabid Mac fans who have made their perspective clear in the comments, there is finally one comment that actually sheds some light on what I think is the […]

I don’t believe there is any question that here soon when you use Windows on a PC, it will be Vista. Despite begging and pleading with the Redmond giant, Microsoft has made their thoughts on the matter clear and now closed - there will be no reprieve, XP is a goner.
So this will mean a […]

Have to admit, despite the fact that I cannot seem to make Dell products appear at my door step for the life of me, this news of a Dell competitor to the ASUS Eee is rather compelling for what it is. And much like we have seen with the ASUS Eee, you will be able […]

As people customize their desktops to suit their own personal preferences, the Notification Area is often overlooked. Some users are not aware that this area of the desktop can also be customized.
For those users who are not familiar with the notification area, it is the area located in the bottom corner of your desktop, […]

Attention Windows XP users, there are some items of interest that are sure to tickle your fancy once SP3 goes live. Yes, there is a delay, but I applaud Microsoft in this instance as it shows that that are playing this one smart. Hence NOT rushing things to market.
I have read through the PDF explaining […]

Gnomie Kpalsm from our chat room writes:
I’m having problems with my Vista/XP dual boot, and I’m hoping someone might be able to help.
My Toshiba laptop came with Vista Ultimate installed. As I was reluctant to just go ahead and wipe it and install XP, so I decided to do a dual boot. After slipstreaming some […]

Despite not being a full time Windows user anymore myself, I happen to agree with ASUS offering XP as an alternative to the Linux distro known as Xandros currently offered on these machines. With SP2 in place, the Eee could actually do just fine with XP. But I see another problem here, just as I […]

Based on what I have been seeing, I think Vista is never going to be as “popular” from the user perspective as XP was. And understand I am not talking about sales numbers. A healthy dose of Vista upgrade coupons and being pre-installed takes care of this. No, I think how people actually feel about […]

In the past, I have pointed out the wonders of both suDown and SudoWin. Both cool ideas and great for users not willing to go with Vista just yet. But there are some problems:

suDown was cool, but in the most recent release, it has stopped working entirely, just check out the forums. I tried an […]