2009 – Page 5 – GeekTieGuy

Recover from BAD_POOL_HEADER blue screen errors after upgrading hard drive

27July2009GeekTieGuy3 CommentsMicrosoft, Software, Tech Toys

I noticed recently that Iâ€™d get logged off from my computer over night. Iâ€™d leave the system running at night without logging off, and in the morning Iâ€™d have to log in again, with all the previously running programs gone. I had recently added a SATA controller in order to be able to run three

CardSharkV updated

22July2009GeekTieGuySoftware

Iâ€™ve updated my program for transferring digital pictures to your computer while organizing them into grouped folders. Thereâ€™s now better keyboard navigation and some more guiding text as well as support for mpg files and a bunch of â€œrawâ€ formats. Itâ€™s also been made localizable (and Iâ€™ve added a language too), for personal reasons. The

Windows Vista Ultimate customers get the shaft – again

26June2009GeekTieGuy1 CommentMicrosoft, Software development, Windows 7

A lot has been written about how Windows Vista Ultimate was a major disappointment. First it was billed as the version that would “keep on giving” in the form of Ultimate Extras – cool new features that would be exclusive to Ultimate customers. When those extras finally materialized most people were underwhelmed. The extras were

Battling a flood of requests from Microsoft IP addresses

19June2009GeekTieGuyPersonal

In case you’re wondering why this blog has been unavailable the last couple of days: My domain seems to get hit excessively by a couple of IP addresses belonging to Microsoft (mainly). I don’t know why or how, but my host (Dreamhost) has decided that I now have to pay for private hosting (their DreamhostPS

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Yearly Archives: 2009

Recover from BAD_POOL_HEADER blue screen errors after upgrading hard drive

CardSharkV updated

Windows Vista Ultimate customers get the shaft – again

Battling a flood of requests from Microsoft IP addresses