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Can’t create Notes in HP TouchSmart? Check your user account name

31August2009GeekTieGuyHP TouchSmart, Software, Vista

Several users of the HP TouchSmart software suite have reported that they are unable to create certain kinds of notes in the HP TouchSmart notes program. I had an opportunity to investigate this issue today on an actual customer unit. The investigation details, while quite interesting to some, shall remain for some future post, perhaps.

Microsoft also had an OS code-named “Tiger”: OS/2 1.3

7August2009GeekTieGuy4 CommentsMicrosoft, Software

As evidenced by this scan of one of the setup disks: (Someone was cleaning up a bunch of old floppy disks at work. I happened to come across them because I needed a floppy for updating the BIOS of a really old laptop.) Just an interesting little factoid for your geek triviaâ€¦

Why are you not a member of the ACCU?

6August2009GeekTieGuyPersonal, Software, Software development, Work in general

You may never have heard of ACCU, the Association of C and C++ Users as it was originally called. It is a volunteer organization, consisting of programmers who care about programming. The ACCU publishes two magazines, both devoted to raising the standards of programming everywhere: C Vu and Overload. On top of that they organize

Running Windows 7 RTM on REALLY old hardware

3August2009GeekTieGuy2 CommentsExperiment, Hardware, Software, Windows 7

How old? How about a laptop shipped in 2000, a Dell CPx H450GT: Obviously this is from before I started my current jobâ€¦ One of the benefits of my current job is being able to verify soon after RTM that the Windows 7 bits you can obtain â€œout thereâ€ have not been messed with. Anyway,