Tag Archives: Windows

Teaching an old dog new tricks

Posted on August 29, 2009 by mythokia

My Dell Inspirion 6000 is an aging laptop dating back about 4 years. It runs on an Intel Pentium 1.6 GHz processor with 2 GB of DDR2-667 RAM, an ATI Radeon Mobility X300 and a 5400RPM 80 GB hard drive. … Continue reading →

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Test-Signing Drivers

Posted on August 26, 2009 by mythokia

Previously, I wrote about how not having signed drivers can be quite a pain on a 64-bit Windows system. I remedied that and made it less of a pain today. Microsoft provides a set of tools in it’s Windows Driver … Continue reading →

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Win 2008 R2 and signed drivers

Posted on August 22, 2009 by mythokia

After replacing yet another failed disk in my raid array this weekend, I replaced the Windows Vista installation on it with Windows Server 2008 R2, released last week. I overlooked one important factor before installing Server 2008 R2 on it … Continue reading →

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Windows 7 initial impressions

Posted on August 7, 2009 by mythokia

There’s no denying that I’m a geek. I took leave today just so I could be there to install Windows 7 when it is released on TechNet. Windows 7′s installation is largely similar to Vista’s. It has been ages since … Continue reading →

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I am such a Microsoft fanboy

Posted on July 29, 2009 by mythokia

Windows 7 was officially RTM’d and released to OEM’s on July 24, but consumers won’t get their hands on it until October 22. However, certain other special groups are able to eat it earlier, such as MSDN and Technet subscribers, … Continue reading →

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Windows and removable or remote media

Posted on July 5, 2008 by mythokia

We’ve come a long way in the history of Windows since Windows 95 and despite the hostility of a huge number towards Vista, there has been remarkable improvements and innovations made. However, beneath the fresh coat of paint, some of … Continue reading →

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File transfer rate: What's going on here?

Posted on June 9, 2008 by mythokia

I’m completely puzzled by this. Transferring a file across the network (GigE), a file that contains real data moves much slower (it’s almost a 10 MB/s difference!) than a test file created by fsutil. As far as I know, and … Continue reading →

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The Path to x64

Posted on May 31, 2008 by mythokia

RAM prices are dirt cheap, and with the amount of work I’m doing on virtual machines lately, it would be silly to not get another stick of 2 GB to my existing 2 GB. 2 + 2 might make 5 … Continue reading →

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