Archive for the tag 'XP'

Jun 22 2007

LUA (Least-Privilege User Account) problems at work

Published by Guy under Community, Software

I read this article a fair while ago and its stuck in the back of my head.
We have a mission critical application here at work which from an admins point of view is a nightmare. Its brilliant from the users point of view, it makes their jobs alot easier and automates alot of the day [...]

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May 21 2007

Vista / XP dual boot issue… solved!

Published by Guy under Community, Operating Systems

I finally managed to get my dual boot issue sorted out.
I wanted to get rid of my XP installation now I have Vista running exactly how I want it.
Thanks to tscottt who answered the question on Experts Exchange
As it turned out, the only reason the Windows Vista DVD wouldn’t pick up the already installed operating [...]

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May 09 2007

Vista / XP dual boot

Published by Guy under Community, Operating Systems

When Vista was first released I bought a copy for testing mainly. Being in the industry I’d like to get to know the new O/S before I have any dealings with it.
So I installed Vista in what I thought at the time the ‘easiest’ configuration.
HDD 1 – Windows XP
HDD 2 – Windows Vista
Vista installs its [...]

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Apr 26 2007

C’mon nvidia catch up

Published by Guy under Hardware

I’m a massive nvidia fan, always have been since they bought 3dfx all those years ago.
They have a good reputation for producing quality components and also good quality drivers to back up those components.
I recently purchased a 7600GS 512MB graphics card for my home machine. It’s only a AMD 64 3400+ machine with 2GB of [...]

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