How To Change the Shut Down Button Alan McCloskeyJul 17, 2011June 23, 20141 If you’re like me, then you rarely actually shut down your computer. Even though I have fast RAIDed SSDs that can cold-boot Windows in less Read more
Weird Unresponsiveness from Windows Vista Alan McCloskeyAug 1, 2009November 28, 20140 Over the past several days, I’ve had weird problems with my main PC, which is where I create most of the content for OCModShop. Yes, Read more
Vista no likey Blu-ray Alan McCloskeyApr 6, 2009November 28, 20147 I’ve written in previous posts that I finally procured a Blu-ray burner for the OCMS Labs. The drives have come way down in price, but Read more
Edit Start Menu All Programs Alan McCloskeyMar 4, 2009August 20, 20140 Like many nerds, I’m very particular about organization. I like to have all of my video programs located under a ‘Videos’ directory, my development stuff Read more
What is svchost.exe and how do I kill it? Alan McCloskeyNov 4, 2008August 13, 20140 Multitasking operating systems run a bunch of stuff all the time… so much so that it may be difficult to know which processes you actually Read more
Vista x64 and Adobe CS2 Alan McCloskeyOct 23, 2008November 28, 20140 So I installed Vista x64, and its fast and smooth, and now I’m installing all my necessary applications. Vista x64 has two default locations Read more
Fix Your Hard Drive when Windows Won’t Boot Alan McCloskeyOct 2, 2008August 12, 20147 Windows won't boot, and you're in a panic. You cannot even get into Safe Mode to run a disk scan. You really don't want to Read more
Why Don't You Try Vista? John-ErikApr 18, 2008November 28, 20140 LOL, First use will be gaming, so Vista isnt a choice! Well even if he was just going to surf the web Vista still wouldnt Read more
Boost USB Drive Performance in Windows Alan McCloskeyApr 1, 2008August 3, 20142 Another one of our articles shows you how to speed up SATA hard drive performance in Windows Vista by enabling advanced write caching. A similar Read more
Vista SP1 RTW Yesterday John-ErikMar 19, 2008November 28, 20140 So now you can go to the MSFT download site and get it. So far so good on all of my systems. One thing Read more
Vista is Self-Healing John-ErikNov 20, 2007August 27, 20140 Vista is more self healing, less likely to crash, and so on. And my experience across hundreds of machines backs this up. As well as Read more
Enable 4GB Memory on Windows Alan McCloskeyOct 30, 2007August 2, 201453 Even though Vista runs on 1GB of RAM, 2GB is a lot better, and you should enable 4GB memory on Windows to unleash its potential. Read more
Upgrading to Vista 64-bit Alan McCloskeyOct 20, 2007November 28, 20140 I’m upgrading to Vista 64-bit right now, so if you don’t see me online for a while that means that something has gone horribly, horribly Read more
Why Does Vista Get a Bad Rep? Alan McCloskeyOct 12, 2007November 28, 20140 I just had a conversation with an IT guy on this exact topic. I’m not sure if the problem is Vista or that the industry Read more
What Ddoes OSX Have that Vista Doesn't? John-ErikOct 12, 2007November 28, 20140 Name features that OS X has that Vista doesn’t? They’re few and far between, I assure you. Especially if you have a stripped copy of Read more