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In-Field Usage of Windows

John-ErikNov 24, 2007August 29, 20140

Oh, I understand that, I just have practical in-field usage of 2000, XP and Vista across over 700 users and over 1000 systems of diverse

Finally Got My Wii!

Alan McCloskeyNov 22, 2007August 25, 20140

I finally got my Wii, exactly one year after initial launch. I went into GameCrazy to buy Assassin’s Creed and Crysis, and by chance asked

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

Sony's Digital Carosel

John-ErikNov 3, 2007August 27, 20140

It’s designed to match with Sony’s digital living system (e.g. the XL# systems). You have to enable the DVD library feature, but it should work

Sony DVD Media Changer Carosel

Alan McCloskeyNov 2, 2007August 27, 20140

Oooh… this is exactly what I’m looking for. 1.8TB of storage! *PURCHASE!* I started the editorial realizing that I didn’t have an article

Back Up

Alan McCloskeyOct 22, 2007August 25, 20140

Well, I’m back up. The installation went rather smoothly and didn’t take very long. I realized during the install that I had the 32-bit

DOS Attack

Alan McCloskeyOct 21, 2007August 25, 20140

[OC]ModShop has been a target of a Distributed Denial of Service Attack (DDoS). Apparently some user’s PCs have been compromised with a trojan virus, which is

Hotlink Blocker

Alan McCloskeyOct 17, 2007August 25, 20140

I absolutely need help with this… I’m not an admin so I have to learn really quick when something happens. It appears that people are

CoolIT Contest

Alan McCloskeyOct 15, 2007August 25, 20140

[OC]ModShop is at it again! We’ve teamed up with CoolIT and are giving away three great CoolIT PC cooling products. All you have to do

Improving Site Speed

Alan McCloskeyOct 13, 2007August 25, 20140

I’m trying to improve the speed of the site. Are there any things that are slow about the site? What are your load times?

Razer Product Reviews

Alan McCloskeyOct 10, 2007August 25, 20140

Just finished the Razer products preview… the Lachesis gaming mouse, piranha gaming headset, and lycosa gaming keyboard. Now I gotta do the Samsung writeup and

Wil Wheaton Mentions OCModShop!

Alan McCloskeySep 30, 2007August 25, 20140

Wil Wheaton actually mentioned OCModShop in his blog! Woo hoo! http://wilwheaton.typepad.com/wwdnbackup/2007/08/pax-ftw.html Here’s an excerpt: My keynote went perfectly, and the audience (and the gaming press

Forum Pruning

Alan McCloskeySep 28, 2007August 25, 20140

I pruned some really really old threads about a year ago (stuff that was dead since 2003). I switch around the forums every now and

To All Those Using Limewire

John-ErikSep 28, 2007August 27, 20140

Halo 3 Launch

Alan McCloskeySep 25, 2007August 25, 20140

Man, the Halo 3 launch was really exciting! The biggest surprise was that Bill Gates was there, and there weren’t armed escorts (although I’m