Tag Archives: Microsoft

Apple continue to bash “PC” – Perhaps they shouldn’t?

Posted on 2008 05 by Tim Wheatley

Well done Apple. You’ve managed to piss off someone who uses both PC and Mac enough for him to make a post pointing out the ‘flaws’ in Mac… This kind …

Posted in Talk | Tagged Apple, Computer Security, Hackers, iPhone, Mac OS, Microsoft, Safari, Vulnerabilities, Windows | 7 Comments

Some Stats on my most popular post…

Posted on 2008 04 by Tim Wheatley

It’s with both great pride and a little frustration that I make this post… I think I often post things worth reading, but most of my posts get maybe 1 …

Posted in Talk | Tagged Microsoft, Statistics, Web site, Windows XP | Leave a comment

How to ‘Fix’ Bad Sectors on a Hard Drive with Windows/Mac

Posted on 2008 04 by Tim Wheatley

Please note: A Bad Hard Drive Sector is an indication of physical damage to your drive. This happens eventually with every Hard Drive (though some might effectively last ‘forever’). It …

Posted in Talk | Tagged Apple, Bad Sectors, Hard Drive, Mac OS, Microsoft, Technical Problems, Windows, Windows 98, Windows Millennium, Windows XP | 16 Comments

How to Burn a Mac .DMG file using Windows

Posted on 2008 04 by Tim Wheatley

The easiest way I found to do this is to use TransMac. You can use it to open .DMG files from within Windows and also use it to burn to …

Posted in Talk | Tagged Apple, DMG, Mac OS, Microsoft, Transmac, Windows, Windows XP | Leave a comment

Big Problem with Windows XP SP3

Posted on 2008 03 by Tim Wheatley

This is a strange one. I have a perfectly functioning computer and yet, for some reason, I can only currently get it to work when I login via Safe Mode. …

Posted in Talk | Tagged Microsoft, Solution, Technical Problems, Windows XP | 1 Comment

Madden ’08 DirectX Installation Fix

Posted on 2008 03 by Tim Wheatley

I am using Windows XP SP3, so perhaps this only happens with SP3 – but I have found mentions of it all over the net. Basically upon the installation of …

Posted in Gaming | Tagged Directx, Madden, Microsoft, PC Games, Solution, Technical Problems, Windows XP | Leave a comment

Realtek HD Audio Fix for Windows XP (SP3) – KB835221

Posted on 2008 03 by Tim Wheatley

I recently formatted and decided to try Windows XP SP3. When it came to installing the drivers for my soundcard, everything seemed to go as normal, but when I restarted …

Posted in Talk | Tagged KB835221, Microsoft, PCI Device, Realtek, Solution, Soundcard, Technical Problems, Windows XP | 47 Comments

Why are Microsoft doing this to me?

Posted on 2007 09 by Tim Wheatley

Here’s my advertisement text tagline for Windows Vista: Windows Vista: Because your time matters.

Posted in Talk | Tagged Calculating Time Remaining, Microsoft, Windows Vista | 6 Comments

How to get rid of “COM Surrogate has stopped working” Error

Posted on 2007 09 by Tim Wheatley

First, this doesn’t solve the problem, it just stops the Error from coming up again. Second, this worked for me, if it doesn’t work for you then there is probably …

Posted in Talk | Tagged Codecs, Microsoft, Thumbnails, Video, Windows Vista, XVid | Leave a comment

How to fix the Windows Vista “Calculating Time Remaining” bug…

Posted on 2007 08 by Tim Wheatley

No, I don’t think you should disable the search indexing, or that you should fiddle with anything at all. Yes, moving a file is a very basic function and it’s …

Posted in Talk | Tagged Calculating Time Remaining, Microsoft, Technical Problems, Windows Vista | 16 Comments