Entries in the ‘Windows Vista’ Category:
filed in Windows Vista on May.30, 2009
This problem was agonizing! My internet explorer would open, fail to display webpages, and then refuse to close. I had to shut it down using the Task Manager each time! Yuck. After a bit of research, and toying with different settings I came upon the following solution.
How to Fix Internet Explorer
1. Open up your Control [...]
filed in Noobs, Windows Vista, Windows XP on May.08, 2009
This happened to me a long time ago, when I first started using windows, and I had NO idea how to fix it. All you see is a nice compact little border around your tasks, with no way to get back to the higher functions of your task manager. The File, Options, View, etc are [...]
Tags: fix, task manager
filed in Windows Vista, Windows XP on May.07, 2009
If you have ever tried to take a screen shot of a video or movie playing in Winamp or Windows Media Player you may have found that after you save the file you are left with nothing more than a black square where your video used to be, even screen capturing utilities will often be [...]
Tags: black square, capture, media player, screenshot, winamp, windows
filed in Windows Vista on May.04, 2009
Up until recently I too was one of those people that suffered from the choppy video on YouTube and other flash video sites. After fiddling around with a few of my audio settings, I was able to alleviate the symptom, and now have smooth video.
How to Fix It (Windows Vista)
The issue was resolved for me [...]
Tags: Firefox, Flash, Internet Explorer, Video, Youtube
filed in Networking, Windows Vista on May.03, 2009
Microsoft is getting better- at taking us for everything we’re worth.. lawl.
So I was at work a few days ago, trying to figure out how to setup my Windows Vista: Home Edition computer to connect to a domain. Don’t ask me WHY my computer has Vista Home on it, at work, and not Business or [...]
Tags: Controller, Domain, Vista Home, VPN
filed in Windows Vista on May.01, 2009
So.. You just got your new computer loaded to the brim with raw, untamed, muscle and power. When you plug it in and turn it on, the lights glow neon blue hews across your bedroom walls and a jet engine works tirelessly inside to keep all the hardware cool and comfy. You decide that it’s [...]
Tags: UAC, User Access Control, Vista