April 29, 2009

NVLDDMKM.SYS

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I thought I had met my enemy and its name was nvlddmkm.sys.
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April 27, 2009

Shortcut Keys from A to Z

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While pondering my computer keyboard the other day, it dawned upon me that all the Ctrl key combinations for all the alphabet keys are nearly fully taken by commonly-used commands. Is it true? Why not find out!
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April 24, 2009

Lots of Digital Stuff

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Thanks to PDAs, cell phones, Twitter, Facebook, and a host of other text-sharing applications, the human race is creating digital information at an alarming rate.
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April 22, 2009

That’s a Big Hard Drive!

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How big is the biggest hard drive you can buy? I’m not talking bulk, I’m talking capacity! I’m also talking bang for the buck, or dollars-per-gigabyte.
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April 20, 2009

A CoDWaW Backup Utility

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I’m a big fan of World War II action games, first person shooters. I love ’em. Recently I’ve become highly enamoured of Call of Duty, World At War, also known as COD 5.
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April 17, 2009

Really Old Computers

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Dig back, way back into your PC closet. I call mine “the bone yard.” As your turning the pages of your personal computer history, answer this question, “How old is the oldest working computer you own?”
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April 15, 2009

Taking an Electronic Dump

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Perhaps one of the most inelegant, vulgar terms in all of computerdom is dump.
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April 13, 2009

Weirdo Key Roundup

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You may not notice them because you’re used to them, but your computer’s keyboard is host to a variety of weirdo keys. Here’s a sampling.
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April 10, 2009

VII Thots

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Here are a bunch of random Windows 7 thoughts I’ve been having over the past week.
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April 8, 2009

Accelerator Keys

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Some people call them keyboard commands. I’m fond of the term keyboard shortcuts. Perhaps the most bizarre term (meaning it probably came from Microsoft itself), is the term accelerator keys. No matter what you call them, using them will make working on the PC go faster.
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