Smile 🙂 You can use an Vista or Windows 7 upgrade key to do a clean install of their respective operating systems. How? Do a clean install of Windows. Then run the installer (from the DVD) inside the unactivated copy of Windows you just installed to “upgrade”. Your installation is now marked as an upgrade […]
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Well you know about the previous Dell Facebook scam? (http://darwin-mach.net/blog/2009/12/10/dell-promotion-facebook-scam/) This one’s worse, but uses the exact same code, which does the exact same thing. The theme now is that it claims to install “Profile Spy”, to help you see who’s looking at your profile, etc, but THERE IS NO SUCH THING. There’s only a […]
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Laptop Audio
So, my laptop is a Dell Precision M6400. For a while now, I’ve been experiencing some weird issues with the sound card (IDT HD Audio) Some examples: – Random audio hiccups – Every time I open Adobe Soundbooth, open a file in soundbooth, or change my microphone settings, I get a brief, but loud piano […]
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Wireless Router Config
I recently discovered a huge performance decrease in download speeds and eventually narrowed it down to the way my wireless routers have been configured. As a note: my wireless routers are not used as routers but as access points and bridges. Basically, you have to leave WMM support enabled in order for most 802.11n wireless […]
Hi all, I just wanted to alert you on a new scam that is going around on Facebook. It comes in the form of an invite to a group called “Dell Laptop Giveaway (1 in 2 people win one Laptop)” at http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=355563360211 BEWARE! The instructions stated actually collects your entire friends list and spams them […]