Category Archives: Computers and Internet

Home Network Printer Setup That Works

Posted on January 5, 2015 by

Whenever I add a network printer to one of my Windows computers at home I end up with a reference to a hard-coded IP address. That means that the next time my home router reboots and assigns a different IP … Continue reading →

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Hard Drive Upgrade

Posted on October 16, 2013 by

I finally put too many photos and videos on my laptop hard drive and I had to upgrade it. My original hard drive was a 640 GB drive and there are now 1 TB laptop drives available that have 8 … Continue reading →

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Other Causes of Alt+Tab Problems

Posted on June 20, 2013 by

Now that I have an easy way to find and fix problems with Alt+Tab it becomes easier to identify culprits. Whenever Alt+Tab misbehaves – whenever the grid of programs goes behind the current Aero Peek window – I run AltTabFixOnce.exe … Continue reading →

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Twitter

Posted on June 20, 2013 by

I now have a twitter account, for those times when 141 characters is too much of a commitment. I anticipate greater sarcasm and more frequent posting, but similar topics. You can follow me at BruceDawson0xB, where I explain the peculiar … Continue reading →

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Alt+Tab Bug Worsened by IE 10, But Fix Found

Posted on May 28, 2013 by

Windows 7 has an annoying bug that causes alt+tab to malfunction for many people. This bug, previously discussed on this blog in Alt+Tab Depth Inversion Bug, causes the grid of programs to be partially or completely hidden, making it much … Continue reading →

Posted in Bugs, Computers and Internet, Investigative Reporting | Tagged , | 66 Comments

Backin’ Up is Hard to Do

Posted on September 12, 2012 by

I hate computers. All I wanted to do was backup my laptop. I’d been doing ad hoc backups for years (a batch file that zips and copies all the important directories) but that system was clearly insufficient. Replacing my ad … Continue reading →

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What the heck is amd64?

Posted on August 24, 2012 by

A few days ago Windows Live Photo Gallery (WLPG) told me that there was a new codec pack available and suggested that I download it. That should be trivial. And yet, somehow, they managed to make it complicated.

Posted in Computers and Internet, WLPG | Tagged | 19 Comments

SSOPA

Posted on January 18, 2012 by

Stop SOPA SOPA is a bill that Hollywood, the music industry, and others (Big Copyright) are lobbying congress to pass. This bill would allow extra-judicial actions to block web sites and payment processing for web sites that Big Copyright disagrees … Continue reading →

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Alt+Tab Depth Inversion Bug

Posted on October 16, 2011 by

If you search the web for Alt Tab Bug you will find many reports of an annoying problem with the behavior of the Windows 7 Alt+Tab feature. Alt+Tab is used to cycle through the set of running programs in order … Continue reading →

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Zune EULA Window Size Fail

Posted on September 1, 2011 by

Windows Update just asked me to install version 4.8 of the Zune software. Okay, fine. Then this license agreement came up:

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