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A response to a previous post about adopting 64-bit operating systems in niche industries which seemed to cause some controversy among my readers.

If you intend to run niche software or devices, think twice before switching to a 64-bit operating system.

A short tutorial on how to make your Canon MultiPass printer work in Windows Vista. Canon no longer supports the printer but has offered a workaround to allow printing capability.

After stumbling upon this article listing 9 Reasons to Switch from Windows to Linux, I felt more than a little compelled to respond critically to some of it’s claims. That response became a bit long-winded to post as a comment, and so I decided to post a full rebuttle here on my blog.

This post explains why your changes to php.ini don’t take effect on Windows 7, and how you can fix the problem.

Anyone who has worked in the tech support field can tell you: all computers are not created equal. Even the most popular PC manufacturers happily sell hopelessly under-powered computers to cost-conscious consumers who incorrectly assume that a new computer is a fast computer. Today I’d like to focus on what I call a Thrasher: a computer so poorly configured that it can’t perform the simplest of tasks.

A YouTube member who watched my video about Finding Your Network Settings on Windows XP requested that someone make a similar video for Windows Vista. This video is quick and dirty, but it walks users through each step of finding their network connection settings both through the Windows user interface as well as through the command prompt.

After switching to Windows Vista and experiencing just how poor Symantec Ghost is at imaging Microsoft’s latest operating system I decided that it was high time I give Windows Deployment Services a chance. After a few months of exclusive use of WDS for imaging, these are my initial reactions.

Due to how much I despite the WordPress admin console I decided to take the plunge and upgrade to the WordPress 2.7 Release Candidate which was just made available tonight! Though I’m excited to test out this bleeding edge version of my favorite blogging platform there may be some issues with the upgrade. Let me know if anything seems out of the ordinary!

Have you ever noticed that large downloads go quickly on your broadband Internet connection but websites still seem to load at dial-up speeds? The problem may be slow or overloaded DNS servers at your ISP, a problem easily solved using OpenDNS.