All Posts Tagged With: "Vista"

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CinePlayer DVD Decoder For Vista- Best Quality DVD Playback

I made some progress in the week with my new Home Theatre PC. My new 7950GT graphics card arrived on Tuesday, which totally solved the poor quality video on my 42″ Plasma. The image is stunning and it made me realise that the Samsung monitors on my main PC are very low quality.  [...]

22Apr2007 | Everton | 11 comments | Continued
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CineMassive MasterPlex 30D: Probably The Best Monitor In The World?

I have a dual monitor setup and I wish I had the space for a third as the second monitor makes it so easy to keep track of multiple items. However, if I ever win the lottery I’ll be getting in touch with Cinemassive Displays, who just contacted me about their massive CineMassive MasterPlex [...]

6Apr2007 | Everton | 12 comments | Continued
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Vista Launch Sales Twice XPs

Windows Vista’s sales in its first month topped 20m, whereas Windows XP when it was launched only sold half that amount. This is amazing given the amount of negative press Vista has received.
I’ve had no problems at all with Vista, apart from a few programs and my TV card still not working. But, [...]

28Mar2007 | Everton | 8 comments | Continued
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CCleaner Compatible With Windows Vista

One of my favourite pieces of freeware CCleaner is now compatible with Windows Vista. This is great news as although CCleaner is great for freeing up HDD space, my favourite feature is the way it removes unnecessary startup programs.

21Mar2007 | Everton | 8 comments | Continued
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Quick Links 17-03-07

Way behind with my feed reading but came across lots of interesting stories yesterday:

SoundArt - Speakers Become Works Of Art: I’d love to put these in my pad
Indian Students Told To Put Down The Internet And Get A Life: Are You Listening Ajay?
Microsoft Hits ‘Cybersquatters’
Revenge Of More Windows Vista Tips
Speed Up [...]

17Mar2007 | Everton | 1 comment | Continued
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Microsoft Word 2007 Tips And Tricks

I’ve been using Microsoft Office 2007 on my home PC since I installed Windows Vista, after taking Microsoft up on their 3 month trial offer. The trial has gone so well I think I’m going to pay for the full version. I’m finding the new ‘ribbon’ to be ultra-useful. I’ve never been [...]

13Mar2007 | Everton | 2 comments | Continued
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Windows Vista Tweaks And Tips

One of my goals over the weekend was to get under the bonnet of Vista and do some tweaking and to try and fix some bugs. The most annoying bugs that I have currently are that my TV Card still isn’t working as Hauppauge still haven’t released working drivers and my network card randomly [...]

12Mar2007 | Everton | 9 comments | Continued
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iTunes 7.1 Released But Still Has Vista Errors

I was just about to go to bed when I saw that Apple had released iTunes 7.1 that fixes some of the compatibility problems with Windows Vista.
Cover flow is now full screen. I’d forgotten how cool this was as I couldn’t use it on my Vista machine as the speed was horrendous. [...]

6Mar2007 | Everton | 3 comments | Continued
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How Good Is Your Graphics Card?

Overclock.net have produced a list that ranks graphics cards by performance. Although traditionally only gamers used to care about facts like this, it might be worthwhile checking out where your card ranks if you are thinking about upgrading to Vista. I was quite happy to see that my X1900XT sneaked into the top [...]

5Mar2007 | Everton | 2 comments | Continued
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Is Norton 360 Security Worth $79.99?

I was stunned to see that Symantec’s latest security offering, Norton 360 will cost $79.99. The service comes ‘packed’ with antivirus, antispyware and firewall technologies as well as backup features and several tune-up tools for Windows PCs. It also includes:
‘technologies to protect online transactions in addition to techniques to block traditional threats from [...]

28Feb2007 | Everton | 4 comments | Continued
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