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windows drivers for that Unknown Device

10 September, 2008 (12:55) | computers, software | By: bbowers

Do you have an “Unknown Device” floating around in your Device Manager? Sometimes (ok, a lot of times), Windows just doesn’t have the drivers included for your hardware. Here’s how to find what device is unknown and how to locate the drivers for it.
1. First, find the chipset drivers for your system and load them [...]

Norton Security doesn’t play well with Firefox 3

7 September, 2008 (21:38) | computers, not fun, software | By: bbowers

There are some complaints surfacing about incompatibilities between Norton Internet Security and Firefox 3. Evidently, Norton Security is evidently the application at fault, as it can even erase browser history and bookmarks. A quote from Mozilla’s configuration page to address this problem states:
Norton 360 can sometimes erase Firefox’s browsing history and bookmarks. It also includes [...]

free text editor that’s a lot more

30 May, 2008 (12:10) | software, tips | By: bbowers

I like to code websites with a text editor to keep the code thin and retain more control over how things in the page act. I also have need of a good editor for perusing IIS logs. Recently, I needed to view and search through a 1.25GB IIS log and couldn’t get Textpad to open [...]

Fix Windows XP SP3 AMD and HP reboot bug

16 May, 2008 (07:34) | software, tips | By: bbowers

Jesper Johansson left Microsoft in 2006 and has taken the lead in fixing a major Service Pack 3 problem for AMD users.
A bug exists in XP SP3 that causes endless rebooting after SP3 is installed if you are using an AMD CPU and the Intel PPM driver is loaded. Johansson’s tool should be run [...]