Tag Archive: XP

Mar
24

Firefox 4 and Two Quick Tips

By now you’ve no doubt heard that Firefox 4 was released last week. I had used it through a few beta and release candidate releases and like it a lot. Here are a couple small tips that I thought I’d share. One specific to XP and the other to Windows 7 (and Vista?). Firefox 4 …

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May
25

Follow-up to Netbook Linux Adventures

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Here’s a very quick follow-up to Netbook Linux Adventures from last week. I gave Crunchbang (#!) Eee version a quick try. Pretty cool distro that ran very nicely on my old Eee. But, ultimately, not what I was after. I’ll be keeping my USB key boot version around though. True Confession Time: I went back …

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Nov
16

Zune XP Theme

Been a while since I last mentioned this, but I cry every time I see someone running XP with one of the default crayola themes. For pete’s sake folks, at least go get the free Zune theme from Microsoft. Install it, dump the default (and hideous) background. Heck, if nothing else just go with a …

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Jan
04

Remote Desktop: No Console from Vista?

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[May 15, 2008: If you found this article from a search on XP SP3, please see XP Service Pack 3 -- Remote Desktop Change. Regardless, the answer to the following post can be found in the comments: Try /admin instead of /console] Back in August, I wrote about how you can use Remote Desktop to …

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