I’ve been on a quest the last 6-8 months of trying to get rid of all my hard copy paperwork that I keep at home.  I had a massive filing cabinet with paperwork that included:

Tax filings from previous years
Receipts and paperwork for upcoming tax year
receipts
immigration
mortgage
car maintenance records

The list just […]

I wrote previously about how I couldn’t get a DVD to playback on Vista due to my video driver and card not being HDCP Compliant and throwing an analog copy error.
I found a dead simple work around — just don’t use Windows Media Player.  Instead, I installed VLC Player and it plays the DVDs without […]

I brought along my tiny Sony VGN-T160P on my trip with me to Charlotte as I didn’t want to lug around my Thinkpad T60p which is my normal workhorse.  On the Sony I have Vista installed along with IE8 Beta, Firefox 3 RC1 and the full Office 2007 suite.   Although Vista doesn’t scream on it, […]

Hurray! Adobe finally releases a DNG codec for Windows Vista which will allow you to view thumbnails for DNG (Adobe Digital Negative) files in Windows Explorer and Windows Photo Gallery.
I’ve been anxiously waiting for this as it simplifies my photo management since I don’t always have to load Lightroom or Bridge just to see the […]

Anyone installed the Windows Search 4.0 preview that was announced?  Seems tempting given the stated benefits:

fixed “most of the reported bugs” since Vista RTM
33% faster!
Rollback recovery — allows you to rollback your index to the last known “good” state instead of rebuilding from scratch. This has hit me a few times.. (then again, not sure […]