Blogging on the go

You should be hearing from me more often, I just discovered a really great new web 2.0 tool called imified. It allows you to post to your blog, mini-blog, google calendar and more by using your IM client. Check it out at www.imified.com

Where's my RAM? or How I learned to work in 64 Bits Part 3

After much trial and error, I've finally gotten my x64 Windows XP Pro install completely stable (for Windows that is :)

One casualty in the war for system stability was unfortunately my brand new Nvidia graphics card. Shame on you, Nvidia!!! Why can't you write a stable driver that actually allows 3d to work on my x64? Alas, the onboard ATI fared better. I was able to resolved some BSOD issues on shutdown as well as random lockups by downloading the latest (not even beta!) ATI Cataylst drivers.

Unfortunately this sort of thing isn't limited to Windows XP x64. Join me into my jump into Windows Vista 64 bit.

Where's my RAM? or How I learned to work in 64 Bits Part 2

I haven't had much working from home time the past few days, and with the fall season of TV shows like Heroes, Chuck, and House 'playing' around time has been greatly reduced. I'm sad to report that I'm having driver stability issues. I was using the latest beta Nvidia drivers for x64 and now I'm having screen blanking and non responsiveness. At least they actually provide 3d graphics! But at the expense of system stability? No thanks.

So, I'm going to give up the option of running games on my x64 machine(for now anyway) and focus on Virtualization software and my productivity apps. So it's Microsoft Virtual PC, VMWare Server and the standard stuff, Office 2007, web and graphics apps.

To Be continued...

The reports of Windows XP's death are greatly exaggerated

Windows XP has officially received a stay of execution. You will still be able to purchase XP home and professional until June 30, 2008. OEM's and system builders will be able to keep bundling Microsoft's best OS until January 30, 2009.

So does this mean that Vista is a flop? Well, I can tell you that I get people asking me the question whether they should downgrade to XP, as they are having issues with Vista. Time will tell if Vista really is "ME2" or not.

Where's my RAM? or How I learned to work in 64 Bits Part 1

I built a new computer this month. It's got the most RAM of any system that I've personally owned. Here's the specs:

Amd Athlon 64 X2 4600+
4 Gigs Ram DDR2 800(4x1Gig)
gigabyte motherboard
PCI Express GeForce 8500GT 512 Meg
Misc hard drives I have laying around that I will be swapping out

I first installed Windows XP(32bit) Professional. I could only see 3.5 Gigs of ram, give or take a couple hundred meg. I was aware of this limitation, but it got me thinking about really wanting that extra RAM available. I am testing out some different Server Operating Systems on both VMWare Server and MS Virtual Server. So I decided to install Windows XP Profesional x64 Edition, the 64 bit version of Windows.

To be continued...

Windows Networking Tip - Enable NetBIOS

No, the Better Business Bureau is not emailing you

Be aware, there's another phishing type email that is gaining momentum. It claims to come from the Better Business Bureau and advises you that there is a dispute involving YOUR business. So what's different about that? This phishing email is customized and actually targets your business by name and address. About 1400 people so far have taken the bait and gotten hit.

So NO, the BBB isn't emailing you so delete that email!

Read more details over at this article at SecurityFocus