Recent content by ChrisRich

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Did you try ctrl-alt-del and then select the task manager? Sorry if this is a really obvious suggestion...

I would just suck it up and set the update to download at night while I'm sleeping. There isn't much you can do if you need to have the update to play the game. Look at the bright side, It's not like you have to use an old dial up connection to get the update and suffer the equivalent of a dodgy...

They do test definition updates prior to release, but I'm guessing after this issue they will be adding "Does the PC reboot?" to the check list. ;) My morning feed stated this was an issue with "Windows XP 64 Bit" and now I've gone back they updated it to "64 bit Windows7" ?! Funny because I...

I was typing the same reply when I noted he's Windows7, and he's already reloaded the whole OS. :( Ahhh apparently my news feed this morning was borked.. I swear they said WinXP 64 was the victim, not Win7 64.. :P

Wow.. that's a HUGE offer.. We had a Server2008 setup that would crash out any time we left the anti-virus service running for more than 24hrs.. The setup was still under the umbrella of full support so we had some MS Technician in Spain working with the anti-virus programmer to figure out why...

This really sounds like a permissions issue. Usually when updates fail I'll bring up the logs and find a permissions issue with a file/folder is causing the failed update. I would assume the liberal use of the restore points caused the desktop hiccup, perhaps even a failing disk or failure...

Why can't you login as administrator, add the user to the group, and then remove them from the group to flush out the issue? I'm smelling a copy of Win7 Home? I used to have to fiddle fart around with elevated permissions on XP and I know an admin can demote themselves, it's just best to make...

If I know the general folder I'm looking in is right I'll drop to a DOS prompt (Winkey+R "CMD" ENTER) and then I'll do a dir command like: dir /s /od *.xls That will tell it to search in the current folder and any sub-folders and sort each folder result by date. I was doing that the...

Microsoft Tackles Security And Privacy In New IE8 TV Ads Good article and being a non-cable tv subscriber, I hadn't seen these particular advertisements yet (*thanks YoutTube). I do feel that in terms of overall usage, there is currently no better browser than Google's Chrome browser. None of...

DVDFab is good software, I've had it do things that other programs can't for DVD ripping but it does not seem to support HD, only BluRay? Has anyone found or knows of good/working HD software for ripping (not playing, thanks, I got that)?

Razorphone is great but it's just the tip of the proverbial iceberg.. Compared to the current rate of techno evolution (see: overlooked) the concept of a traditional pos system is going to make moore's law bend a bit in the next few years. We went from cash box to cash register, we started...