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A fresh wave of nostalgia has captured the tech world as Microsoft unveils a playful yet statement-making collaboration: limited edition Windows XP-themed Crocs, punctuated by bespoke XP-inspired Jibbitz for ultimate customization. This headline-grabbing partnership, currently available...

I answered a question on Quora about what are the first programs you install on a new computer. I gave my basic list of utilities i.e. CCleaner, Agent Ransack, HWMonitor, Defraggler, Malwarebytes Pro, SuperAntiSpyware, Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, etc. Another computer geek posted back...

For a while now I've been trying to avoid Google and Microsoft services as much as possible. Yet we all know that's not probable if you want to function normally in today's world. Well I've kind of hit a point where the geeky side of me has won over the cautious once bitten twice from the...

I haven't used Adobe Reader on my home PC in years! I've been using Foxit Reader since then. It was a perfect replacement for Adobe. However, over the past few iterations it's become bloated and performance wasn't as snappy as it once was. I use PDFs on a regular basis. I scan all my hard...

I've been cleaning up files and finding duplicates etc on the PC today. And I was wondering why I still have IE 11, Windows Fax and Scan, and XPS Services/Viewer. I use Firefox (primary) and Chrome. I open up Edge now and then to check out any updates (and eagerly waiting for third party...

I'm holding off on doing my Windows 8.1 Pro w/Media Center to Windows 10 Pro upgrade until I upgrade my mobo & cpu first. Need advice between 3 mobo's and 2 new Intel Skylake cpu's first before I decide. Mobo's links:ASUS ROG MAXIMUS VIII GENE LGA 1151 Intel Z170 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.1 USB 3.0...

Dear Geeks, We are facing the "Destination/ Source path too long - try by shortening the name ". Some times users are unable to access the files on file server because of path too long. So what is solution for this without shortening the names ? Thanks in Advance.

Hello, I keep getting a memory dump. Attached is all the files requested in the memory dump section. Let me know if i need to attach more information. -Seren AMD FX 8320 mobo: 990fxa-ud3 Corsair (7F7F9E0000000000) 2X4GB EVGA gtx 770 Seagate 1tb hybrid drive Problem signature: Problem Event...

Happy New Year Geeks .... May all your hopes and dreams come true this year!

For those of us with extra time on our hands and who like to know a little bit more than the average bear about what might be going on behind the scene and under the hood, I found a link to a PDF file that some may find handy. Starting on about page 21 the document provides some information...

If anyone is interested in reading about Link Removed due to 404 Error then I find a real and awesome article for those geeks..who are exploring and wasting their time in searching for some good software for their Mac Operating system.... 1.RealPlayer SP For Mac Operating System Portable...

I bet we have all seen those goofy ads that Microsoft uses to push Windows 7. The ads are designed to make you think that everyone had a hand in designing Windows 7 and shows supposedly real people in various settings as they had ideas for features that are in Windows 7 today. A geek has taken...

This week on Channel 9, Dan and Brian aren't on This Week on Channel 9. No, ladies and gentlemen, not this week. Dan is writing a new version of Visual Studio for Linux and Brian is still trying to get TFS running on TimeWarp OS. This week, Charles and Jeff, two of C9's founding members, but...

I have my laptop win7 using the my new N Router. When i look at my connection speed, it is 130 Mbps. Before I connected the N Router my connection speed was 54 Mbps Is this normal or is something amiss? My Verizon Router is a G and I had the Geeks come to the house and hook up the router...

It's not often that we can get two minds of Link Removed and Herb Sutter's caliber together for an impromptu technical conversation during Christmas break at Microsoft... Well, we did and the next hour or so contains a lot of intelligence, knowledge, wisdom, and passion. This is one of the more...

I just got Windows 7 x64 running on 2 PC's in my house and I thought I'd register so I can look for some soloutions to a few problems, and learn more in general about Windows 7. I'm a huge tech geek, and I've been building PC's since 1997, and used every copy of windows since 3.0 (excluding the...

I'm stumped... I want to turn off the task scheduler... so far I've tried these methods without success: 1. Run Task Scheduler and look for the OFF option under options... nothing there but a disk cleaning uption. It used to be there in previous versions of windows 2. Task Manager and went...

By Joe Wilcox, Betanews Sometimes buzz is the last thing a company should want. Microsoft's lame Windows House Party prep video is the rage of the Web right now -- and that's not good. I refrained from blogging yesterday but have been called to action. This morning, Interpret's Link Removed...

Check this out. A small application that runs in the background lets you disable caps, num and scroll lock keys and more. Link Removed If you never want to use the Caps Lock key again, you have plenty of other options: You can disable or remap any key in Windows, use TabsLock to make it...