Tag Archives: windows

Happy New Year: The Year of Windows FAIL?

Posted on 2013-01-01 by dgilbert

It’s dif­fi­cult to avoid a lit­tle schaden­freude, espe­cial­ly when you feel the vic­tim is wor­thy.  I’ve already said some of what I feel about Win­dows 8.  So it is with a lit­tle glee that I read on Slashot that Win­dows … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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Windows 8 Concerns

Posted on 2012-12-19 by dgilbert

Win­dows 8 con­cerns me great­ly.  It’s not that it’s the next thing that Microsoft wants to shove down our throats: I suc­cess­ful­ly avoid­ed DOS, ear­ly Win­dows and Vista.  That may seem like an odd list, but Microsoft cre­at­ed a fair­ly … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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Get Off My Desktop!

Posted on 2012-12-05 by dgilbert

I have said sev­er­al times here that it is impor­tant to own your own tech and to be mind­ful of that own­er­ship.  I have also agreed here with oth­ers that the com­ing bat­tle is over con­trol of your devices: be … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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Windows 7 Shadow Copy Backup Can be like Time Travel

Posted on 2011-11-22 by dgilbert

Today we’re going to cov­er a geeky tech­ni­cal bit that can give every read­er with Win­dows 7 an easy back­up for their files.  I think this might work for vista and it may par­tial­ly work for XP, but it’s not … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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