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Windows Genuine Disadvantage

For anyone running a pirated copy of Microsoft Windows, the update to Service Pack 3 (SP3) will be thwarted by Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA). Unfortunately, this may affect as much as 20% of all legitimate Windows users and will subsequently inundate you with a frequent reminder that your Windows may be invalid. Read Windows Genuine Disadvantage >>

iTunes Out of Touch

The release of iTunes 8.0 promised quite a bit, and while the Genius feature has a lot to offer there are some fundamental problems that need to be addressed before this program can even be usable. Apple has overloaded the nature of iTunes and without addressing these core issues it is destined to become a hodgepodge of utilities hidden inside a program that can play music and video.
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Losing the Windows Network Client

Recently following an unrelated upgrade to my VirtualBox client, one of my host VM’s started exhibiting unusual behavior. While it was possible to retrieve directory listings from a UNC path, any attempt to map a drive would result in a standard although somewhat generic error message. Read Losing the Windows Network Client >>

USB File System Brilliance

The ubiquity of the FAT32 file system has allowed the common USB flash drive to pervade virtually every desktop computer. My flash drive can easily be used on a Windows, Mac or Linux workstation. Even more importantly, I can copy a handful of photos to it and at my local Target store the Kodak photo machine is able to read the images from the drive.
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Infinite Windows Update

What do you do when your Windows Update has been running for a few weeks and it still isn’t done yet? It seems that on older systems with limited CPU and hard drive space, the automatic Windows Update may in fact be a problem waiting to happen.

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