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Migrating an iTunes Library

June 25th, 2006 4 Comments

Go go lazyweb!

Here’s the deal: I usually use my PC to listen to music but having just moved back home, there’s no room to set it up. Therefore I’ve instead copied a small subset of that music onto my iBook and will be using that instead for the next few months – iPod syncing et [...]

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Help? Windows Freezing on Startup

May 20th, 2006 7 Comments

Little bit of a lazy-web plea this.

My Windows install has a problem whereby if I log in too quickly, most of my background applications like Konfabulator don’t load properly and Windows refuses to launch any applications (Firefox, Thunderbird, iTunes or Windows Explorer).

Invoking a shut down causes everything to suddenly spring into life (and then immediately [...]

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A View of the Little Things

May 16th, 2006

Regarding the little things the computer does. Volumes controls and Bluetooth transfers.

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Testing IE7 Revisited

March 20th, 2006 2 Comments

At the beginning of February I wrote about the fact that it seemed impossible to test Microsoft’s IE7 beta legally and without hacks without making a large financial outlay for Virtual PC and a fresh Windows XP license.

Today, neatly coinciding with the release of the second beta 2 preview I stumbled upon my long discarded [...]

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Alternatives to Windows Explorer

March 11th, 2006 13 Comments

After getting over the amusement of Microsoft making it even harder to run a secure Windows system (quite possibly in the name of security, too), I need an alternative standalone file manager. Some of them look rather OTT for my purposes, so I’m after suggestions.

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