Category Archives: General

Stuff that just is

Startup Tips

Posted on 12/27/2007 by John

They have a bunch of excellent startup tips over at ReadWriteWeb. Live them, breathe them and most importantly follow them – this is a list I wish I’d had when I started my first company (even though we ended up … Continue reading →

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Kensington Bluetooth 2.0 USB Adapter Model 33348 Under Vista 64-bit

Posted on 5/4/2007 by John

To get this working with Vista x64, first run cmd.exe as administrator and run the following command inside it: bcdedit -set loadoptions DDISABLE_INTEGRITY_CHECKS After this is done grab Broadcom’s drivers for the chip and run it. This updater will download … Continue reading →

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Posted on 5/2/2007 by John

Bravo Digg Personally I don’t think that DRM does anything except inconvenience legitimate users, pirates will always find a way to get the content out and it only takes one pirate to rip a movie and make it available to … Continue reading →

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64bit Vista Xbox 360 Controller Drivers

Posted on 3/14/2007 by John

If you haven’t been able to find 64 bit Vista drivers for the Xbox 360 Controller you can download them here I randomly came across them on the Microsoft Gaming Software site – they aren’t available on the normal Microsoft … Continue reading →

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USB Stick and Network Drive Conflict

Posted on 1/10/2007 by John

Ever had Windows try to assign a drive letter that is currently in use by a network drive to a usb stick or hard disk you just plugged in? This Windows XP/2000/Vista bug had annoyed me for ages and I … Continue reading →

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