With Windows 7 released and currently making its way to shelves in time for the holiday season, we’ve taken this opportunity to upgrade our copy of the official Windows System Recovery Discs for compatibility with Windows 7.
If you’re like most PC users, you probably got Windows 7 with a new PC or laptop. And if [...]
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Published by October 12th, 2009 in Guides, Microsoft, NeoSmart Technologies, Software, Windows 46 CommentsMake Old Java Applications Fully Snow Leopard Compatible
Published by September 12th, 2009 in Guides, Macintosh, Operating Systems, Software 10 CommentsIf you have a bunch of old Java applications lying around in your Mac’s /Applications folder, chances are, you’ll come across this message box when you attempt to run them on Snow Leopard:
To open JavaApplicationStub, you need to install Rosetta. Would you like to install it now?
Personally, I try my best to avoid legacy Mac [...]
PCWizKid’s EasyBCD Video Tutorial
Published by September 1st, 2009 in NeoSmart Technologies, Software 0 CommentsPCWizKid of PCWizKid’s Tech Talk has been kind enough to create an über-cool EasyBCD video tutorial that covers the basics of bootloader configuration and manipulation via EasyBCD. The video’s been an instant-hit on YouTube, and we’ve embedded a copy of it below.
Note that in the video, PCWizKid is using EasyBCD 1.7.2, which is the latest [...]
Windows 7 Discontinues Ultimate Extras
Published by April 24th, 2009 in Microsoft, Software 28 CommentsUsers attempting to upgrade from Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate Edition to Windows 7 Build 7100 (the unofficial RC1 release leak), are greeted with the following "compatibility warning" dialog:
Windows Vista Ultimate Edition’s "Ultimate Extras" have been a constant source of derision and anger from Vista users ever since its release 3 years ago. If the blog [...]
On the matter of Firefox and memory leaks…
Published by March 19th, 2009 in Operating Systems, Programming, Software 19 CommentsRecently our original article/rant on Firefox’s legendary memory abuse has seen an increase in comments and views; and I had intended to post the following comment in light of the article’s rebirth and the ensuing discussions in the comments.
The reply turned out to be longer than I’d originally intended, so here it is as its [...]
Does it GTK/QT/Win32 Really Matter for Chrome?
Published by February 15th, 2009 in Design, Google, Linux, Macintosh, Microsoft, Operating Systems, Software, Windows 8 CommentsA recent article on OSNews highlights the changes expected to come in Google’s Chrome 2.0 for Windows and the progress being made on the Linux and OS X fronts for Google’s new browser.
In the article, Ben Goodger, lead Chrome UI developer, states
[Google avoids] cross platform UI toolkits because while they may offer what superficially appears [...]
ToolTipFixer 2.0 Released!
Published by October 14th, 2008 in NeoSmart Technologies, Software, Windows 8 CommentsNeoSmart Technologies first released ToolTipFixer to great acclaim last June, over a year ago now. Since then, the downloads have kept on pouring in – along with a number of suggestions that we’ve taken to heart and hopefully implemented in a way that will please our users.
You can now download ToolTipFixer 2.0 which has a [...]
Windows Isn’t For Gamers Anymore
Published by September 11th, 2008 in Hardware, Microsoft, Operating Systems, Software, Windows 16 CommentsFor the past decade-and-a-half, “Windows” has been synonymous with “PC Gaming” – after all, no other PC platform has managed to satiate the undying hunger gamers are quite famous for. But now it seems that Windows is on the verge of losing its distinction as the gaming platform of choice – with nothing but [...]
Request_URI For IIS Updated with ISAPI_Rewrite 3 Support
Published by August 19th, 2008 in NeoSmart Technologies, Programming, Software, Windows 0 CommentsRequest_URI for IIS, NeoSmart Technologies’ compatibility toolkit for IIS on Windows, has been updated to version 1.1, with support for Helicon’s ISAPI_Rewrite 3.x
With this update the installation process has been simplified somewhat, in particular the need modify HTTPD.INI to set the server variables has been eliminated – you just need to install ISAPI_Rewrite 3, configure [...]
Don’t Forget About the Dual-Booters!
Published by August 18th, 2008 in Microsoft, Operating Systems, Software, Windows 5 Comments InfoWorld has an article out today wherein Randall Kenney of the “Windows Sentinel” team (a program used to monitor system settings and performance to provide aggregate data for analysis) trashes end-user uptake of Windows Vista by revealing that 35% of surveyed PCs that ship with Vista have downgraded to Windows XP.
While that’s a stunning [...]
