1. Windows 7 Pointers & Mouse Settings for left-handed people http://sl.rhftech.com/zorzh
2. xplorer² (The best Windows Explorer alternative) — Advanced customization http://sl.rhftech.com/hlbkj
3. VMLite – VMLite XP Mode for Windows 7 is ready – http://sl.rhftech.com/vmlite
4. Google Labs – Google Apps shortlinks explained http://sl.rhftech.com/koybo
5. The [...]
This is the HP followup to one of the All-in-One scanning issues I blogged about in Hewlett Packard All-in-Ones hate operating system upgrades. The customer called HP, spent 90 minutes trying to fix it and then received this email. Their answer is wipe the computer, reinstall the operating system, the applications, the [...]
This post could be titled, “Why is Hewlett Packard installation software so awful? Redux.” My original post Why is Hewlett Packard installation software so awful? of May 31st allowed me to vent my then frustration with HP printer/scanner/fax software.
This past week my frustration with HP’s lousy software reached [...]
The NY Times’ David Pogue’s 2009 ‘Take Back the Beep‘ campaign is trying to get cell phone carriers to eliminate the lengthy messages that precede recording a voice message. My campaign is to change the way we launch applications or find files on our computers. I want you to learn to use [...]
Windows 7 is here, there, everywhere
On 2009/10/22
It took Microsoft 24 years but today they release a version of Windows that is the best client operating system they have ever sold. The UI/UX (User Interface/User Experience) is a big improvement over Windows Vista and XP. I believe that Microsoft Windows 7 surpasses Mac Snow Leopard in many ways particularly in the [...]
Google Calendar Labs
On 2009/10/19
The busy Google software engineers have added extra features to the Google Calendar which are not enabled by default. You need to go Calendar Labs and enable the ones that appeal to you.
They recently added a Year View button (its on the right side of my calendar web [...]
The more things change, the more they change
On 2009/10/14
This article’s title is turnabout on the French proverb, “The more things change, the more they stay the same.” That is not the case in technology. I know many examples where technological enhancements cause the need for further improvement or refinement. Technology often changes our behavior causing a need [...]
Gmail – The two Bobs
On 2009/10/13
Gmail Labs has two features that may save you embarrassment:
Don’t forget Bob
Enable them in Gmail by clicking on the Settings link in the upper right of the web page and clicking on the Labs tab or click on the beaker icon. [...]
What a difference a driver makes
On 2009/10/13
I just got an NVIDIA update for a Windows 7 64-bit computer’s video card, via Windows Update. My computer’s video card performance went from a rating of 1.0 to 6.9. And the computer’s Base score, its overall rating, went from 1.0 to 5.9.
A system’s Base score is the lowest rating for any of [...]
Windows Genuine Advantage still sucks
On 2009/10/05
I just sent the following comment to the Microsoft employee, Alex Kochis, Director, Genuine Windows, responsible for the Windows Genuine Advantage program. (It should be named Windows Genuine Pain-in-the-ass Program.)
I am a TechNet member and a Microsoft Partner. I am running Windows 7 Ultimate RTM (64bit). Windows 7 reports that "Windows has been [...]
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