Archive for 'Windows' Category
Windows and me
As it turns out, I share a birthday with the Windows OS. Windows is exactly one year older than me. I’ll drink to that.
I am not the only one.
Nifty.
Vista SP1 “Unauthorized Changes”
I left Windows Update installing Vista SP1 today, however, instead of a nice and upgraded system, I got locked out of my computer with this lovely message:
Clicking on Learn More Online took me Microsoft’s Genuine Advantage validation site, which happily reported that my copy of Vista isn’t genuine, with error code 0xc004d401. It was convinced [...]
Flat directory view in Vista Explorer
An exotic application of Vista’s search feature is that you can get a flat directory view in Explorer simply by going to the folder you want and typing in “*” (no quotes) in the search field. Then just add the “Folder Path” field by right clicking on the headers and picking “More…”