Archive for the ‘Microsoft’ Category

Two Xbox consoles, one gold account, and offline achievements

What happens when your offline achievements were earned while the same gamertag was being used to connect to Xbox Live on another console?

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A common sense workaround for installing SetPoint in a VMware virtual machine

A workaround to installing Logitech’s SetPoint utility in order to map mouse buttons on a Windows XP virtual machine running in VMWare Workstation 7.

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My new Dell Precision 690 workstation

I’m not a hardware guy, but I am excited about what I’m going to do with my new-to-me Dell Precision WorkStation 690.

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Fixed: Universal USB Installer syslinux errors

Syslinux Errors 1, zero FAT sectors, means your drive isn’t formatted as FAT32.

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Fixed: XAMPP Component Status Check failure [3].

A simple fix for the XAMPP Component Status Check failure [3]. error when launching the XAMPP 1.7.4 Control Panel.

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Xbox.com forums redesigned – old content deleted or abandoned

After the Xbox forums were redesigned, some of the old forum’s content was moved to a subdomain and abandoned.

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Office 2010 Rearm

Delay Microsoft Office 2010 activation for up to 180 days.

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Windows 7 with SP1 (media refresh)

Update your Windows 7 install media with the ‘slipstreamed’ Service Pack 1 version.

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How to remove the GRUB bootloader from Windows XP

How to replace the boot sector and MBR of Windows XP to remove the GRUB bootloader.

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A macro for toggling the read-only attribute of Word.qat

Protect the Word QAT from unintended changes by setting the read-only attribute on Word.qat from within Word itself.

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