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Windows 7 Blue Screen of Death

It has happen… I have been exposed to the blue screen of death in Windows 7.В В  The error I got was for MEMORY_MANAGEMENT.В  I did some research and there appears to be no resolution for the error.В  Windows KB has nothing related to Win7.В  They have some updates on fixing the error for win xp [...]

November 10, 2009  Tags: ,   Posted in: Microsoft, Operating System  No Comments

Windows 7 – Win XP Mode

I downloaded Windows 7 – XP mode the other day from the virtual pc site. Its basically win xp vhd (virtual hard disk) running in virtual machine. The install unfortunately was not that fast. Took about 30 minutes to set up. (PC specs: 2.4 Intel Quad Core, 6 GB Ram)
Some screens from the install.

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October 21, 2009  Tags:   Posted in: Operating System  No Comments

Snow Leopard Package Contents

So what do you get for 29 dollars
- Snow Leopard DVD – Looked up the size on it. Its actually a Double Layer DVD. Size is just over 7.7GB
- Installation, features and refinements guide
- Support Card
- Apple Stickers
There is no authentication method or keys required like for windows. Just pop the cd in, install and [...]

August 31, 2009  Tags:   Posted in: Apple, Operating System  No Comments

Google Chrome OS

Uh oh, Google is up to it again. Monday night they announced on their blog that they will release Google Chrome OS next year. I expect their initial target to be netbooks. Microsoft should not take this lightly as Google Chorme will be free.
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July 8, 2009  Tags:   Posted in: Google, Internet, Operating System, Web 2.0  No Comments

Windows 7 finally installed

Finally got Windows 7 installed on a spare 80 GB hard drive I had laying around. A lot of people have been installing it on VMWare or Virtual PC, but I decided to give Windows 7 its own dedicated hard drive.
Specs of System
Intel Q6600 – 2.4 Ghz
6 GB Ram
80 GB Hard drive
Nvidia 8600 GT
First Feel: [...]

January 10, 2009  Tags:   Posted in: Operating System  No Comments