Monthly Archives: February 2007

Vista: First Impressions

Posted on February 22, 2007 by Walt Stoneburner

Just saw Vista for the first time in a long while. Anger ensues. Real anger. Microsoft has cut their own throat. Vista sucks the joy out of getting a new computer. Continue reading →

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Behind the Blue Screen of Death, Is Microsoft Vunerable?

Posted on February 22, 2007 by Walt Stoneburner

XP suffered a Blue Screen of Death due to a very simple cause, but this got the gears going — are phone-home-on-error systems vulnerable and not getting the attention they deserve? Continue reading →

Posted in Disclosure, Security, Speculation, Windows | 5 Comments

Registry Mechanic PCTLicHelper.dll Missing

Posted on February 21, 2007 by Walt Stoneburner

Got a message from Registry Mechanic that the file PCTLicHelper.dll was missing or corrupt. Here’s the workaround until PC Tools fixes the problem. Continue reading →

Posted in Bug Report, How To, Review, Software, Workaround | 2 Comments

TiVo and Verizon Guide Information Is Out of Sync

Posted on February 19, 2007 by Walt Stoneburner

TiVo recording the wrong stuff for you? It is if you’re a Verizon customer in the Washington Metro Area. See, Verizon is changing their channel layout, but TiVo’s adopted it several hours too soon. Hopefully by tomorrow this will straighten itself out. Continue reading →

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Removal of Norton Antivirus

Posted on February 18, 2007 by Walt Stoneburner

It took me slightly over 6 hours to completely and fully uninstall all traces of Norton Anti-Virus and its internet security suite from a computer. The rats nest of dependencies seem far beyond what a regular end user would know what to do. Continue reading →

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