Since Windows Vista RC2, Microsoft has removed the option from the F8 menu to disable driver signing on Windows Vista x64. However, several people recently noted that running “bcdedit.exe -set loadoptions DDISABLE_INTEGRITY_CHECKS” from a elevated command console disables the driver signing. Power to the people! (Sorry Michael Niehaus) – Soli Deo Gloria
Archives for February 2007
Virtual PC 2007 Released
The final version of Virtual PC 2007 has been released and it’s free! – Soli Deo Gloria
Gmail Opens Its Doors to Everyone
Google has finally released Gmail to the masses. I tried Gmail a few years ago from an invitation from a friend, but I quickly gave it up due to privacy concerns and spam. The fact is you can get free e-mail access anywhere, but getting one that is reliable and spam free is quite a [...]
Vonage Stinks!
Well, at least the router they gave me does. The Linksys RT31P2 is the biggest piece of rubbish I’ve had to deal with in a long time. Tonight, my Internet connection wasn’t working and it took me 2 hours to figure it out. The RT31P2 periodically stops DNS resolution which results in my phone service [...]
Bill Gates on The Daily Show/Spyware Crazyness
Bill Gates touting the virtues of Windows Vista with John Stewart – Part 1 Bill Gates touting the virtues of Windows Vista with John Stewart – Part 2 Don’t try this at home. Update (3/26/07): The Bill Gates video was removed from YouTube for copyright infringement, but Comedy Central has put the video on their [...]
Clean installation of Windows Vista with Upgrade Key
It appears that doing a clean install with a Windows Vista Upgrade DVD is not so easy. In past Windows versions dating back to at least Windows 3.1, all you needed to do is provide a qualifying product media to continue. For Windows 95, you could easily trick it. All it did was look for [...]
Review of the book “The Old New Thing”
Having been called to jury service recently, I decided to read a new book that I just got from Amazon called “The Old New Thing: Practical Development Throughout the Evolution of Windows” by Raymond Chen. Raymond Chen is one of the original software developers on the Microsoft Windows operating system. The book is an interesting [...]
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