Archives for April 2007

Derren Brown Versus 9 Chess Pros

Derren Brown, who mentions his chess skills as poor, beats two chess Grandmasters. How he did it is very interesting. Watch it here. – Soli Deo Gloria

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Slow File Transfers on Windows Vista

File copying in Windows XP seems better than it is in Windows Vista. Microsoft has even acknowledged the problem in their knowledge base. The hotfix is only available from Microsoft PSS, unless you look around a bit. I found this web site here that offers up some suggestions on fixing this problem, including a link [...]

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Jon Stewart Calls Out Nancy Grace on Duke Case

Classic! Jon makes Nancy Grace look foolish. Alternate link Alternate link

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Adaption of Windows Vista: Real Numbers

Someone recently asked on Experts-Exchange how many people are using Windows Vista in the world. I decided to do some research (ad hoc mind you) what the real numbers are. From my own web site, these are the stats: Operating Systems   Versions Hits Percent Windows XP 15116 61.7 % Windows NT 39 0.1 % [...]

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Columbo Files: Limited or No Connectivity

I had an interesting problem recently. A user called and was not able to get on the network. After arriving at the user’s desktop, I noted the PC had an APIPA address and the NIC noted that it had “Limited or No Connectivity”. After disabling/re-enabling the NIC, removing/readding it and rebooting the PC, I ended [...]

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Rootkits: A New Form of Malware

Recently, two of my “high risk” Internet users caught a nasty spell of malware. How nasty? Try rootkit nasty! Rootkits go above and beyond spyware by replacing system files and concealing themselves from system utilities. The first PC had a combination of spyware named TSPY_QQPASS.BUY and a rootkit named Greypigeon. Both PCs had the latest [...]

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