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Purchased another ASUS Rampage Formula mobo and another Intel QX9650 Extreme processor
Monday, 30 Nov, 2009 – 6:00 | No Comment

Scored the mobo for $120 and the CPU for $280.  Tried to bargain the guy down to $250 but he said it was too little.  I opted for $280 which was a decent middle ground.

The Windows installer service could not be accessed Windows Vista 64-bit/Windows 7 64-bit
Friday, 27 Nov, 2009 – 15:17 | 12 Comments

If you’re trying to install something, such as iTunes or any other program and you are experiencing the dreaded error of: The Windows installer service could not be accessed, you have come to the right …

My old computer broke
Friday, 27 Nov, 2009 – 6:00 | No Comment

So I recently put together a new computer and put my older computer to the side.  I also recently invested in a new $500 dollar dual monitor, dual-link DVI KVM switch so that I could …

Invested in a new KVM switch for home
Thursday, 26 Nov, 2009 – 6:00 | No Comment

IOGear released a dual-view (dual monitor), dual-link DVI KVM switch.  For those who’ve kept up with this blog since its inception will all know I’m a diehard KVM freak.
When I saw that they created a …

Device Manager states unknown device along with this hardware ID: ACPI\AWY0001\2&DABA3FF&0
Wednesday, 25 Nov, 2009 – 6:00 | 2 Comments

It is for Intel’s VIIV auto wake driver.
You can download this file here.
Even though it says AMDLive, it will work.  Trust me.

Windows 7 and Creative’s X-FI Fatal1ty Titanium sound card works fine
Tuesday, 24 Nov, 2009 – 6:00 | No Comment

I was reading multiple reviews of people having the hardest time getting the sound card to work properly with their Windows 7 and Vista 64-bit.
I installed the card, did not touch the drivers included on …

Office 2010 beta released to TechNet and MSDN subscribers
Monday, 23 Nov, 2009 – 6:00 | No Comment

I’m in the process of downloading the Office 2010 beta.  Hopefully it’s a lot better than 2007.  My main gripe and concern is that Microsoft still plans to use Word as Outlook’s HTML rendering engine.  …

Seasonic M12D 850W power supply makes a high pitch noise while on
Friday, 20 Nov, 2009 – 6:00 | 6 Comments

So I bought the Seasonic M12D 850W PSU, which is supposedly their top of the line power supply.  I read a few reviews on Newegg which indicated that a few people had some problems with …

Windows 7 and Acronis 2010
Thursday, 19 Nov, 2009 – 6:00 | No Comment

As my recent posts have said, I upgraded to Windows 7.  I actually upgraded at home but thought about upgrading my work bench as well.  So I did.  What happened was that everything other than …

I uninstalled Kaspersky Internet Security 2010
Wednesday, 18 Nov, 2009 – 6:00 | 10 Comments

I uninstalled KIS 2010 on both my home computer as well as my work bench.  2010 just hogs way too much resources.  For one, the Win 7 64-bit with 8GB of memory slowed down enough …