For those of us who use Windows N Editions, it can sometimes be a struggle to view certain types of Media content. This can also prevent some games from running correctly. I purchased Red Dead Redemption II yesterday at EPIC Games and installed it. I got a cryptic series of Error messages from the RockStar… Continue reading Windows 11 N Issues with a variety of Media related elements including games. Potential Fix
Category: Windows
A long walk down trouble shooting lane…
Several hours trouble shooting a series of problems related to a UEFI “bios” update for a Gigabyte AORUS 870E ICE PRO Motherboard. The Update is for the motherboard REV 1.1 (hardware). The file is to update the UEFI to do the following changes and improvements to the motherboard. Checksum : 78E1 Update AMD AGESA 1.2.0.3g… Continue reading A long walk down trouble shooting lane…
Install Windows and lose your GRUB menu?
Try this from an ADMIN command prompt bcdedit /set {bootmgr} path \EFI\ubuntu\grubx64.efi Note: This is from Windows, and this will work with any flavor of Ubuntu and with Mint, it may not work with other distributions.
Howto: Securely remove data from a drive.
Many purported security experts believe that reformatting a computer will remove all traces of data. That is just not accurate. Drives can be formatted and reformatted and will still have files that can be easily recovered with the right tools. There are 2 primary ways to permanently remove data from a hard drive. One is… Continue reading Howto: Securely remove data from a drive.
Windows 7 is finally released
Windows7 is now available. I am not terribly impressed. I have been using the Release Candidate Technical Preview of Windows7 Ultimate 64bit edition for about 7 months. A few comparisons: Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit takes 20 minutes to install and approximately 4 hours to get all the “right” stuff installed. Fedora 11 x64 takes… Continue reading Windows 7 is finally released
Windows 7 Hype
There seems to be quite a lot of this around today. Various news sources are ramping up the fufara and fanfare for or about Windows 7. I have installed the Release Candidate of Windows 7 on my QX9650 powered workstation. I am not terribly impressed. Windows Vista and Windows 7 have a feature called Relibility… Continue reading Windows 7 Hype
Slow browsing
If you are experiencing really slow web browsing but downloads seem to be at normal speed, you may be a victim of a DNS (domain name service) cache poisoning attack. This can affect any operating system connected to the Internet. Many of my professional clients have been impacted by this recently. It is becoming a… Continue reading Slow browsing