Articles written by Samuel.

Tweak your computer with registry hacks, Part 2: The Classes Root (in a bit more detail)

It has been long time since I posted part 1 in the registry hacks series, and I hope you read it 10 times like you were suppose to. After much thought I’ve decided…

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An Apple a day… keeps the lawsuits their way: Apple under attack by Wall Street

In the past, whether in the wrong or not, Microsoft has been the company to attack. Apparently, now there are deep (enough) pockets elsewhere to target. Not only is Google being targeted but…

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European Justice (Vengeance?): First Microsoft, now Google in the crosshairs of EU regulators

The Americas and Europe have had their disagreements in the past; apparently, in this case, the “past” does not necessarily mean history, because recent events seem to foretell that the friction is alive and well!…

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Tweak your computer with registry hacks, Part 1: Introduction

In the past I have written a number of “How to” articles on dotTech explaining how to do various tasks, such blocking Flash ads in Internet Explorer. I’ve decided to continue with my…

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Internet Explorer 9… already?

Locutus may have beaten me for the news break about Office 2010 beta, but I’ve got him on the break of the first news about Internet Explorer 9!

Whether you like…

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How to: Block Flash ads in Internet Explorer (no add-on/plugin needed!)

It seems that I and 64 other dotTechies use a version of IE.  YAY us. Now the rest of you dotTechies can read this article but I can’t say it will be very…

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How to: Use alias email accounts with Outlook

An alias email account is an email address that doesn’t store emails. Instead it forwards e-mails to one or more email addresses (which can also be aliases). An alias is useful in that you don’t…

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How to: Easily mount VHDs by right clicking in Windows 7 (and Windows Server 2008)

VHDs are Virtual Hard Disks that are most commonly used as  hard drives for virtual machines. However, VHDs can also be mounted so they act like real hard drives; when mounted they appears to Windows…

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Windows 7 USB/DVD Download Tool: Windows 7 Installer for Netbooks

One of the big things about Windows 7 is how well it runs on netbooks. The only problem with installing Windows 7 on netbooks is many netbooks don’t have CD/DVD drives. Microsoft has really been…

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The 411 on Process Virtual Machines

Most everyone uses ones of these every day and don’t know it. Some that do know either don’t understand it or, even worse, misunderstand it. Yet if anyone ever ran a Java program or a…

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