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Windows_tips. Successfully fixing a BSOD problem | Ed Bott’s Windows Expertise | This is the very picture of an unhappy, unhealthy Windows system: In this Reliability Monitor chart, the two rows to focus on are at the bottom. That string of Windows failures (and related Miscellaneous failures) indicate the appearance of the dreaded Blue Screen of Death. I’ve highlighted the last appearance, on October 14. Note that the Failure Detail section below lists the error code, 0x000000D1, and examining the blue screen itself shows that the error is triggered in (although not necessarily caused by) a Windows system file called Afd.sys, which is related to networking.

As you can see from the chart, this string of errors started on October 1, and these hard crashes were occurring with alarming frequency by October 10. The crashes were not triggered by any particular activity but seemed random. Ran hardware diagnostics. And still the crashes continued. After about five minutes of research, he came back with the answer. The results? And the moral? Fix your music library: song names, album art, automatically! :: The Tux Geek. 10 Killer Firefox Extensions That You Probably Don’t Know About. This isn’t the usual list of extensions that everyone is used to using, but 10 add-ons that many may not know about, but can be very useful for everyday web browsing. 1. PicLens PicLens instantly transforms your browser into a full-screen 3D experience for viewing images across the web. Makes browsing through pictures a wonderful experience. 2. You know the times where you have been trying to find something through a search engine, but you have to go through every link one by one in order to find it?

3. With Tab Scope you can hover over a tab to get an instant preview of the web page. 4. This is for those who spend hours on Firefox, including myself. 5. You can view and manage downloads in a small status bar in the corner of the screen, without having that download window get in your way. 6. This add-on makes every word interactive by adding a very handy options menu when you hover over it. 7. If you’re like me and use Firefox on multiple computers, you’ll want Foxmarks. 8. 9. 10. 10 things you should do before, during, and after reinstalling Windows | Microsoft Windows | TechRepublic.com.

Hack Attack : Install Leopard on your PC in 3 easy steps! | dailyApps. Update : 2 : If you are looking for a guide to Dual Boot Windows Vista and Mac OSX Leopard, please follow this guide Hack Attack : Dual Boot Leopard and Windows Vista. The Dual Boot Guide is a comprehensive guide and it should work for most of you with a little bit of hard work. Update : 1 : There is a newer version of this Hack that you might want to check out. Its much more simpler and can be done by almost everyone. The newer hack also includes Mac OSX 10.5.1 so please check out Hack Attack : Install Leopard On your PC in Just One Step. Well its been only a day since the Mac OSX Leopard was released officially by Apple and the hackers have managed to create a patched DVD that everyone like you and me can use to install Leopard on PC’s without having to buy a Mac.

Make sure you backup all important data before you proceed. The Patched DVD Image The zip file containing the patch One pen drive or USB Flash Drive formatted as FAT32 Step 1. Step 2. Step 3. Step 4. Well that was it. Scott Hanselman's Computer Zen - Scott Hanselman's 2007 Ultimate Developer and Power Users Tool List for Windows.