So Windows 8 was released today. I won’t be moving to it anytime soon. There are some people who make a habit of waiting for Service Pack 1 to be released before upgrading to a new version of Windows. The trouble is, I can think of one instance, Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 1, that [...]
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Windows 8 comes out later this year, but I won’t be moving just yet
Posted by Dave Farquhar on August 1, 2012
http://dfarq.homeip.net/2012/08/windows-8-comes-out-later-this-year-but-i-wont-be-moving-just-yet/
Milestone! I’ve been pirated!
In searching for the abstract of my book, I found more than I expected: What appeared to be a pirated PDF copy of the book in its entirety. What’s worse is that it appeared #1 in Google’s search. Numbers 2 and 3 were various pages on my site, #4 was my Wikipedia profile page, #5 [...]
Posted by Dave Farquhar on August 16, 2011
http://dfarq.homeip.net/2011/08/milestone-ive-been-pirated/
Disadvantages of Windows 98 and 98SE
Many years ago, I wrote about the disadvantages of Windows 3.1 because I started noticing people searching for that. Now, I see people asking the same question about Windows 98. I spent 9 months of my life ripping Windows 98 apart and putting it back together again and writing about it, so I know it [...]
Posted by Dave Farquhar on May 21, 2011
http://dfarq.homeip.net/2011/05/disadvantages-of-windows-98-and-98se/
Registry optimization
I gave my Windows 2000 system a little tuneup today. Nothing major, but it feels peppier now, and didn’t take all that long to do. Nor did it require any expensive utilities.
This works with Windows 2000, XP, NT4, and Vista. For Windows 9x advice, you’ll have to turn to an old critically acclaimed book written by someone you’ve never heard of.
Posted by Dave Farquhar on June 4, 2008
http://dfarq.homeip.net/2008/06/registry-optimization/
Why I generally buy AMD
I was talking to a new coworker today and of course the topic of our first PCs came up. It was Cyrix-based. I didn’t mention my first PC (it seems I’m about four years older–it was an Am486SX2/66).
With only a couple of exceptions, I’ve always bought non-Intel PCs. Most of the Intel PCs I have bought have been used. One boss once went so far as to call me anti-corporate.
I’m not so much anti-corporate as I am pro-competition.
Posted by Dave Farquhar on October 24, 2007
http://dfarq.homeip.net/2007/10/why-i-generally-buy-amd/
How to defrag when defrag just keeps starting over and over
I’ve seen many spyware-infested Windows 95/98 boxes that just won’t defrag no matter what you do. Defrag starts, gets part of the way through, then the disk changes and it starts over again. Leave the system alone for dozens of hours and it might finish, but probably not.
Posted by Dave Farquhar on June 27, 2007
http://dfarq.homeip.net/2007/06/how-to-defrag-when-defrag-just-keeps-starting-over-and-over/
The best defragmenter for Windows NT, 2000, XP and Vista
Want Diskeeper’s features without ponying up 50 bucks?
Sorry, I can’t help you. The combination of JKDefrag, Scandefrag, and Pagedefrag is better and it’s free.
Posted by Dave Farquhar on June 22, 2007
http://dfarq.homeip.net/2007/06/the-best-defragmenter-for-windows-nt-2000-xp-and-vista/
A better registry cleaner
I’ve been messing around with a registry cleaner called CCleaner. I like it a lot better than the commercial tools that used to come with Norton Utilities and the like, and I like it better than the freebies that we used to use like Microsoft’s Regclean.
And you’ll never beat the price.
Posted by Dave Farquhar on June 21, 2007
http://dfarq.homeip.net/2007/06/a-better-registry-cleaner/
Vindicated?
This article on Windows installation at Firing Squad preaches all the same things I was preaching nearly six years ago in my Windows 9x book.
Where to find the stuff has almost all changed, and msot of the old utilities don’t work anymore, but these are exactly the same concepts I yammered on and on about. Funny, I’ve been told system optimization is a waste of time…
Posted by Dave Farquhar on March 22, 2005
http://dfarq.homeip.net/2005/03/vindicated/
Setting the MTU automatically in Debian
I run this website off a server running on an ADSL line in a spare bedroom of my home. My server of choice is Debian, because it’s Linux which makes it fast, reliable, and cheap, and Debian makes it pretty easy to install only what you want and need, so I can have a server OS that’s only using 125 megabytes of disk space, leaving most of my drive available for something useful, like, oh, content.
Now, the downside of modern DSL: Southwestern Bell, like most ISPs these days, uses PPPoE. So not only can your IP address change with no notice whatsoever, you also have the hassles of PPPoE. With the default settings, some unknown but noticeably large percentage of web users won’t be able to access a web server running on a DSL connection using PPPoE.
The reason is MTU and fragmentation.
Posted by Dave Farquhar on August 3, 2004
http://dfarq.homeip.net/2004/08/setting-the-mtu-automatically-in-debian/