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How I fixed a maddening Code 43 in Windows 7 (no firearms involved)

Dave Farquhar Windows February 8, 2011November 20, 2018commodore, commodore 64, intel, Office Space, ubuntu, windows 7

Gatermann talked me into trying one last time to re-install Windows 7, and if it didn’t work, he’d help me go Office Space on it.

Those of you who’ve been following me for the past week will know I started installing and trying to use Windows 7 on Saturday, and it didn’t go well. Among other things, my video driver constantly died with a Code 43, and I could print anywhere from 0-1 documents in between reboots. Basically, the computer became less useful to me than a Commodore 64. And given all the hype about how this was the best Windows ever, I wasn’t happy.

Dave Farquhar

David Farquhar is a computer security professional, entrepreneur, and author. He has written professionally about computers since 1991, so he was writing about retro computers when they were still new. He has been working in IT professionally since 1994 and has specialized in vulnerability management since 2013. He holds Security+ and CISSP certifications. Today he blogs five times a week, mostly about retro computers and retro gaming covering the time period from 1975 to 2000.

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I sure hope Windows 7 SP1 gets here fast

Dave Farquhar Hardware, Windows February 7, 2011commodore, commodore 64, intel, windows 2000, windows 7, windows me, Windows XP

So I’ve been running Windows 7 for about a day on an Intel motherboard. And I don’t know for certain if it’s the shoddy Intel hardware, or Windows 7, but I don’t think I’ve been this un-impressed since the first time I laid eyes on Windows ME.

Yeah, it’s that bad. I’m sure the Microsoft fanboys will jump in and chew me up, but let’s see if they can explain this away.

Dave Farquhar

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Yep, I think I’ve just about had it with Intel

Dave Farquhar Hardware, Personal February 6, 2011February 6, 2011asus, intel, windows 7

I’ve been messing all weekend with this stupid Intel motherboard, trying to get the video working in Windows 7. All I can see is that I have some kind of conflict. Code 43, whatever that means. Thanks loads, Microsoft.

Except this is an integrated board, with nothing plugged into it. Can’t Intel manage to make a motherboard (using its own chips, no less) where the integrated peripherals don’t conflict with each other?

I’ve upgraded the drivers, upgraded the BIOS to the newest version, everything.

Since Intel can’t get the simplest of things right, it’s Asus or nothing for me, from now on.

Dave Farquhar

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The rock, or the hard place?

Dave Farquhar Uncategorized January 31, 2011January 31, 2011intel, Israel

I have to confess I’m paying minimal attention to technology these last few days. I’ve been watching the goings-on in the Middle East. I saw the headlines that Intel’s newest chipset is buggy, but that won’t go down as the biggest news of 2011. A revolution in Egypt stands a chance. And it could have a domino effect.

Dave Farquhar

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Ways to speed up an aging laptop

Dave Farquhar Hardware, Software, Windows January 8, 2011December 19, 2015antivirus, bitdefender, ccleaner, firefox, intel, lifehacker, malware, McAfee, Microsoft Security Essentials, optimizing windows, samsung, symantec, visual effects, Western Digital

Yesterday Lifehacker did a feature on laptop tweaks and upgrades, that basically came down to reinstalling the OS, adding memory, and upgrading to an SSD. All of those are good things to do of course, but there’s more you can do. I posted a response there; I’ll elaborate a bit here, where I have more room to do so.

There are tons of links here to previous content I’ve written; optimizing aging machines is a recurring theme for me. I’ve been writing on that topic for 11 years now.

Dave Farquhar

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What the 2011 CES may mean

Dave Farquhar Hardware January 7, 2011April 2, 2025adobe creative suite, amd, CES, intel, netbooks, nvidia, ocz, pcie, windows 8, windows nt, x86

This week was CES, where companies make a big splash and try to show what’s going to happen in the consumer electronics space in the coming year.

In the coverage of CES, I saw three things that seem interesting, but only one of those three was a surprise.
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Upgrading an HP Mini 110 with an Intel X25-V SSD

Dave Farquhar Hardware December 19, 2010December 22, 2015firefox, hp, intel, netbooks, ocz, toshiba, Windows XP

I installed an Intel X25-V in an HP Mini 110 and found it to be an inexpensive way to hotrod an aging netbook. Any drive in my current SSD Roundup will work even better today. It’s an inexpensive way to hotrod an aging netbook. Any drive available today will be considerably larger than the stock 16 GB SSD, and also considerably faster. Read more

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Upgrade diary: HP Pavilion a305w

Dave Farquhar Hardware December 12, 2010December 30, 2015amd, antivirus, black friday, dell, hp, intel, Microsoft Access, Microsoft Security Essentials, symantec, windows 7, Windows XP

Wow, what a slug. Want me to tell you how I really feel?

Typical Black Friday special from years past. Cheap, but what a limiting future. Here are your handful of options. As far as I can tell, there are about eight of them.

Dave Farquhar

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Speeding up a sluggish HP Mini 110

Dave Farquhar Hardware, security, Windows December 4, 2010March 18, 2020antivirus, disk cache, firefox, hp, intel, Linux Mint, Microsoft Security Essentials, pagedefrag, spyware

My mom’s HP Mini 110 Atom-based netbook (with the factory 16GB SSD) was hesitating, a lot. Frankly it was really frustrating to use–it would freeze up for minutes on end, for no good reason. It was so slow, calling it “sluggish” was being kind. But it’s fixed now. I did six five things to it. Here’s how to speed up an HP Mini 110.

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4 more questions about RAID

Dave Farquhar Hardware November 30, 2010November 30, 2010benchmark, boot disk, CIO, intel, marvell, raid 1, raid array, usb port, windows 2000

Longtime reader Jim ` asked me a few more worthwhile questions while I was procrastinating working on yesterday’s post about RAID. Let’s go to Q&A format. Read more

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