Category Archives: Misc Tech

Harddrive Replacement

Posted on October 18, 2006 by jasonjcrowther

Monday, I took a day off to concentrate on some chores that never seem to make it off my to do list. On of which was replacing the OS harddrive in my primary PC at home before its impending failure. … Continue reading →

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Windows Vista RC2

Posted on October 8, 2006 by jasonjcrowther

On my daily run through digg, I spotted that the Windows Vista RC2 was now available to everyone (formerly it was available only to folks who signed up for the beta testing program.) I remembered that it was easy enough … Continue reading →

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Yar, Busy Busy Busy

Posted on October 1, 2006 by jasonjcrowther

Haven’t had time to sit down and do any writing lately, between work, exercise, visiting relatives, and some side projects. Exercise-wise (man, that’s a nice domain. nuts, its already taken.) I’ve been trying out some new stuff. Turns out I … Continue reading →

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Windows XP sp2 is here…

Posted on August 24, 2004 by jasonjcrowther

If you’ve been getting xp auto updates, it will start to download itself automagically in the background. Supposedly, this is supposed to not interfere with general operations, but it ground my desktop here to a halt during the process. The … Continue reading →

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Doom 3 Speed Up

Posted on August 19, 2004 by jasonjcrowther

After trying Doom 3 on my new Dell, with an almost twice as fast CPU (2.8Ghz), 25% more memory (1Gb), and a fresh Windows XP install, I was pretty disappointed with the performance. It was playable, unlike my old PC, … Continue reading →

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