Monthly Archives: January 2009

Installing Hauppauge PVR-250 in Windows 7

I had such fun with this. NOT. I spend a fruitless evening trying to get this to work.  The card isn’t certainly a new one, but it works, and it’s good enough for the occasional use that I give it. … Continue reading

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Google Gives Up

At least on some services. Most folks will have read by now that Google is closing some services down, including Dodgeball and Google Notebook. I’m quite miffed about the Google Notebook announcement, because I use the darn thing. Google state … Continue reading

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Installing HP Officejet 5500 Series AIO in Windows 7

It’s simple! There are no Vista Drivers for this printer, let alone Windows 7 ones,  so don’t waste your time going through thdrop down options at Hp.com. Instead go here: ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softlib/software8/COL18679/dj-48308-1/HP_Vista_SF_Ph2A.exe Download this, run it, and your HP 5500 Series … Continue reading

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How To Read MS-Word .docx files without MS-Word 2007

Microsoft introduced the .docx file format in its new Office and Word applications and wants it to replace the commonly used doc format. The problem with the change from doc to.docx is that many users are still working with prior … Continue reading

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