Vista Adventures: Autorestart after Updates when Sleeping
So I am online intermittently at night and have to tend to my baby when he cries. What I didn’t expect when I decided to run Windows Update was that it would, against my wishes when I stepped away from the computer to nurse baby, restart the computer after it finished installing the updates (this [...]
Read MoreVista Adventures: The Holy Grail of Vista
Recently the idea of watching DVDs at night enticed me to get Vista to actually run them. Previously futile attempts ended in jumpy DVDs, black screens with alien sounds, and a wadful of hair that mysteriously found itself in my hand. Finally, my friend Jason whispered the solution to me: Vista Codecs… almost like it [...]
Read MoreSeeing Double Logins in Vista
Some of you who have the (mis)fortune of buying a computer or laptop with Vista already installed may have experienced this when a new update was installed. At the login screen you see a duplicate of your login ids. I saw 2 pairs of cats and dogs for several weeks till I decided to search [...]
Read MoreVista Adventures Season 4: Speeding up Vista
How to speed up the performance of Vista? Simple… 1. Turn off Aero Yes, you bought the upgrade for the pretty but it seriously lags your computer. I finally turned it off after yanking out wads of hair in frustration. Save your hair, especially if you’re a little short, and turn off Aero. Download some [...]
Read MoreWindows Vista Adventures – Season 2
Today I decided to test run my new mini-mouse and work from the Lenovo. I have to say I’ve found a wealth of good and a sea of bad. I always like to give the good news first. The good: I enabled the Aero display setting again and this time it doesn’t seem to lag [...]
Read MoreWindows Vista Adventures – Season 1
My spanking new laptop, the Lenovo 3000 V100 (okay, really need a nick for it now) comes with Vista Business. I have used it 4-5 times since I got it (still on company laptop for now) and here’s what I think so far as a new user. Vista is a very different animal. It is [...]
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Christina Sng worked as a web developer, information architect, account executive, producer, technical writer, and usability consultant in the 10 years (that's 30 years in Internet time!) she brought bread home. She has since retired to raise her children but still spends most of her waking hours on the net, no thanks to Apple. Here are some of her adventures.
