I'm sure you have heard of the QWERTY keyboard layout's origin - typewriter salesmen needed to easily demonstate typing the word 'typewriter' and the input needed to be slowed down to prevent the typewriter's strike keys from jamming. With computers and digital input, we don't need to worry about jamming the keys so why don't we use a keyboard layout that promotes the fastest, … [Read more...]
Archives for February 2012
Use the HP SoftPaq Download Manager to simplify downloading drivers
Supporting a lot of computers can be a daunting task and it's even more daunting when the computers are a variety of brands and models. One tedious part of supporting multiple models is having to download the needed drivers. Dell has a pretty nice setup where you can download a single .cab file from their site that contains all of the latest drivers you might need for a model. … [Read more...]
Windows Open File Security Warning interferes with automated install script
I recently encountered a script (.vbs) that automated a number of steps taken to install the necessary applications onto a fresh computer. The script would first identify if the OS was 32-bit or 64-bit and then run the appropriate script to install compatible apps. Designed with a modular approach, the 32-bit/64-bit script would launch a series of scripts for each application … [Read more...]
VLC makes it to 2.0
VLC, the popular media player, has reached the major milestone of version 2.0. The player's strong suit has always been its ability to play almost all formats and encodings out of the box without needing to hunt down the proper codec. That continues to be the case but version 2.0 brings with it some new features and fixes as well. … [Read more...]
The new logo for Windows 8
Microsoft's Blogging Windows blog wrote about the evolving Windows logo that has changed with most major version changes. Part of the change comes from the technology available but other times it just comes from that weird Marketing department. So, without further ado, your Windows 8 logo: … [Read more...]