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• Bulletproof PDF Printing for Vista x64 - For Free!

  Posted Monday, March 03, 2008 3:39 PM by Robert McLaws | 1 Comments

  Filed under: 64-Bit

  "That's bullsh!t!" you might say. No, it's BullZip ! (Yes, I'm well aware of how cheesy a joke that was. You'll survive.) It uses GhostScript Lite , and it totally rocks. Plus it's donationware... so make sure you give them some love. BTW, they Read More...
  

• Install Windows x64 Over x86: Take That, Microsoft!

  Posted Wednesday, August 08, 2007 6:30 PM by Robert McLaws | 13 Comments

  Filed under: Compatibility, 64-Bit, Windows Server "Longhorn"

  Say you've got a server running Windows Server 2003 x86, and you have no CD-ROM drive, and no physical access to the box. The only way to get to it is through RDP. Now, say you want to move it to 64-bit to be able to add more RAM. It should be as simple Read More...
  

• Home Server Connector RC on Windows x64

  Posted Monday, June 25, 2007 3:26 AM by Robert McLaws | 2 Comments

  Filed under: 64-Bit, Windows Home Server

  Just picked this up off the beta newsgroups. My buddy Mike Kolitz posted this a while back , and it still works. You can install the WHS Connector software on a Vista x64 machine my running the following command in an elevated command prompt. msiexec Read More...
  

• Is Your WMP Broken on Vista x64?

  Posted Monday, April 16, 2007 12:52 AM by Robert McLaws | 1 Comments

  Filed under: Windows Media Player 11, 64-Bit

  Every once in a while, WMP craps out on my installation of Windows Vista x64. It happens when the 64-bit version of WMP tried to wrest control on my system's media playing abilities from the default 32-bit version. When that happens, not only does WMP Read More...
  

• Solution for Updating the BIOS on Windows Vista x64 Machines

  Posted Saturday, February 17, 2007 1:57 AM by Robert McLaws | 9 Comments

  Filed under: 64-Bit, BIOS, WinPE

  As I blogged about the other day, one of the biggest frustrations I've had with Vista x6 has been with updating the BIOS on my Ferrari 5000. BIOS providers haven't realized that BIOS upgrades happen on 64-bit machines too, and have apparently been in Read More...
  

• BIOS Updaters: The Forgotten 64-bit Incompatibility

  Posted Friday, February 09, 2007 8:41 PM by Robert McLaws | 0 Comments

  Filed under: Compatibility, 64-Bit

  I've been dealing with a Vista issue today that hasn't seen a lot of visibility (hopefully until now). Now that Vista's out, a lot of hardware vendors are rolling out their BIOS and driver updates. All of my Vista machines are 64-bit, and so far the experience Read More...