vpoet, re:

i don’t know what i did. perhaps, through my infinite tweaking-dumb, i’ve stumbled upon a rare case of, “make vista always search windows update for drivers, and no where else.” every single time i plug something into my computer, the drivers are never found at windows update. i blame a constant ability [...]

okay, so here’s the deal: my western digital my book essential 250gb decided to start acting funny. slow boot times (windows vista), slow seek times, etc. i decided, against the hard drive’s decision, to switch from fat32 (default) to ntfs with compression. voila! hard drive is faster, etc. against [...]

In the case that you’re an idiot (much like myself) and change the association of the .LNK file extension (lnkfile):
1) This is for those who cannot double-click to open a .LNK shortcut file, nor can they use the context right-click menu to create a new Shortcut.
2) It’s easy to fix when you realize [...]

Discovering how to use the new Sony DR-BT21G with Windows Vista ( Asus G1, CSRbetween bluecore 4 ) was a chore. I never knew that Vista did not support A2DP natively in some instances. There are two ways around this, though, and you’re about to learn both of them. One is a [...]

Logitech Music Anywhere, Windows Vista, and foobar2000
Logitech Music Anywhere barely works with Windows Vista. You must go into, “Playback Devices,” from your, “Sound,” Control Panel app. (or through the speaker tray icon), and select, “Speakers: Logitech Music Anywhere USB Transmitter,” and click, “Set Default.” This isn’t that big of a deal, because [...]

About the Asus G1 Direct Messenger
christopher staines to m.mierzwa
5:06 am (41 minutes ago)
I’m not sure if you’ve found any method to show current settingsdynamically with Direct Messenger, but I did find something nifty:
If you browse to, “\Program Files\ASUS\ASUS Direct Console\ICON,”you’ll notice that each icon is 32×32, and named, “icon_###.bmp.” [...]

After deciding to use STP MP3 Player (a small, resource-friendly MP3 player that resides in the system tray) instead of iTunes or WMP or WinAmp, I found my Logitech MediaPlay mouse’s SetPoint software was not properly controlling the new software choice. I decided to take action.
1.  in STP’s Settings->Advanced… window, under General in the top [...]

okay. i’m not the biggest firefox fan out there, or i’d be writing extensions with the best of them, but i am an avid user.
having used ie originally, then switching to netscape and, eventually, sticking with opera for a while, i dove right onto the bandwagon for firefox and started messing with it. [...]