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iWin Games Manager and AdminWorker.exe

So, you use iWin Games (Cake Mania, Diner Dash, etc.) and your Games Manager crashes upon startup? More than likely, the error you receive is that C:\Program Files\iWin Games\AdminWorker.exe cannot be found. This is how to reinstall Games Manager (without losing your games or purchases) and why that occurred. Some anti-virus applications show iWin Games [...]

Why I Love GoDaddy.com and LastPass.com

So, today I received a call that my GoDaddy account had auto-renewed and charged my bank account. “Great…,” I thought, as I had switched vpoet.net’s registrar & host last January. On the phone with GoDaddy and their rep, Ryan, I was able to have my account’s auto-renew cancelled (which I had neglected to do last [...]

windows vista drivers always goes to windows update

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 to buy niche [...]

western digital my book is da sux

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 my better judgment, i also uninstalled [...]

lnkfile shortcuts can **** a ***

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 [...]

Sony DR-BT21G and Windows Vista

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 hack, and the [...]

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 the program [...]

About the ASUS G1 Direct Messenger

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.” Ithen created [...]

Add STP MP3 Player to Logitech SetPoint

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 [...]

firefox

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. the [...]