After installing Vista Service Pack 1 things seemed to be running pretty well.  Both ATI cards were functioning and looking good.  But after a couple hours of use, system performance degraded, especially relating to video.  Then the ATI drivers crashed and restarted successfully, just like the nVidia drivers did. So,... [Read More]

I installed Vista Service Pack 1 today.  I put my stick of RAM back in, and I have no distorted graphics.  Still using the 2 ATI cards.  I'm going to keep my fingers crossed.  It feels good to have that 4th GB of RAM back.

Fire investigators determined that Mike did not have a working smoke detector in his house.  Having one could have possibly saved his life.  Please test yours when you get home today.

Well, I jumped the gun.  I saw the post that was referenced during This Week on Channel 9 and I thought it would solve my problems.  It did not.  I still cannot open a VS 2008 solution from explorer. My issue does seem to be that I have the UAC... [Read More]

I found out yesterday that a friend from high school passed away this week.  Mike Martinelli died on Friday, February 15th, 2008, 3 weeks after being burned in a fire at his home.  Mike had been found lying unconscious beside his back door. Mike's obituary: MARTINELLI Michael R. beloved son... [Read More]