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Nick Hodge is a professional geek and digital diplomat for Microsoft in Australia. More info lives underneath the About Box...

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• Anna Liu - My boss’s blog on architectural things I don’t understand.
• Barbora Zychova - I am Number 2 in the Fan Club.
• Brian Johnson - US East Coast EE dude
• Christian Longstaff - Fellow Microsoft AU videographer
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• John-Daniel Trask - JD is a cool geek guy from Wellington. Does cool stuff with all the Microsoft stuff.
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Laptops in US: Vista x64

Sorta kinda predicted this; now CNet finds it is true. “64-bit Vista finds a hom on consumer laptops”

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Vista SP1: Self Hosted Installs

Rather than downloading the update on each of your Vista PCs, it might be better on your ISP bandwidth charge to download once:

Windows Vista Service Pack 1 Five Language Standalone (KB936330) 32-bit
Windows Vista Service Pack 1 Five Language Standalone for x64-based Systems (KB936330)

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Vista SP1 Performance Metrics

Magazines love to do performance tests. If there is a special stream at AIS specifically for time keepers, magazine journalists should apply for Government grants to improve their skills!
APC Magazine has a run down of the performance changes in Vista RTM (late 2006 Vista) to Vista RTM Patched (what people are generally running today) and [...]

General Melchett goes Vista Ultimate SP1

Whilst General Melchett has been Vista x64 from birth, we Microsoft people were recently given early access to the final Vista Service Pack 1.
Last night, I downloaded the updater. Backed up General Melchett. Double clicked. And watched.
So, firstly a note to all. When the installer says 1. Several Reboots and 2. About an hour - [...]

CPU Temperatures and Overlocking

In my research in the continuing overclocking research for GeneralMelchett, I've found that 55degC is a little warm for a processor.
The 8800GT is now installed and working well. Just waiting for the two 22" Dell LCD monitors, external speakers and new GeekDesk for the home GeekSpace and we are go!
Admittedly, GeneralMelchett has been burnt in [...]

Weekend Project: Windows Media Center

Yes, I know that the correct english spelling of Center is Centre.

Thanks to the generosity of Jeffa, I scored an old Mini-ATX case with power supply. Yeah, being the junior on the team - I get all the hand-me-downs.
Some hundreds of dollars later from AUSPCMarket, and I have my first ever:

AMD based PC (AMD Athlan64 [...]

istartedsomething and "wonder patches"

Thanks Long for the pointers. Have installed. Had USB hub issues yesterday - I wonder if these updates will help?
I just love software: it just keeps getting better, in the field.

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John Gallagher: MINI, The Geek Stories

JohnG, the nicest man on the planet, willing let me into his house to film another episode of The Geek Stories. Mayling filmed a behind the scenes show... which will be interesting to see, too. Server racks and a compactus in the games room. Now that's impressive!
So, do you have Australia's geekiest house?
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PC with 512Mb of RAM? Install Vista Home Basic

Ed Bott, from ZDNet in the US recently tested Windows Vista Home Basic on a 2002-vintage PC with 512Mb of RAM - and found the operating system responsive and usable.
Surprisingly, even the visuals on this system were a treat. With a three-year-old video card, this system was capable of running Vista’s Aero graphics. But because [...]

Microsoft Windows Vista support with Adobe Applications

(Link thanks to John Dowdell) Bridging my old world to my new world, this document details the support for current Adobe applications with Microsoft Windows Vista. It is well worth a read, especially as Adobe products: Flash Player and the Adobe Reader are very common installs.
Summary: no Acrobat 7 support for Vista, only Acrobat 8: [...]