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Re: XP: Get Updates No Matter What or Change your Invalid Product Key | Windows | Tech-Recipes

Hack_Vista — Sun, 26 Mar 2006 01:09:39 -0000

It took me a minute to get the javascript to work. Here's the pattern:

1. Go to Microsoft Update
2. Paste in the javascript hack in the address bar of IE
3. Hit ENTER
4. Press the 'custom' or 'express' update buttons

Re: Pandora: How to Rip and Save Pandoras Music to MP3 Files for Free | Internet | Tech-Recipes

Hack_Vista — Thu, 08 Jun 2006 08:19:50 -0000

If you are getting the above error, you need to replace your jar with this one:

http://comicnut.speedxs.nl/pandora.jar

This will fix the “unable to rip MP3 null” error

Re: Vista: Should I Install 64-bit or 32-bit Version? (x64 vs x86) | Microsoft Vista | Tech-Recipes

Hack_Vista — Tue, 13 Jun 2006 10:06:25 -0000

I'm glad that you've had a positive experience with vista x64. You are the exception.

Many places across the internet have documented, as I have, that setting nointegritychecks ON frequently doesn't work and other times will allow a driver to be installed that fargs the whole system. However, that is a good idea if you have your back against the wall. I need to write that up as a quick tutorial as well.

I have installed on multiple systems--many of which have been recently purchased for just this purpose. Every system had some driver that could not be installed. The XPx64 driver typically did not work. Many of the XP x64 drivers are not digitally signed.

It's well known that vista will not allow drivers that are not signed:
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20060201-6...

The obvious compromise for power users is to find 64-bit drivers for all of their hardware prior to installing vista x64.

Re: Vista: Should I Install 64-bit or 32-bit Version? (x64 vs x86) | Microsoft Vista | Tech-Recipes

Hack_Vista — Tue, 13 Jun 2006 13:33:34 -0000

Woah, now we are in agreement, and in some sense Microsoft has insured that most hardware will at least boot with input and video support--even with x64. My point was that most average users will have some piece of hardware that will not work easily with x64. Reading other vista forums around the net, I see a ton of try this and try that driver work-arounds.

I have seen problems with linux installs too. I think people just expect all their hardware not to work with those. ;)

I think 64-bit is the way of the future. I just think that _most_ users will have a much easier time testing and enjoying vista by installing the 32-bit version--for now.

Ubergeeks like you and I are always going to install both versions multiple times over. The article was crafted for those who just want to try it out and use it. Most users will get to use and enjoy vista quicker and easier by installing x86; most users will not see much performance gain by going pure x64 today.

Re: MySpace: Hack to Download Any Song on MySpace — XML Method | MySpace | Tech-Recipes

Hack_Vista — Wed, 14 Jun 2006 00:15:39 -0000

Yeah, I've not been able to get this to work for a while now.

buckley exploration is some strong work. I'm just sorry that it has yielded anything yet.

Re: MySpace: Change Personal Profile to a Band Profile | MySpace | Tech-Recipes

Hack_Vista — Tue, 04 Jul 2006 00:26:30 -0000

The technique does not seem to be working as well as it previously was. Contacting customer support through myspace will work.

Of course, you always have the option to delete your myspace account and start anew.

Re: Word: Print Multiple Files At Once | Microsoft Word | Tech-Recipes

Hack_Vista — Tue, 11 Jul 2006 01:02:52 -0000

The original recipe works well.

For example, I just selected several items on my desktop, right clicked on one, and then selected print. It worked for txt, doc, and html files. I didn't try excel.

Re: How Do I Use or Open Bin, Cue, or ISO Files? | Windows | Tech-Recipes

Hack_Vista — Sat, 02 Sep 2006 07:44:44 -0000

You are looking at a video DVD. You just need a program that will played a mounted DVD.