Prevent Windows from auto-booting after updates »

How many times haven’t i come back to my computer and found that it has rebooted on me. At least KDE (and Firefox, and my pro-pimped IE) has session saving, but whatever was on the Windows desktop prior to the reboot … is no longer.
While Windows needs to reboot once in a while, the least [...]

The ghost of My Folders »

I just discovered something spooky when attempting to make a backup copy of my Documents folder on Vista (i.e. c:\Users\%USERNAME%\Documents) using rsync on Cygwin. I got an error that rsync wouldn’t copy the folders My Music, My Pictures and My Videos.
This was a surprise, because i didn’t even know those directories were there. Maybe they [...]

Fripp to ensound Windows Vista »

I don’t know how i missed this: Robert Fripp will create event sounds for Windows Vista. When not whorking for MS, Fripp creates music with King Crimson and their ilk. (Thanks: Ed Braiter/FML)

Veni Vidi Vista »

Lustigt. Microsoft har släppt den nyss omdöpta Windows Vista-betaversionen till utvecklare. MSDN- och TechNet-folket kan hämta sej en kopia från MS. Resten får ty sej till andra kanaler…
Windowsvista.com har förresten nu öppnat, och länkar föga överraskande till Windows Vistas hemsida. Windowsvista.net är fortfarande död.