Entries from Geeky Baldisms tagged with 'WGA'
My Windows Virtual Machine is Off by an Hour
I just noticed that my Windows virtual machine is off by an hour. No problem. I'll just download the KB931836 patch and fix it. So, I begin by visiting the Windows Update site via IE. I get scanned, the site...
Microsoft Didn't Always Suck
I'll never forget the day in 1993 that I excitedly unpacked my first PC, plugged everything in, and watched with keen delight as that first DOS prompt appeared. I was happily running MS-DOS 6.2. Somehow, that friendly CLI (on which...
A Few Hours that I Wish I had Back
Well, occasionally I have to be reminded that you should just was pick your battles. I just wasted several hours on a comment board at the otherwise excellent Ziff-Davis website. The subject was Ed Bott, Windows worshipper, and his gleeful...
What's Up with this Microsoft/Yahoo Thing Anyway?
So Microsoft wants Yahoo. Should I give a hoot? Not on the surface. Yahoo lost my interest years ago. The ads, absent from the cool Yahoo of old, became overbearing. So I switched to Alta Vista, then Google, where I...
Ready to Try Ubuntu? Here are 20 Reasons Why You Should.
Twenty Reasons Why You Should Try Ubuntu It makes Steve Ballmer very, very mad.The proponents of Ubuntu aren't in it for the money.If you're a Baby Boomer, picture Microsoft as The Man.It has the most newbie-friendly forum out there. Seriously,...
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