Vista
Dreamweaver 8.02 on Windows Vista 64-Bit
Thursday, February 12th, 2009I’ve been setting up Dreamweaver 8 on my Windows Vista 64-Bit laptop. So far I’m happy with 64-Bit Vista. It runs well and seems stable.
The Dreamweaver 8.02 upgrade on the other hand just won’t run. I was searching for a solution and found this blog post:
http://www.sabbie.co.uk/2007/12/dreamweaver-802-update-on-vista-64-bit.html
Many thanks to the author of the sabbietage blog for [...]
Dreamweaver 8 on 64-bit Windows Vista
Saturday, February 7th, 2009I’ve been trying to install and run Macromedia Dreamweaver 8 on my Windows Vista 64-bit laptop. The install would go fine. I could launch the program. It would show in my running processes but never display. Perplexing to say the least.
After fiddling with this for the better part of the morning I found a solution [...]
Running Outlook 2000 on Microsoft Vista
Saturday, March 31st, 2007When you run Outlook 2000 on Windows Vista you receive the error:
” ERROR OPENING WINDOWS ADDRESS BOOK. UNABLE TO FIND WAB.DLL”
Scott’s Blog has the answer:
Click Here to read Scott’s answer
Use Explorer to navigate to C:\Program Files\Common Files\System
Copy wab32.dll and wab32res.dll to C:\Windows\System32
I had to open Explorer in Administrator mode to copy the DLL’s. How [...]
TNPC observations, cool tool, and changes….
Tuesday, March 6th, 2007A nifty app…
TNPC Newsletter
by Dan Butler
Helping you stay more productive.
Hi ~
Hope you are having a productive week.
This week Al Gordon takes a first look at the new Microsoft Office
file formats and what they mean to you. Like it or not Microsoft’s
file formats affect all of us eventually. Personally, I am sticking
with my old version [...]
Vista vs. my NEC Superscript 870 Printer
Wednesday, February 28th, 2007Microsoft Vista has no native support for my NEC Superscript 870. What is the solution? Install the printer using the HP LaserJet IIP driver. The downside to this is your printer will only print at 300 DPI instead of 600 DPI.
You will also lose all of the cool tools you had with the printer under [...]
Playing DVD’s in Windows Vista Home Basic
Monday, February 26th, 2007Microsoft has outdone itself in trying to take control away from you. I had to buy a new PC when mine died and the new one came with a copy of Microsoft Vista Home Basic. What was Microsoft thinking when they released this?
Just now I went to play a DVD that I had been waiting [...]
Vista vs Time & Chaos
Friday, February 16th, 2007The first software challenge I ran into was Time & Chaos v.6. I’ve used Time & Chaos since v.1 way back when. Well over ten years in fact. It has been interesting to watch the growth of the company over the years.
When I first registered the program I called to ask where to send the check. [...]
TNPC Vista first looks…
Friday, February 9th, 2007TNPC Newsletter
by Dan Butler
9 February 2007
When it rains it pours. Last week I told you my main system died. After setting up a new PC and cleaning [...]
Getting Older Windows Help Working in Vista
Thursday, February 8th, 2007Scan through this post to find a quick solution to getting Windows Help working inside of Vista:
http://www.itwriting.com/blog/?postid=535
I found two copy of Winhlp32.exe on my old Windows 2000 box - one in the \Windows directory and the other in \Windows\System32. You want to use the one in the Windows directory.
Note that this may not give you [...]
Vista Home Basic and Samba Working Together
Thursday, February 8th, 2007I was having trouble getting Vista Home Basic to access my Samba shares. This article got me going. Specifically the comment by Tim about editing the Registry.
http://www.builderau.com.au/blogs/codemonkeybusiness/viewblogpost.htm?p=339270746