Since upgrading to 10.5, anytime I connect a device via USB (iPad,3GS,4), I can't browse the web (in both Chrome & IE). As soon as I unplug the device, I'm able to browse fine. This is (presumably) also preventing me from upgrading to iOS5, as iTunes seems to timeout while "Contacting the iPad software update server". There have been some reports of iTunes using 100% CPU (fixed with "netsh windsock reset"). At first I thought this might have been the issue, but Task Manager shows that the...
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I'm seeing lots of reports of people still on Windows XP having major issues with iTunes 10.5 (their music is clipping / weird "robotic" sounding artifacts, etc). Anyone out there in gdgtland having this problem, or know what causes it?
I'm looking for the best podcatcher application for Windows. I've been using the Zune software for some time now, because it has the best presentation and visual appeal of any of the software I've seen so far. It has big downsides, though: it frequently forgets my place in a podcast when I stop, and the seek bar on the bottom is ludicrously small. A millimeter shift of that seek bar in a two hour podcast is something like 5-10 minutes, and that makes it impossible to use. So what are the...
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A Tekzilla viewer is asking about RSS apps for Windows. I've already recommended Google Reader for web-based, but they're looking for apps too. Any favorites?
My wife desperately needed a new computer to replace her 6 year-old desktop so, of course, I bought myself a new laptop and I'm giving her my old one. But try as I might, I cannot convince her to stop using Outlook Express. Of course, the laptop, which is running Win 7, does not even have Outlook Express so I at least convinced her that Windows Live Mail was the next best thing. Now, I need to figure out how to take the OE data in the desktop and bring it to Windows Live Mail in the laptop so...
I'm looking for a free service to remotely access my mom's computer so I can more easily troubleshoot and keep her organized. She has an old HP running XP and I'm running Windows 7.
Ever since I discovered a great Windows XP theme that made it feel more native on the top, I've been placing my taskbar there. When I got my Vista laptop, I immediately placed the taskbar on top since that's what I was used to; when I upgraded to Windows 7, same thing. Now I've gotten so used to it this way I even have my work computer set up for the taskbar to be on top. So, which do you folks prefer?
http://gdgt.com/discuss/gdgt-etiquette-question-re... What does everyone think about the placement of older desktop operating systems on one's have/had lists? In my case, all of my computers are running Mac OS X Snow Leopard and/or Windows 7, but I have hard copies of earlier versions of both platforms lying around. While they're not in use, I do own them, but owning software on a disc seems different than owning say, a piece of hardware you no longer use. There's a certain...
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Windows XP is a line of operating systems produced by Microsoft for use on personal computers, including home and business desktops, laptops, and media centers. The name "XP" is short for "experience". Windows XP is the successor to both Windows 2000 Professional and Windows Me, and is the first consumer-oriented operating system produced by Microsoft to be built on the Windows NT kernel and architecture. Windows XP was first released on October 25, 2001, and over 400 million copies were in use in January 2006, according to an estimate in that month by an IDC analyst. It was succeeded by
