Windows 7 – Oddball Update

Windows 7 Hanging at Logon? Try Hotfix 2578159

April 18, 2012April 18, 2012 Chief Oddball 15 Comments

So tonight I fire up my desktop PC just like usual, key in my password just like usual and as a result am greeted by the “Welcome” message and animated spinner, just like usual. Except unlike usual, the “Welcome” message sits there perpetually spinning for fifteen minutes with no further response.

Fix Slow WebDAV Performance in Windows 7

December 18, 2009February 21, 2012 Chief Oddball 59 Comments

I have an iPhone file storage app called Air Sharing that uses a WebDAV server to let you connect to it with a PC. For some reason, a few weeks after installing Windows 7, file transfers to or from this (or any other) WebDAV server became incredibly, mind-numbingly, literally-33.6K-dialup slow.

Review: Windows 7 Enterprise Edition

August 10, 2009October 7, 2011 Chief Oddball

Okay, so this isn’t exactly the typical Oddball Review…no Asian horror or computer games in sight. However, after installing the final version of Windows 7 Enterprise Edition this past weekend (courtesy of MSDN), I am finding it significant enough to warrant a review of its own — particularly in light of certain earlier posts I’ve made here about Microsoft’s operating system.

What a Pain

July 29, 2009September 21, 2011 Chief Oddball 2 Comments

I thought I’d wrapped up all of my side jobs, but one came back to haunt me this week in the form of some changes that needed to be made to something I did a couple weeks ago. A whole lot of changes.

Tag: Windows 7

Windows 7 Hanging at Logon? Try Hotfix 2578159

Fix Slow WebDAV Performance in Windows 7

Review: Windows 7 Enterprise Edition

What a Pain

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