Category: Technology

Well, it's done. I got Windows Vista running on my notebook. I'm still struggling through getting it set up right, and haven't quite turned off the visual styles yet.

I've finally cracked (if you'll excuse the bad computer pun) Rijndael encryption in the new ShutOff 2007. Now the settings are encrypted in memory before touching the Windows Registry. Tr's cool.

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NCANE.COM flirted briefly with 3000 active redirected URLs today before I cleaned up the database, recycled old unused links (six months old and zero hit count gets a redirect reused), and banned another few IP address ranges and domains.

Some of you may only know me as the developer of ShutOff 2000. Here's a little history lesson, and an update to the development of the "new" version.

This week I took the plunge, aided in part by the offer to pay 50% by my better half, to get the new Microsoft Action Pack. He has been wanting to put Windows Vista on his machine since we downloaded the beta last year (and helped bring the Internet to its knees).

Sentech has increased download limits from today on all packages. We've moved from 3GB to 5GB. Pleasant surprise. Telkom was almost becoming a competitive alternative.

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I see the minimum requirements for Windows Vista include a CD-ROM drive, but I was under the impression that it comes on DVD.