One way to fix Vista: buy a new PC

I’ve complained about my Vista woes here before since I upgraded from XP back in April. Well, apparently the solution to my Vista problems was just to buy a new PC. Thanks to a 20% off coupon found through my slickdeals.net RSS feed, I purchased a “built-for-new” (i.e., not refurbished) Dell Inspiron 530 desktop from …

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Vista SP1 “reliability” update

Microsoft has released “a reliability and performance update for Windows Vista SP1-based computers.” According to the KB article, the update specifically addresses a problem with e-mail clients and ZoneAlarm, so maybe it will fix my Vista woes (no mention of a VPN fix, though). I’ve downloaded and applied the patch, but I’m in no rush …

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Vista search broken after SP1

I ran into another Vista SP1 problem this evening. Whenever I used Start-Search, or the Win+F shortcut, I got the following error: search: This file does not have a program associated with it for performing this action. Create an association in the Set Associations control panel. Google to the rescue again! Apparently something in SP1 …

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