Monthly Archives: February 2010

Windows 7 64 bit drivers on Vostro 1500 or 15xx

Posted on February 26, 2010 by johndball

For those of you that have installed Windows 7 64 bit on the Vostro 15xx laptop: Quickset:http://supportapj.dell.com/support/downloads/download.aspx?c=au&l=en&s=gen&releaseid=R163853&formatcnt=0&libid=0&typeid=-1&dateid=-1&formatid=-1&fileid=220010 Sigmatel Stac 92xx: http://support.us.dell.com/support/downloads/download.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=gen&releaseid=R186858&formatcnt=1&libid=0&fileid=255669 Ricoh Media Reader (displays as “Base System Device”): http://support.dell.com/support/downloads/download.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=gen&releaseid=R166188&SystemID=INS_PNT_PM_1525&servicetag=BVTKMD1&os=WLH&osl=en&deviceid=13405&devlib=0&typecnt=0&vercnt=1&catid=-1&impid=-1&formatcnt=1&libid=27&fileid=224384 Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (resolves a lot of issues): http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Detail_Desc.aspx?agr=Y&DwnldID=18228&ProdId=2800&lang=eng … Continue reading →

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Help! Where is my WMP Taskbar in Windows 7?

Posted on February 24, 2010 by johndball

Unfortunately your Windows Media Player toolbar is gone! Yeah, Microsoft has made a tremendous amount of improvements in both Windows 7 and Windows Media Player 12, but somebody over there isn’t thinking all of the changes through. One cool feature … Continue reading →

Posted in Technology, Windows | 3 Comments

Windows 7 + Intel Turbo Memory + Truecrypt = No Encryption

Posted on February 19, 2010 by johndball

Working on a problem I discovered. When I have the Intel Turbo Memory installed (flash cache module) Truecrypt won’t encrypt the whole disk nor will encrypt the system partition. Disabling the flash cache module in the BIOS seems to fix … Continue reading →

Posted in Technology, Windows | 4 Comments