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Thunderbird Update Fails

The awesome folks over at Mozilla have released an update to Thunderbird (2.0.0.18 as of this writing,) and my copy detected and offered to install it as Mozilla software typically will.  But the update failed, and I wound up in a nasty do-over loop as it tried repeatedly to install. Long story short, it was… Continue Reading

Vista Video Mode Drops From Aero to Basic

There may be many reasons for Windows Vista to down-shift its Video Mode from Aero to Basic.  In all instances, something is going wrong with the way an application is accessing the display functions within Windows.  But what?  That can be the really daunting question. For me, the problem surfaced when I was replacing my… Continue Reading

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