http://hireoliver.com Help has arrived! Thu, 25 Mar 2010 09:03:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://hireoliver.com http://hireoliver.com//wp-content/plugins/favicon.ico http://hireoliver.com/2010/02/22/1126/ http://hireoliver.com/2010/02/22/1126/#comments Mon, 22 Feb 2010 09:13:44 +0000 Oliver http://hireoliver.com/?p=1126 Plagued with Google Update Error 0×8004071c on a fresh Chrome installation? Last week I decided I would finally take the Google Chrome plunge, and ran into an error screen upon installation on my Windows 7 Ultimate system. If you are seeing Google Update Error 0×8004071c after you run the chrome installer, follow the steps below and [...]]]> http://hireoliver.com/2010/02/22/1126/feed/ 1 http://hireoliver.com/2010/02/11/pre7-aero-peek/ http://hireoliver.com/2010/02/11/pre7-aero-peek/#comments Thu, 11 Feb 2010 14:24:10 +0000 Oliver http://hireoliver.com/?p=1098 Are you running Windows XP or Vista, and in need of the AeroPeek feature in Windows 7? Yes, you could download one of many AeroPeek clones for Vista or XP and be a happy camper, but what if you don’t want any more software on your speedy PC? It turns out Windows XP and Vista have [...]]]> http://hireoliver.com/2010/02/11/pre7-aero-peek/feed/ 1 http://hireoliver.com/2009/04/08/running-beta-and-want-to-upgrade/ http://hireoliver.com/2009/04/08/running-beta-and-want-to-upgrade/#comments Wed, 08 Apr 2009 12:54:36 +0000 Oliver http://hireoliver.com/?p=838 Are you running the Windows 7 Beta? Microsoft will soon be releasing the RC1, but the upgrade process won’t be as easy as you would like. Microsoft is asking testors and the like to remove their current version and revert back to Vista, or start with a fresh installation all together. Their theory behind this is [...]]]> http://hireoliver.com/2009/04/08/running-beta-and-want-to-upgrade/feed/ 0 http://hireoliver.com/2009/03/25/niceer-than-vista/ http://hireoliver.com/2009/03/25/niceer-than-vista/#comments Wed, 25 Mar 2009 16:02:45 +0000 Oliver http://hireoliver.com/?p=783 I have had Windows 7 installed on an older laptop of mine for a short while now. I decided that I would put it on my newest laptop and see how its driver support was. Turns out, it worked flawlessly, and I couldn’t be happier. This laptop shipped with XP SP2 on it from the factory [...]]]> http://hireoliver.com/2009/03/25/niceer-than-vista/feed/ 0 http://hireoliver.com/2009/03/17/rc1-or-not/ http://hireoliver.com/2009/03/17/rc1-or-not/#comments Tue, 17 Mar 2009 14:00:05 +0000 Oliver http://hireoliver.com/?p=532 Well… I now have a good working version of Windows 7. Everything seems to be running fine on it except audio. When I listen to music using Windows Media Player it seems to be ‘fuzzy’ at times. First I thought it could be the codecs, so I downloaded some new ones but it didn’t seem [...]]]> http://hireoliver.com/2009/03/17/rc1-or-not/feed/ 0 http://hireoliver.com/2009/02/11/ultimate-extras/ http://hireoliver.com/2009/02/11/ultimate-extras/#comments Wed, 11 Feb 2009 10:27:22 +0000 Oliver http://hireoliver.com/?p=470 Microsoft, the people we have learned to live with has said no more extras. Remember when Vista was released and they promised Ultimate Extras… which was supposed to be just one more excuse for an overprices OS. Nothing Microsoft released for Windows Vista Ultimate users was that special… Who cares about screensavers and $5 games. Give [...]]]> http://hireoliver.com/2009/02/11/ultimate-extras/feed/ 0 http://hireoliver.com/2008/12/14/windows-xp-still-trucking/ http://hireoliver.com/2008/12/14/windows-xp-still-trucking/#comments Sun, 14 Dec 2008 15:06:55 +0000 Oliver http://hireoliver.com/?p=435 Yes, everyone has heard of the Mojave experiment; Microsoft’s lousy pitch to get users to adopt windows Vista instead of wanting to purchase new PCs with XP installed on them. Well, it hasn’t worked thus far and I think the people over at MAC make a good joke out of the whole situation none the [...]]]> http://hireoliver.com/2008/12/14/windows-xp-still-trucking/feed/ 0 http://hireoliver.com/2008/02/08/vista-sp1-delayed/ http://hireoliver.com/2008/02/08/vista-sp1-delayed/#comments Fri, 08 Feb 2008 14:13:38 +0000 Oliver http://hireoliver.com/2008/02/08/vista-sp1-delayed/ If you haven’t already heard that Vista’s SP1 has been delayed, and if I just happened to be the one to tell you; then I am sorry to inform you but that is sad indeed. I am almost a week behind schedule, but it was announced early monday that SP1 will now be delayed for about [...]]]> http://hireoliver.com/2008/02/08/vista-sp1-delayed/feed/ 0