Benjamin

• Defrag: What's your oldest, still in active use, computer'ish device at home?

  Jan 13, 2015 at 3:31PM

  [12:02] Connecting too two networks, NIC and WIFI, at the same time:

   

  To try to solve the user's problem, the wireless card disabling when Ethernet is connected could also be a function of the wireless driver -- if I remember correctly, Netgear drivers have this. In Device Manager, go to your wireless card's properties (not the properties accessed by the Network & Sharing feature), and switch to the Advanced tab. Search for an option for disabling upon Ethernet connection.

• Ping 200: The Show 200 Spectacular!

  Mar 19, 2014 at 7:52PM

  This was pretty awesome. What a shame, though, Laura had to leave so close to the 200 mark. (Not that you guys aren't good!)

• Defrag: Moving HDD during CHKDSK, Moving Vol Overlay, Mounting Drives with Scripts

  Feb 06, 2014 at 11:34AM

  "Systray volume not changing headphone volume."

  That's the notification area, not the system tray, silly!

• Defrag: Windows 8.1 Upgrades, Overheating, Keeping Safe Online

  Nov 23, 2013 at 5:27AM

  7:10 "...there's also MSDN, where you can download the ISO."

  Not so fast. That's only for people with volume license keys.

• Ping 193: Surface 2 Tips, Unified developer registration, Xbox One highlights, Windows 8.1 features

  Nov 13, 2013 at 1:30PM

  @piercove: Backards compatibility with 360 titles isn't an intentionally omitted feature; it's simply not possible. The hardware of the Xbox One is drastically different from the 360, and emulation of the Xbox 360 would have a lot of resource overhead.

• Defrag: Explorer Hang, 8.1 upgrades, Optimal Battery Conditioning

  Oct 26, 2013 at 12:58PM

  RE: [11:36] - How to do 8.1 upgrade if you can't use store.

   

  You mention being able to get retail media and doing a fresh install or an upgrade. Last time I checked, MS weren't giving ISOs to consumers. And for me, the fact that people wanting to get the ISOs will have to do so through unsupported methods is a real slap in the face for people who have slower/metered connections and/or multiple PCs to upgrade.

• Defrag: Best drivers, Hide from Alt-Tab, Cloning HDD

  Oct 22, 2013 at 12:22PM

  I'm not sure if there's a reason this wasn't mentioned, but you can change user environment variables permanently. Go to the System Properties window, Advanced System Settings, and click "Environment Variables."

• Ping 185: Xbox One launch titles, Bing in schools, Windows Phone unlocks your car, Delta gets Windows Phones

  Aug 29, 2013 at 2:05AM

  For the first 40 seconds, Ping felt like an episode of Seinfeld.

• Ping 165: HelpBridge, Microsoft PLAY, 9 year old wiz kid, Windows Phone silenced

  Jan 23, 2013 at 11:26PM

  Microsoft Play sounds like a really neat idea. It would be great to be able to play some games from XBLA. It's unlikely, but porting Perfect Dark would be amazing.

• Ping 161: Scroogled, Xbox sales, Windows Store wins, IE 10 trolls

  Dec 06, 2012 at 8:35PM

  It's nice to see how well the Windows store and Windows 8 have done. I had concerns having seen the response of some people on the internet, but it's nice to see Microsoft's latest platform doing well. I suppose you could say the haters are a small but obnoxious bunch. 

  Oh, and the IE10 video was pretty funny, too.

   

See more comments…