Cannot start windows event log service on Windows 7. Error 4201

3. July 2010 10:48
I opened my Windows 7 Event Viewer today and received an error popup stating Cannot start windows event log service on Windows 7. Error 4201: The instance name passed was not recognized as valid by a WMI data provider I also noticed that my Windows Event Service was not running and would not s... [More]

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Windows 7: In Order To Be Fair and Impartial

1. April 2010 16:41
After spending an hour or so the other night restoring Windows back to my pre-latest update version (which did not bring back my icons), I decided again to give the updates another chance... call me a glutton for punishment.  Surprisingly, all of the updates went though this time seemingly wi... [More]

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Android: Google Voice Search No Longer Accesses Contacts

15. February 2010 10:01
About a month ago, I noticed that Google Voice Search no longer allows me to dial from my contact list.  I'm not sure exactly when it stopped working, but it seems that I updated some of my applications right around the time this happened.  Also, I do know that right around the same ... [More]

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Microsoft Windows 7: "Gripes My Ass" Series

7. February 2010 09:41
Ok, this really gripes my ass.  In the "brilliant" minds over at Microsoft, they have decided to add this new "feature" to the way users are allowed to run programs.  Ok so here's the set-up.  My account type is Computer Administrator.  But in order to r... [More]

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Windows 7 in Action - My Music, My Documents gone without reason

21. January 2010 11:36
So I logged in yesterday morning after having gone to bed relatively early (around midnight) the night before after running Windows Update to find that mysteriously, without cause or warning, several HUNDRED GB of data were "missing" from my brand new Windows 7 64-bit filesystem.  A... [More]

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Neato: God Mode in windows 7

6. January 2010 10:45
Found this interesting post by Ina Fried yesterday on CNET yesterday.  If you are running Windows 7,  create a folder on your hard drive and give it the name GodMode.{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C} The folder icon will immediately change to resemble the control panel ico... [More]

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Dalvik VM Internals

13. December 2009 12:16

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Windows 7 Review: Another Bloated Bundle

10. November 2009 10:19
After years of working on my old single core HP laptop running Windows XP, I finally reached a point where I needed more power for multi-tasking.  Every fiber in my being said, "Shawn, go spend twice the money and get yourself a Macbook Pro.  You'll be happier with the performan... [More]

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