Yep, it’s been three months since the last ArmA update, and we’re hoping this one fixes the crashing under Windows Vista.
I wasn’t game to try the early betas, as one of the side effects was mentioned as being a Sprocket reactivation. I’m wary enough of Sprocket without wanting to lose an activation for a weirdo [...]

Well, I’m very happy to report that the Stalker crashes were fixed under Vista x64 - completely - by marking the executable as LargeAddressAware. Yay!
For me, the Stalker experience has been one of two different games – the first a taut, fearful experience, when saving might actually cause the loss of progress, thus providing a powerful incentive to [...]

Since earlier this evening, I was able to play STALKER for an hour without it crashing when I tried to save !!!!!?!!!!!
I have no idea why this works, and I shudder to think what’s likely happening under the covers when this works – it’s the oddest workaround ever:
I marked the Stalker executable as Large Address [...]

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. (from here on in, just Stalker, okay?) is a game I’d love to hate more.
What crack am I smoking this week? Well, it’s like this:
Imagine, if you will, that Word crashed every fourth time you saved a document. That would be annoying. Saving is a key part of creating a document – you save at important [...]

Let’s say that you’ve outgrown IE’s RSS feed capabilities.
Let’s say that you’ve already exported your feeds to an OPML file for later re-import.
To export the Windows RSS feed list to OPML:
Click the Add Favorites button in IE, choose Import and Export, then Export Feeds

Let’s say that now, you want to get rid of them. All.
How would you go about [...]

Please firefox developers: write an add-on that tells me which tab with flash on it is the one that is hammering my CPU.

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