Armed Assault 1.08 (finally) out

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 [...]

STALKER a week later…

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 [...]

STALKER crashes fixed?

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 [...]

The Late, Late STALKER Review (S.T.A.L.K.E.R. = C.R.A.S.H.E.S.)

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 [...]

Deleting your IE Feed Subscriptions

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. [...]

Firefox Request

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