Armed Assault Demo – New Versions Sorta Daily

Armed Assault is my favourite thing at the moment – even though only the demo is available for us Englishers!
The demo as originally released had some issues, but BIS have been working hard to rectify and improve the experience, releasing near-daily updates.
These updates have been for both the demo client and the dedicated server (for [...]

Windows Live Messenger feature request

I love Messenger, it is an important part of my life and has been for over seven years. There are a few things that I dislike about it, but the one that keeps coming back is this: if I don’t close each conversation window individually then that conversation doesn’t get added to the History. If [...]

Dear Cakewalk,

(emailed shortly after uninstalling Sonar 6.0 demo)

Just some feedback. I downloaded Sonar Producer for use under Windows Vista X64. It seemed to have issues selecting the MIDI mapper, but I used a soft synth and it worked OK.
However, the second time I ran it, two days after initial installation, it claimed the 15 [...]

Later Nvidia Drivers for Windows Vista, on WindowsUpdate! But there’s a catch…

Windows Update now has later-model drivers (9746) available than the RTM version of Windows Vista, I accidentally discovered.
The drivers currently on Windows Update are also later than the Windows Vista RC2 set that Nvidia have been offering since October, and they fix a bunch of problems in Windows Vista – Media centre glitching when UI [...]

Armed Assault Demo Crashing on Windows Vista x64 with D3DX9_30 Not Found Errors

When I tried to actually launch the new Armed Assault demo, it was having none of it.
I tried to search the Armed Assault forums, but let’s put it like this: they’re retarded:

You have to sign in to search for anything helpful – a massive barrier to getting useful things done without giving up any personally identifiable [...]

Vista would be better if it didn’t suck

I have been running Windows Vista Ultimate on my laptop for a week or so now, and I am of two minds. I like the pretty. I like the usability improvements. I don’t like that things that worked fine in XP crash all the time, or that the CPU is maxed (maxxed?) almost always. The apps [...]