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iGo 8/Amigo voice commands.csv format

21/06/2009 – 23:53

Having recently acquired a sat nav I have been experimenting with iGo 8 and Amigo. Both have their particular charms, iGo 8 is highly configurable while Amigo has a clearer display but few customisation options. One thing that bothers me about both of them is the way they announce every turning three times. Once at [...]

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Another delay starting apps fixed

31/05/2009 – 20:53

I found the source of another delay when starting apps. I have both English and Japanese keyboard layouts installed, and the English one was modified to put the apostrophe next to the ’1′ key (like an Amiga keyboard). For some reason, this started to cause apps to take a moment or two to start. I [...]

By mojo | Also posted in windows | Comments (0)

Remove application start delay caused by Application Experience Lookup Service

29/05/2009 – 21:17

I noticed that apps seemed to take longer to load than they used to. When opening a program, there would be a slight pause (maybe 1 or two seconds) and then it would seem to start normally. I eventually tracked this down to the Application Experience Lookup Service service. This service checks programs for compatibility [...]

By mojo | Also posted in windows | Comments (2)

Windows XP CD SHA1/MD5 sums

29/12/2008 – 20:54

So you can check your copy is not damaged or trojaned, here are some XP CD ISO SHA1/MD5 hashes I found: Windows XP Professional with Service Pack 3 (x86) Retail CD (English) Filename: en_windows_xp_professional_with_service_pack_3_x86_cd_x14-80428.iso Size: 589.14 MB MD5: F424A52153E6E5ED4C0D44235CF545D5 SHA1: 1c735b38931bf57fb14ebd9a9ba253ceb443d459 Windows XP Professional with Service Pack 3 (x86) VL CD (English) Filename: en_windows_xp_professional_with_service_pack_3_x86_cd_vl_x14-73974.iso Size: [...]

By mojo | Also posted in security, windows | Comments (1)

DXVA and video playback

04/12/2008 – 23:15

DXVA (DirectX Video Acceleration) uses the graphics card to decode video, so all the CPU has to do is a bit of housekeeping and audio decoding. Typically that means that a 1080p video uses

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Setting up a PC media centre for perfect playback

02/11/2008 – 22:55

I have finally got my HTPC working well, after much fiddling around to get things perfect. Turns out it’s no easy task, especially compared to my old XBOX media centre which pretty much just worked. I am using an Abit A-S78H with 780g chipset (see my post about it), meaning Radeon 3200 graphics with hardware [...]

By mojo | Also posted in windows | Comments (0)

Fixing "little box" problem in Firefox

09/10/2008 – 10:21

When you don’t have the right international fonts installed you get little square boxes with four numbers in them instead of the right character when trying to view a page in Firefox. I think this also happens in IE and Opera, but I have not tested. Anyway, the solution is to get the right fonts [...]

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A few more Firefox tweaks

04/08/2008 – 17:18

A couple more about:config tweaks that I find useful: Spellchecker covers forms too: layout.spellcheckDefault = 2 Control key and mouse wheel scrolls one page instead of zooming: mousewheel.withaltkey.action = 1 More items in recently closed tabs menu: browser.sessionstore.max_tabs_undo = 15 Faster tab scrolling: toolkit.scrollbox.scrollIncrement = 75

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Attacking data in RAM

14/05/2008 – 11:52

Today’s Hack a Day post linked to this article on recovering encryption keys from RAM, so I thought I’d look into defences against this kind of attack. There are simple ways to defeat this, and although not 100% reliable they are pretty effective. You have to consider what sort of situation this attack is likely [...]

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Firefox tweaks

22/04/2008 – 22:48

Having just installed a couple of fresh systems I once again had to set up a fresh Firefox install. Here is a little collection of the tweaks I usually make. about:config stuff: Open links that point to new windows in the current tab: browser.link.open_newwindow = 1 Single tab close button on right: browser.tabs.closeButtons = 3 [...]

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