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Solution Found: Contact Texas Instruments to obtain the update

My computer is occassionally getting a BSOD on startup. Upon restart, I’m told to send an error report to Microsoft, which is followed by this report: Solution Found: Contact Texas Instruments to obtain the update Problem Description Thank you for submitting an error report. The error was likely caused by TI Connectâ„¢ (ticalc.sys). Problem Resolution…Continue Reading…

Firefox source from CVS

I’m learning how to build Firefox from CVS. If you’re doing the same, this page, of course, is the key: http://www.mozilla.org/cvs.html You can get CVS here: https://www.cvshome.org/ (takes some looking for, though) You can get GNU make as a package with Cygwin from http://www.cygwin.com/ I’m building it now. It’s huge! Perhaps I’m doing something wrong….Continue Reading…

The file serenum.sys is corrupted

Attempting to install Windows XP Home Edition on a Pentium4 PC. “The file serenum.sys is corrupted.” In efforts to locate the source, I swapped out hard drives, XP install CDs, CD-ROM drives, IDE cables… I took out one of the sticks of RAM (there were two). I had really thought the problem would be the…Continue Reading…

eMbedded Visual Tools 3.0 Product ID

It’s shown on Microsoft’s page here. The key is TRT7H-KD36T-FRH8D-6QH8P-VFJHQ.

How to Print the URL when Printing Webpages

In case anyone else’d like to know, here’s a conversation I had with someone over AIM. Online Friend: if i want the url to be printed on the top and/or bottom of pages that i print from the internet, how do i go about changing settings so that it does? Me: it’s a browser-specific setting…Continue Reading…

Mustang Technology Update

I’ve started a new segment for the “Mustang Update”, a weekly (roughly) TV program broadcast at my high school. I’m in the crew this year, and I’ve already had a big impact. Most weeks, I do the bluescreening (which has proven difficult with the equipment they have). Now, I’ve started my own little program I’ve…Continue Reading…