Monthly Archives: May 2009

Install Trillian 3.1 on Windows 7

Posted on May 8, 2009 by Jeff Fitzsimons

Trillian’s installer complains that it cannot create “buddy.dll”. An ugly workaround is to right-click on the installer executable and select “Run As Administrator”.

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Windows 7 Install Freezing at “Starting Windows” Animation

Posted on May 4, 2009 by Jeff Fitzsimons

Windows 7 was very troublesome to install on my system. My system specifications: Motherboard: Biostar TF8200 A2+ (nVidia chipset) Processor: AMD 4080e Athlon 64 x2 (45W version) Memory: 4GB Optical: Sony/NEC SATA DVD-RW Hard Disk: Seagate SATA 320GB, 7200RPM Installation … Continue reading →

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Cheap Bear Canisters

Posted on May 2, 2009 by Jeff Fitzsimons

Harbor Freight, of all places, sells a bear canister for a mere $29.87. It looks an awful lot like the Garcia Bear-Resistant Container at REI, which sells for $69.95. I’ve heard this bear canister isn’t approved for use in the … Continue reading →

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Boot from USB Stick on Biostar TF8200 A2+

Posted on May 2, 2009 by Jeff Fitzsimons

I was tired of burning perfectly good DVDs repeatedly for Windows 7 beta testing. Instead, I decided to follow these excellent instructions and copy the contents of the ISO image onto a USB stick and boot from that. My Biostar … Continue reading →

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