I would recommend against a 64-bit install of Office unless your developing add-ins for the 64-bit version of Office. You're not going to gain anything by installing it, unless you're someone who has to deal with Excel spreadsheets that are in excess of 2 GB and I doubt there are many that do.

I've been using WMI queries for a while to do imaging work. Copy the following and save it as a batch file to make it easy to determine the make/model/serial number.

Austin is more expensive than it used to be. In 2000 I was paying $695 for a 2 bedroom apartment and now in 2014-15 I'm paying $1245 for a 1 bedroom place. But to be fair the first place was a dump near Rundberg and now I'm living in the high end apartments at Riata in north Austin. It's so nice to not have anyone…

She won me over as soon as she said WRX...Yeah I'm totally biased, I won't hide it.

My 2015 WRX came with that one, but the STi knob shown to me was red. I see your picture is not the new model, we now have faux carbon fiber.

Wait shouldn't that STi knob be red? The WRX one is grey.

What's wrong with streaming music over Bluetooth from your phone? Also on vacation having the phone mounted and using GPS is perfect when you get to hear it over the stereo system.

I do think Virginia's speed laws are absurdly harsh, especially as a native of Texas where 80 mph is an almost universally accepted highway speed by most drivers and where a toll road just outside of Austin lets you go 85 mph. There, this probably would have been a really expensive speeding ticket; maybe even one I…

Hehe, makes me think of this:

Also available on Windows 8.1 as well. Works great if you have a tablet and want to use it to make a few drinks.

There's a shift in the way Microsoft is doing things. In years past they were criticized for languishing products and not keeping up with the faster moving competition. So I fully expect them to crank out product improvements at a pace they've not done before. When you look at their products as a service, as an eco…

So you've never seen iOS7? How about Samsung's Android tablet? Microsoft doesn't need to save it, other companies are making sure it's here to stay.

You shouldn't need to upgrade your MB unless something major happens like the socket design changes and you want the newest CPU. As for OS reinstalls, that's a hidden gem with Windows 8 that makes it easy to do. Your comment is a bit funny, because Apple pops out OS versions like candy. XP->Vista->7->8 During the same…

Rarely the OS is the problem, by far the biggest problem is people don't want to change even when it's for the better. We tried teaching people to pin apps to the taskbar to increase productivity as only a single click was required and it was always there at the bootom. But some refused to, opting to click on start,…

Only if the other person is reasonable and willing to listen. If someone already has a made up mind with no intention of changing then, all facts and logic in the world with not persuade them. Like telling someone ice is cold, see look at the temperature readout and they respond with hell that crap burns, it must be…

I had already been doing tech support for several years when we pulled the switch to 95 and it was anything but smooth and I remember people did not find it easier. They were used to simple little window groups on the screen or used to their DOS apps and using F-keys. Many people find it so easy to glaze over how it…

I'm not sure what your situation is, but it sounds like you're better off spending the money on a stronger processor and more RAM than having to buy full licensed copies as often as is implied (Win7 is only 5 yrs old). Get longer life out of your hardware so you are not stuck buying new so often. If your board fails…

A full license copy of windows is ONLY needed for a computer you build yourself I.E. it never had a Windows OS on it.

I agree with you to a point, but I've been using systems since DOS 3.3. I do not consider the massive change from Windows 3.1 to 95 or NT4 to Windows 2000 a mistake. Windows 8.1 update did introduce an lot of options like booting to desktop, showing store apps on the taskbar, etc. I'm sure they'll tighten it up some…

Well most likely 9 will return with the start menu, I honestly hope it's an option. When I deploy to systems I can run a command "%DeployRoot%\Tools\OSDResults\IsTouchEnabled.exe" set a variable and then import and XML file to set application associations for non touch machines or different associations for touch. I'm…