In Windows Vista, you can no longer drag a folder from Explorer on to a Command Prompt and have it change to that directory. They say it is a security feature. But, they did add the ability to shift+right-click on a folder to show the option to Open Command Window Here. This was something on […]
Category: Operating Systems
Windows Vista SP1 Causing Internet Connection Problems
On a Dell Precision 670 (@work), updated to Vista SP1, and a new Dell Inspiron 530 (@friend) with Vista SP1 installed on it when it was received, I have been having issues using the Internet. Every time I restart my computer, my Internet connection won’t work even though the globe indicator on the network connection […]
Team Fortress 2 on Vista crashes on map change, “Can’t load lump x, allocation of x bytes failed! Engine Error”
I’ll get straight to the point. I’ve been playing Team Fortress 2 with no significant issues since the beta was published via Steam…until recently. For some reason I was randomly getting crashes when the map changed on a server. The specific error is as given in the title of this post. I could not for the […]