Mac PC Wiz » Microsoft http://macpcwiz.com/blog Mac and PC computer support wizards answer questions and offer tips, tutorials, videos for Apple and Windows desktops, servers, laptops, netbooks and minis. Thu, 24 Feb 2011 22:53:59 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Windows XP refuses to die http://macpcwiz.com/blog/windows-os/windows-xp-refuses-to-die-2010-07-13.php http://macpcwiz.com/blog/windows-os/windows-xp-refuses-to-die-2010-07-13.php#comments Tue, 13 Jul 2010 05:45:13 +0000 Sean John http://macpcwiz.com/blog/?p=942 Windows 7 may be one nifty OS, but the aged (more like ancient) Windows XP just refuses to die — or correct us if we’re wrong — Microsoft refuses to let XP die a natural death. Got this from ComputerWorld:

Just a day before Microsoft drops support for Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2), the company

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]]> http://macpcwiz.com/blog/windows-os/windows-xp-refuses-to-die-2010-07-13.php/feed 0 Project Natal: Xbox 360 Motion-sense technology http://macpcwiz.com/blog/console-gaming/project-natal-xbox-360-motion-sense-technology-2010-04-20.php http://macpcwiz.com/blog/console-gaming/project-natal-xbox-360-motion-sense-technology-2010-04-20.php#comments Tue, 20 Apr 2010 03:20:57 +0000 Sean John http://macpcwiz.com/blog/?p=828 Any proper gamer would’ve heard of Microsoft‘s Project Natal by now, although we won’t really blame you if you don’t. What we do know about this exciting Xbox 360 accessory is truthfully, not very much, and just a little bit more than all of you who lived under a rock until now.

Project Natal is the

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]]> http://macpcwiz.com/blog/console-gaming/project-natal-xbox-360-motion-sense-technology-2010-04-20.php/feed 1 Top 5 Xbox 360 Games (as of April 15, 2010) http://macpcwiz.com/blog/console-gaming/xbox-360/top-5-xbox-360-games-as-of-april-15-2010-2010-04-16.php http://macpcwiz.com/blog/console-gaming/xbox-360/top-5-xbox-360-games-as-of-april-15-2010-2010-04-16.php#comments Fri, 16 Apr 2010 02:45:07 +0000 Sean John http://macpcwiz.com/blog/?p=801 Ok, heads up all you Xbox 360 gamers — time to weigh in on the hottest games for your Microsoft-built console (and we don’t say that like it’s a bad thing, really). Console gaming is reaching new heights this year — people are actually ditching standard digital cable boxes for one of these. The Xbox

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]]> http://macpcwiz.com/blog/console-gaming/xbox-360/top-5-xbox-360-games-as-of-april-15-2010-2010-04-16.php/feed 0 Using Blu-Ray in Windows 7 http://macpcwiz.com/blog/uncategorized/using-blu-ray-in-windows-7-2010-04-08.php http://macpcwiz.com/blog/uncategorized/using-blu-ray-in-windows-7-2010-04-08.php#comments Thu, 08 Apr 2010 03:53:44 +0000 Sean John http://macpcwiz.com/blog/?p=746 If you’ve already jumped to Microsoft’s “the OS Vista was supposed to be” — aka Windows 7 — then you will be happy to know that our friends from Redmond have incorporated native Blu-Ray features into their newest operating system. We’re gonna give you the lowdown on using Blu-Ray technology for Windows 7.

Blu-ray Playback

A lot

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]]> http://macpcwiz.com/blog/uncategorized/using-blu-ray-in-windows-7-2010-04-08.php/feed 0 Xbox 360 gets a 250GB external hard drive http://macpcwiz.com/blog/external-hard-drives/xbox-360-gets-a-250gb-external-hard-drive-2010-02-09.php http://macpcwiz.com/blog/external-hard-drives/xbox-360-gets-a-250gb-external-hard-drive-2010-02-09.php#comments Tue, 09 Feb 2010 02:07:09 +0000 Sean John http://macpcwiz.com/blog/?p=569 Ok, MacPCWiz people don’t Xbox that much. But for those of you who do, this might be a bit of good news for you — especially with all those software, TV shows, games and other stuff that you download off the Xbox Live community market. Good thing Microsoft realized the need for a 250GB bump

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