Portable Device Woes

August 22, 2009 2 comments

So today the Zune I ordered from Newegg.com awaited me in the mailbox. It looks so awesome. No it’s not my iPod Touch, but it really is a sharp looking device. This item was purchased refurbished at an amazing cost, but still it had all accessories and the original packaging. So I later decide to hook it up and see how it all works. Well I hooked it up and it seemed to be working fine. That is until it wanted to do some kind of update. It started the update and well that’s the last I saw of it. The Zune software said it was done and the device appeared to be rebooting. Little did I know it must have slipped into a “comma”. The damn thing is not turning on and is now not being recognized by my computer. Well that’s okay let me try another computer. So I start by loading the Zune software on the other computer, Error can not install. WTF! So here I am currently in limbo just hating this, this can’t be that hard! My iPod was a BREEZE compared to this. I’m so annoyed it’s not even bearable. Microsoft can you make a product that does work? Seriously? Don’t get me started on the problems I continue to have with my Xbox 360. Well the only thing I can say is that due to your unstable and problematic operating system, I have work! Thanks Microsoft, for nothing!

Damnit!

Windows Vista Password Reset Tool

August 18, 2009 1 comment

I have been working with a computer running Windows Vista Home Premium and was stuck with not knowing the password for the user account. Since Vista has done away with the “hidden” Administrator trick., I was forced to find another way in. I managed to find a great tool that worked like a charm. I found the Offline NT Password & Registry Editor from a Google search. After creating a simply boot-disk, I was able to clear the users password and was in under a couple of minutes. Tool works great!

http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/