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Posted - July 23 2010 : 07:42:07
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Question: Jeff asks, "I'm trying to upgrade my hp laptop running Windows Vista to Windows 7. It says I need to remove something called Verisoft Access Manager, but I don't see it listed in control panel. Can you help?"
Answer: Great question Jeff. Your problem is quite a common one. I've fixed it before, but it's a bit technical. I'll have a link in the show notes so that you can go to hp's website, download the Verisoft software and then install it. You'll also need another program, called Revo Uninstaller to help you out. Install both programs and reboot. Then use the Revo uninstaller to help take the Verisoft software off. Remove everything Revo finds. That may get you where you need to be. Let me know how that goes for you.
Cool Site: EmulatorZone: This week, we've got a cool site that's seriously retro. At emulatorzone.com, you'll find downloadable emulator software to let your computer run everything from old Atari 2600 games to Xbox, Wii, and Playstation. All those old games we used to play as kids, can now be played on your computer again. I've been playing some of my old Commodore 64 games and some of the old Atari games. I know it sounds silly, but with all of the advances in games that are available now, I find myself playing Atari Space Invaders or Zork. The site has forums, a brand new blog which doesn't get updated often, an RSS feed, articles and links to other sites. But the main purpose of the site is to call attention to the emulators, and that's just cool.
Cool Gadget: PSX64: In keeping with the retro theme our cool site begun, Synthetic Dreams has a card available that will let you connect Playstation controllers to a Commodore 64's joystick port. You do have to have a real Commodore 64 or any other of the older game systems that use a nine-pin joystick. This is cool because I didn't know that anyone was still making anything for the 64, much less something new. The PSX64 also comes with a game called Shredz64 that is a Guitar Hero clone. The game uses this interface connected to a real Playstation Guitar controller. The interface also supports 4 different macros up to 127 button presses each. It runs $39 and is available at the Synthetic Dreams website. Why do we care about all this old stuff? Because the Commodore 64 is (still, I think) the best selling computer system of all time.
It's All "Geek" To Me: Mashup: This week's term is mashup. This term originally described a song that combined two different musical styles. For instance putting the words of one song to the tune of a song of a different style is a mashup. As time has gone by, it's become more the combination of two dissimilar styles of video, or web applications, or whatever. So a mashup is a combination of dissimilar things into something that works.
Links
Bioscrypt Verisoft Access Manager:
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareDownloadIndex?softwareitem=ob-49006-1&lc=en&dlc=en&cc=us&os=2093&product=3185028&sw_lang=
Revo Uninstaller:
http://www.revouninstaller.com/revo_uninstaller_free_download.html
Emulatorzone:
http://www.emulator-zone.com
Synthetic Dreams PSX64:
http://www.synthdreams.com/psx64.php
Shredz64 in Action (Part 1) on YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WyCMM6e1Lbo
Shredz64 in Action (Part 2) on YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52gcC3Sn-Gw
Mashup on TechTerms:
http://www.techterms.com/definition/mashup |
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