This what StatPress V was predicting yesterday evening at 8:30, with less than four hours to go in the month: Needless to say, it didn't turn out that way. … [Read more...]

All of the Win 8 reviews I've seen focus on the new GUI, and on how, like Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau, the old GUI and the new GUI live uncomfortably together. There are a few little gems hidden in the old GUI part of Win 8, and I'm celebrating the new task manager in this … [Read more...]

I downloaded and tried to install the 64-bit version of Office PP 2013. The install failed with the following message: I downloaded the 32-bit version. It looks like, just as in the case of Windows, that Microsoft hasn't figured out a way to make the upgrade to the larger … [Read more...]

In the previous post, I had some problems with the Microsoft Office download server being pokey. It's happened several times since. I have an installation running now that's been going for four hours. I checked the bandwidth that it's using by looking at the firewall, and it's … [Read more...]

I have been using Visio 2010 on my main workstation, upon which I'd just installed Office 365. I thought this might be a good time to upgrade to Visio 2013. I bought a copy on Amazon (subscription service doesn't seem to be available). The installation has the new-style … [Read more...]