I got an email this morning from Acronis, saying they had a new version of True Image available. It was touted as having better file synching capabilities, and compatibility with Win 8. Yesterday, I had successfully created a backup of a Win 8 partition using True Image 2010, so … [Read more...]

The 32-bit Windows 8 installation reported on in the last post went well, but left me with some questions. In order to get a handle on them, I decided to try an upgrade from 64-bit Windows 7 to 64-bit Windows 8. My first problem was trying to get the upgrade software to run. … [Read more...]

I’ve reported on my experiences with Windows 8 before, most recently here. Yesterday, I installed the RTM version that will be shipping in October. There were a couple of glitches, but all in all, it was pretty easy. I had a public version of the Preview version of the … [Read more...]

I’ve been running Dragon naturally speaking 11.5. Today, it offered me the opportunity to upgrade to version 12. Since I am a fairly intensive user of the program – I use it only for text dictation, not for command and control – I leapt at the chance. In this post, I will tell … [Read more...]

My new server is a member of Dell’s 12th server generation. A lot has changed over the years. 20 or 25 years ago, servers were pretty much the same as desktops. Well, they were the same as tower desktops, which usually spent their life on the floor under the desk. The first … [Read more...]