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Are you ready for that jump to Vista? If you are then come to SabreTech, we will make it a lot less scary. With the release of Service Pack 1 for Vista, Microsoft has fix the majority of the bugs the original release had. We at SabreTech have also researched ways to make your new Vista machine run like it should. Vista is the future of Windows based machines, and we at SabreTech would like to help you into the future. Remember, “Making Technology Work for People”, is what we do.

Thanks Jon and Nat this is Hilarious…

We are having our second annual open house at SabreTech this weekend. Be sure to come down and join for a day of fun, food, and prizes. WCSR will be here broadcasting from 10 am to 12 pm. There will be door prizes for everyone! Also be sure to enter your name in the drawing, the grand prize is a NEW LAPTOP!!!! So we hope to see there!!!!

So Jon got me into play Team Fortress 2…... I had a decent system. Core2Duo 2.0 Ghz with 3gb of RAM, 7300GT 256mb video card, 19” Glossy Acer monitor. I couldn’t load my games at full resolution. So I decided to get some new toys…. PNY Verto GeForce 9600 512mb video card and a 500w Stealth Stream power supply. Now I will be able to play games at full resolution. Not that it will make me any better but at least my games will look cooler!!!!

Poor Jon got hacked. Something for us all to learn here. Check it out on his blog…...

Hacked

Well it’s been a few months…... but Collective Memories is finally done. Go on and check it out. Let me know what you think and any changes you guys think would make it work a little smoother.

It was a late night at the office and Ashley had worked all day so neither one of us felt like cooking. So we decided to order chinese from the Great Wall in Hillsdale. We have ordered from there before many times and normally it is good food. Well this time it was TERRIBLE! She ordered Moo Goo Guy Pan or whatever it is and it was completely dry and had absolutely no sauce to it. I order just plain old chicken and fried rice and it tasted like it was spoiled. So I called them and told them what was going on and all they could tell me was “Our food is not bad, and the Moo Goo has plenty of sauce” well something like that in their broken english. What ever happened to customer service? They didn’t even offer to make us new food or refund our money. After 15 long minutes on the phone with them I gave up. NEVER again will we order from there!!!!

Well service pack one has been out for Vista for around a month now. Even with service pack one though vista still has some bugs to work out, and of course it still runs slow “right out of the box”. At SabreTech we have found some things that will help make your new Vista machine run like a new machine.

1. Remove any programs that you don’t use that came from the manufacturer, i.e., Dell Pre-installed Software.

2. Turn off that annoying “do you want to continue box”, which is actually called user account control. To do that; hit the start button, in the search box type in user accounts, when the search box brings up the user accounts in the start menu click on it. Once user accounts opens, click on “Turn User Account Control on or off”. Uncheck the “Use User Account Control (UAC) to help protect your computer” box, then hit OK. Of course windows will ask you to continue one more time and then for a reboot. Reboot your computer and that will no pop up again.

3. This is probably the biggest thing that will speed up Vista, however you will lose the 3D look of Vista. Right click on “Computer” and go to properties. Once the system page opens click on “Advanced System Settings” on the right hand side. Then you will see three different headings on the “Advanced” tab. Under the “Performance” heading click the settings box. On the “Performance Options” window that pops up, on the “Visual Effects” tab, select the radial button next to “Adjust for best performance”. Hit apply and ok. After that Vista has a more familiar look and will run a lot faster.

OF COURSE YOU COULD JUST BRING THE COMPUTER DOWN TO SABRETECH AND WE WILL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO DO THIS ALL FOR YOU!!!

Well we got the Adobe CS3 suite a few months ago. And after playing with it there is nothing I like more for building websites, editing photos, and making flash movies. I recently re-worked the MackBrush website and I must say it looks pretty slick. I also did a website for my wife’s photography. That is still a work in progress. So check out the links if you want leave feedback and if you want a site give send me an email! samtheslacker@gmail.com

MackBrush
Collective Memories

Happy New Year to everyone!!!!

Well I figured I would write about something other than work. This weekend is the State APA team pool tournament. From taking second last june in the qualifying tournament for the National tournament in Las Vegas my team got a free trip. So we get to go up to Muskegon this weekend for 3 days and 2 nights and play pool until we can’t stand it anymore or until we lose! We are going up with a strong team though so we should be able to do really well. Well I guess that is all….. I will be sure to blog how we did when I get back.

Are you afraid of buying a new computer because you have a lot of programs that you do not have the disks for anymore? At SabreTech consulting we can move all your programs and data to your new computer as long as the operating systems are Windows Xp or newer. So if you need a new computer, give SabreTech a call at 517-437-7150 and let us do all the work to make your new computer work for you.

This is for all those people out there who still need to run an old program, like programs for Windows 98, Windows 2000, or even people of have purchased Windows Vista and need to be able to run programs that are not compatible. Here at SabreTech we can set up your old operating systems to run on the newest hardware available. Sam or Jon can set up a virtual machine on your brand new hardware that will enable you to run the older Windows programs. While running the virtual machine you will be able to use all hardware controls on both the original operating system and the guest operating system. This can all be done without rebooting your system. So if you are wanting to replace an old machine and are worried about not being able to use your old programs….... give us a call at SabreTech Consulting 517-437-7150

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