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After reading Kevin Purdy’s nice little post on Lifehacker about copying one file to avoid the hassle of reactivating your Windows install, I thought I’d offer my pro tip on the subject. How to answer the voice prompts or operator to get them to authorize your install if you have to phone. Once you’ve picked your country, [...]

One of my biggest annoyances with installing a new app is getting all the way to the end and seeing this: “Your system must be restarted to complete installation.” Oh hell no. This is my computer, and I reboot it when I want to reboot it. I don’t care if your fancy installer doesn’t have a [...]

Don’t think I’m only posting here to blast on other people. I’m also here to provide marginally useful tips to help you get more from your computer! What’s that you say? You understand, but you really need to add 488+231,342 right now? Well, why not just type that into the Google search box. Their fancy-dancy server [...]