Fix jagged looking fonts on XP with Parallels on a Mac - Clear Type Tool
Due to the widespread use of Internet Explorer 6 and 7 I have a copy of XP home (SP3) running under Parallels on my trusty MBP. Switching back between the same web page on IE and Safari I couldn't help noticing how bad the fonts were in IE. Being a recovering Windows user from years ago I did have "Clear Type" option turned on but fonts in IE still look somewhat jagged and light. After some poking around on the Interwebs I came across the Microsoft's Clear Type Power Toys Tool.
Faster, safer and smarter than Firefox 2 that is. June 17 was download Firefox 3 day. It got off to a bit of a piss poor start as yours truly attempted to download this brand spanky new version of our favorite browser only to discover a website that had clearly shat the proverbial bed due to the rest of the world and their mother attempting to do the same thing.
Just spent the best part of half an hour getting a buddies supposedly up to date Dell XP lappy connected to my Wi-fi network. I'm running a secure WI-FI network using the WPA2 protocol. This is lot more secure that the old WAP so if you're running a home wi-fi network then you probably want to enable this on your router.
Backup, what backup??
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