Black Viper's Web Site: Current News

Tuesday, June 9, 2009 @ 8:47 AM

I will try and keep this as non-bloggish as possible (even though I have never considered my domain a "blog" of sorts... it could be thought of as one). Anyway, I am working hard on Windows Vista Service Pack 2 information and heading to breaking out as much memory and CPU usage performance as possible. A few things I am looking at:

Benchmark performance: This is touched on in this forum thread and I wish to fulfill my promise originally drafted January of this year. The "benchmark" will not be a GPU tester, but more of a memory use and boot time breakdown.
Actual memory usage of each service: This is not as easy as it sounds, but a particular tool I am using, Process Explorer, may help me in determining this. I also have a test system up and running with every service in Automatic and observing what happens and if/when they automatically "stop" as well as the impact of memory/boot performance with various memory configurations (1GB, 2GB, 4GB of RAM, etc)... see also, the first bullet.
Breaking Vista: Messing around with an OS has always been a hobby of mine since I started PC computing. Yeah, I am that guy that used to delete help files to save on disk space. Did you know that some applications in Windows 95 did not work unless the help file existed? I found out the hard way. What I wish to determine is "what really is needed" as I did for Windows 2000 and XP... disable everything and see what breaks!
Updating service additional information: Always a top priority.

These points to note are all well and good, but mean nothing unless I make it happen. Unfortunately, it all takes time. Rest assured, it will happen... hopefully, before Windows 7 is released. :)

Monday, June 8, 2009 @ 4:23 AM

I have updated my Windows Vista Service Pack 2 Service Configurations to include "optional" services installed with Add/Remove Windows Components as well as Windows Live Essentials.

Sunday, May 31, 2009 @ 5:02 AM

I have updated my Windows Vista Service Pack 2 Service Configurations. Each individual service will be updated as time allows. This could take some time, though, so stay tuned!

Wednesday, May 27, 2009 @ 1:44 AM

With yesterdays release of Windows Vista Service Pack 2, I will be updating my service configurations and PDF files accordingly. This could take some time, though, so stay tuned!

Tuesday, May 26, 2009 @ 9:58 AM

Windows 7 Service Configurations and all individual service links have been updated with current default descriptions and dependencies.

Wednesday, May 6, 2009 @ 7:37 AM

Windows 7 Service Configurations are updated for RC1. Individual services will be updated as time permits.

Tuesday, May 5, 2009 @ 7:32 AM

Windows 7 Release Candidate is now available for download. Oh, and... yes... I will update my services configurations.

Monday, May 4, 2009 @ 3:07 AM

Updated the World of Warcraft Addon listing for patch 3.1.1 and my character list to include /played times.

Monday, April 27, 2009 @ 5:53 AM

After a long round of messing with the color schemes, I have landed on a couple versions I like. You may choose Black or White from the left navigation if JavaScript is enabled. Enjoy!

To sum up the changes:

Obnoxious colors for the headers are gone. The current colors are slightly more subtle and, to tell you the truth, much better then my previous versions that I stuck with for so long.
"Purple" now signifies links that have been visited. This should allow for easier navigation and less confusion.
<hr /> are gone. The HTML horizontal rule was out in 2001. Not sure why I kept them around.

Sunday, April 26, 2009 @ 10:32 AM

The site, once again, validates as xhtml 1.0 strict and valid CSS2.

Sunday, April 26, 2009 @ 6:40 AM

The new web site layout is now published. If you find something that is just "not right," feel free to Contact BV. Check the Credits for more information.

Monday, April 20, 2009 @ 9:04 AM

I did not finish the site layout for publication this weekend, but I hope to accomplish this task next weekend.

Friday, April 17, 2009 @ 8:31 AM

I am working on updating the site layout and hope to publish it this weekend.

Tuesday, April 7, 2009 @ 10:20 AM

Updated the SL UI Notification Service (removed error) and Software Licensing service (added information) for Windows Vista (and SP1) based off of two reports in this thread: Windows Vista Services - Software Licensing.

Friday, April 3, 2009 @ 11:37 AM

Made an interesting discovery post on the BBS: Robots.txt (what not to do).

Tuesday, March 31, 2009 @ 9:49 AM

Updated the World of Warcraft Addon listing and my character list.

Tuesday, March 17, 2009 @ 8:01 AM

Added "Twitter" to the "Save and Share" left navigation section on select pages throughout the domain.

Tuesday, March 17, 2009 @ 4:32 AM

Many service descriptions (the second half) are updated for Windows Vista and Windows 7. Windows 7 Service Configurations are also updated.

Tuesday, February 26, 2009 @ 5:23 PM

The Server Service issue is still causing quite a stir on the internet. Ensure that you have fully updated your system as to not be infected by "Conficker" or it's several variants.

In order to fix this issue, you need to patch your system using the latest update fix version: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS08-067.mspx

In order to remove the problem, you can use Microsoft's own removal tool or anything else offered from the company links above: http://www.microsoft.com/security/malwareremove/default.mspx

Regardless of what you do or how you choose to go about it, fix/patch/prevent.

Tuesday, February 24, 2009 @ 6:28 AM

Windows 7 Service Configurations have been updated to include Default and Safe as well as "Tweaked".

Tuesday, February 24, 2009 @ 4:52 AM

Many service descriptions (about half) have been updated for Windows Vista and Windows 7. Windows 7 Service Configurations has also been updated.

Tuesday, February 24, 2009 @ 3:14 AM

Updated the World of Warcraft Addon listing for patch 3.0.9 and my character list to include /played times.

Wednesday, February 18, 2009 @ 7:06 AM

Dependency links have been updated in the Windows 7 Services Information pages.

Tuesday, February 17, 2009 @ 4:50 AM

After over 10 years online (with a minor break in there...), I wish to thank all of my dedicated readers for their years of support and kind words.

Wednesday, January 21, 2009 @ 2:48 AM

Updated the World of Warcraft Addon listing for patch 3.0.8 and my character list.

Wednesday, January 21, 2009 @ 12:01 AM

Another day, another year in the "age" column. 37 years and still a geek. :)

Tuesday, January 13, 2009 @ 6:30 AM

I have posted my Windows 7 Services Configurations and Windows 7 Services Information pages. The only configurations I am currently listing is Windows 7 Ultimate Default and "Safe" until I finish further testing.

Saturday, January 10, 2009 @ 1:21 PM

Official Windows 7 BETA (looks like build 7000) is now available for download in 32/64-bit versions.

32 bit version: 2.44 GiB
64-bit version: 3.15 GiB

They are in limited supply, so check them out now:

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-7/beta-download.aspx

I could get a BETA key for each version using Firefox 3, but no download happened. I fired up IE *shudder* and an ActiveX component was installed to download in that manner. If you are having issues, try IE!

Also, according to the installation instructions located here:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-7/beta-installation-instructions.aspx

The Beta will stop working on August 1, 2009. To continue using your PC, please be prepared to reinstall a prior version of Windows or a subsequent release of Windows 7 before the expiration date. You won’t be able to upgrade from the Beta to the final retail version of Windows 7.

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