[Router 'breaks' after massive download]

While you're cycling it take a moment to make sure it is getting enough airflow and isn't overcome by dust.

[CD/DVD Read Write Issue]

How long has it been since you burned the disc? Have you cleaned it with inside-to-outside motion? (twss)

[Thinkpad x121e annoyances]

RE: Wifi, which drivers are you using? I've had the issue with stock Lenovo drivers and latest from the chip manufacturer.

[IPv6 and Win98]

ISPs don't really support win9x in the sense that most won't be able to help you if you call in for tech support. But ipv4 will be around for many years to come and even if it were you could still run ip4v behind your ipv6 router/modem.

[Screen Resolution]

Interesting thought. I haven't had that problem in years. You still see this in the wild?

[Where can I get security Hostfile lists?]

mvps seems the most popular. Certain tools like Spybot will also do this for you.

[Thinkpad x121e annoyances]

Nice write-up! I have the x120e but the only issue I have is that the wireless throughput erratically drops to 1MB/s which ruins streaming video.

[Screen Resolution]

Sounds like a driver issue. I recommend that you try to re-install the full driver suite from NViDiA's web site.

[GPS/RFID]

What do you mean by "feedback data they send"?

[Hardware Independent Image]

^ he's talking about this:

Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) 2010 Update 1

https://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?displaylang=en&=tm&id=25175

[i can't stand the windows 7 sounds!]

Try just turning them off. You may not miss them at all

[Stripping Firefox to Bare Minimum]

Disabling images goes a long way to speeding things up and is quick/easy to do.

[How do you really ground yourself?]

Such a hard thing to diagnose. All you can do is be careful by touching the bare metal and using the strap that many consider worthless. Electronics are just so sensitive.

[How to convert, download and save online videos]

http://www.clipconverter.cc/

I did some more searching and ended up with ClipConverter.cc. It was elegant and simple to use. Provide it with the YouTube url and it'll give you the option to download or choose from 11 different formats to convert it to (mp3, aac, wma, m4a, ogg, mp4, 3pg, avi, mpg, wmv, flv).

http://feeds.hd-trailers.net/~r/hd-trailers/blog/~3/WSQ2SzOwNnc/

[MSFN is very slow]

today it works fine again. Don't know what happened 2 days ago.

There was an internet backbone issue a couple of days ago that might still be causing issues for some people.

https://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9221602/Juniper_at_the_root_of_Internet_outage_

Juniper routers are reportedly behind an Internet outage that affected service providers and Web sites around the globe Monday morning.

These things often have ripple effects that last a surprisingly long time while all of the routers get it back together.

[MSFN is very slow]

There was an internet backbone issue a couple of days ago that might still be causing issues for some people.

[IE8 Tabs broken since Windows Update]

Sounds like a well thought-out opinion so I'm glad to hear you have your preferred browser. As a FF guy I haven't paid that much attention to any IE versions in quite some time so I'll take you at your word

[Windows 7 Services re-enabling themselves after reboot]

I set them both to manual and rebooted. Offline didn't start but Search did. I was still able to stop it, of course. So I'd guess that the Thinkpad software is still a good candidate here. Have you also checked autoruns to ensure something else isn't doing config management?

[Windows 7 Services re-enabling themselves after reboot]

I'll go test/confirm that I can disable those services. brb

[Windows 7 Services re-enabling themselves after reboot]

Hah, cool. I have the x120e

Have had no trouble disabling services on my Thinkpad. But I also uninstalled all of the Thinkpad software first. Sometimes those proprietary packages will undo your changes to keep them running in a pre-configured state.

[Windows 7 Services re-enabling themselves after reboot]

Is this computer in a domain? What services are you changing?

[Tunngle - The Gamers alternative to Hamachi.]

Bah, registration was a PITA and then it wouldn't recognize the password for the account that I created. Not in the mood to deal with the hassle right now

[Tunngle - The Gamers alternative to Hamachi.]

Oh neat, hadn't seen this. Will give it a shot.

[Suggestions for Universal Remotes]

Cringely just posited a rumor that Apple will soon come out with a TV and or TV addon that basically gives you control of your media devices via Siri (that voice app).

[Who has Popcorn hour?]

I've read good things about it but haven't seen one in real life. I've had the suspicion that some of their great reputation could be due to fake reviews but I can't prove it.