Dec 15
One of my co-workers came to me yesterday about a problem on his home computer. He bought a new computer recently with Windows 7 and is experiencing problems rendering web pages in IE9. He was using Google Chrome on his previous computer and didn’t have this problem. But he thinks IE9 has a better bookmark [...] [...more]
Posted: under Computer Tips.
Tags: flash, graphics, ie9, web pages
One of my co-workers came to me yesterday about a problem on his home computer. He bought a new computer recently with Windows 7 and is experiencing problems rendering web pages in IE9. He was using Google Chrome on his previous computer and didn’t have this problem. But he thinks IE9 has a better bookmark manager, so rather than installing Chrome on his new computer he wanted to know how to solve this problem in IE.
The problem seemed to be related to Adobe Flash since pages that don’t use any Flash render fine and those that do have problems. I did some quick research and found thast this is probably a hardware acceleration issue. This can be resolved by installing updated graphics drivers when or if available, changing the hardware acceleration settings in Internet Explorer, or installing a newer version of Adobe Flash.
Instructions for changing the hardware acceleration settings can be found at support.microsoft.com/kb/2528233.
In my co-worker’s case, he turned off the hardware acceleration with satisfactory results. I advised him that after the next Flash update he should try turning the hardware acceleration back on to see if their update fixed the problem. After all, graphical elements should render better and faster with it turned on.
Tracy Henness
Dec 08
Every year about this time (the Christmas Season) I see messages about refusing to buy from stores that do not explicitly acknowledge Christmas. They say to look at the windows and doors for a sign that says “Merry Christmas” or “Happy Christmas” or something similar rather than “Season’s Greetings” or “Happy Holidays”. If there is [...] [...more]
Posted: under Faith.
Tags: Christmas, proposal
Every year about this time (the Christmas Season) I see messages about refusing to buy from stores that do not explicitly acknowledge Christmas. They say to look at the windows and doors for a sign that says “Merry Christmas” or “Happy Christmas” or something similar rather than “Season’s Greetings” or “Happy Holidays”. If there is no “Christmas” greeting, then we are to go elsewhere to do our shopping.
The problem is that if we do this the store’s executives will not know that they lost sales because of their stance on avoiding religious references to the holiday, nor will they know how much they lost because of it. If you really want to make an impact, you have to go a step further.
This will inconvenience you. You have to shop and actually make the purchases. Be sure to follow up the transaction with a cheerful “Merry Christmas” and wait for a reciprocal response. If the checker does not give an appropriate response, go right to Customer Service and return your purchase with the statement that you can’t make Christmas purchases where Christmas is not recognized.
There will probably be objection to your reason. Ask to speak to a manager. The idea is not to make a scene, but to let it be known the price of offending Christians to keep from offending atheists and other non-Christians.
And don’t forget to express your wishes for a very Merry Christmas.
Tracy Henness
