GeekTieGuy » About

I still have to figure out exactly how this will play out. I’ll probably write about my discoveries in software programming. I work for a big technology company in Silicon Valley (and what I write here is all of my own making, no representation of said company is implied.) Maybe I’ll write some opinion pieces. Maybe a few personal interest stories. Who knows. Anyway, hope you find something of interest here. Welcome!

Oh, why did I call the blog geektieguy.com? Well, like so many geeks I wear a USB memory stick on a lanyard around my neck. I think of that as the geek version of a tie. Hence geek tie guy. Plus it has a nice rhyme to it. As far as I know I’m the first to claim this phrase, so please don’t rip it off!

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6 Responses to “About”

Matthew Paulson wrote a comment on February 8, 2007

Just wanted to say thanks for linking to my site!

Chris Baskind wrote a comment on April 15, 2007

Thanks, also, for linking Lighter Footstep.

For the record, I rarely leave the house without a 2 gig memory stick. And — yes — it’s on a lanyard.

D. Ryan wrote a comment on April 16, 2007

How can I send a post or email to you? I had a question about one of your protected posts?

Varun wrote a comment on May 11, 2008

Hi,

I just bought a touchsmart PC, and in the process of cleaning up the PC, I ran a program called VistaOptimizer, which cleaned up a lot of mis-pointed shortcuts.

Unfortunately, it also blew away your excellent SmartCenter program and SmartCalender. Now, when I run SmartCenter, I just get plain old vanilla MediaCenter without all the smartcenter addons.

Please e-mail me with any help you can provide. My only alternative at the moment is to restore the computer and re-start from scratch and lose hours of work.

Lynn Marentette wrote a comment on August 23, 2008

I have a new HP Touchsmart, and I am not able to get applications to install, including Microsoft applications. Is this a problem with Vista, or the fact that it is a 64-bit machine? I can’t find much troubleshooting information about this issue.

By the way, I guess I’m a geek-tie-gal. I wear a lanyard all the time, with two memory sticks, for a total of 5 gigs.

I appreciate your blog.

GeekTieGuy wrote a comment on August 24, 2008

Lynn,

Yes, the problem may be that the programs you’re trying to install aren’t compatible with 64-bit Vista, although there is a 32-bit compatibility layer present on 64-bit Vista.

If the programs have hardware dependencies you may need to find 64-bit drivers from the manufacturer.

Also, User Account Control can get in the way. You need to be able to provide an administrator password to install new software on Vista. If your user account is already equipped with administrator privileges, you need to watch for a message asking you to confirm that you want to install the software. If you walk away from the computer before this message pops up and you stay away for an extended period of time, the message will silently go away and your software installer will not finish installing anything.

Without more specific information, this is all I can think of to try to help.