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So for the past several weeks my iTunes hasn’t been up to snuff. iTunes starts up okay… but when it comes to the iTunes Store it did nothing but show a blank white page with “iTunes Store” printed in the center. And whatever has been the problem with that, it also has kept iTunes from properly updating my iPad. I’m still using Windows Vista (no jokes, please :-P)

I tried everything but nothing worked to make iTunes Store functioning on my computer. I even uninstalled and re-installed iTunes… three times! And still the iTunes Store wouldn’t come up. When I ran the Diagnostics tool it gave me some crap about how iTunes Store couldn’t make a secure connection.

Well, as of about an hour ago it’s finally working again! It took me the better part of three days of actively addressing the issue and a whole wazooload of Google ...

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Well, you do now! But be of good cheer: I’m about to tell you how to fix that.

I’ve had StarCraft II for awhile now, but haven’t played even anywhere close to finishing the first campaign. Among other reasons, I’ve been frustrated by what I have been certain is too slow performance for the high-end rig I’ve got it installed on. And yesterday, I finally set out to find out why (or if I was even right about that).

Turns out that StarCraft II doesn’t like multiple CPUs all that well. Optimally it should be running on two cores, not three or four. So Yours Truly went searching for a way to bring it down to operating on only two processors. Lo and behold: it can be done! Start up StarCraft II from the desktop, then bring up Task Manager (usually done through CTRL+ALT+Delete), go to the sc2.exe process and ...

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Last Tuesday, after I came back from Texas, I went to Greensboro to pick up my new computer at the store that I’d ordered it from. By the way if you’re in North Carolina and want quality computer products and outstanding service, I would definitely recommend Intrex. This is the second system that I’ve bought from them and I’ve never been anything less than overwhelmed at their confidence and dedication. They’ve got stores from Winston-Salem all the way to Greenville, with two in Greensboro and several in the Raleigh-Durham area.

Anyhoo, I got this new ‘puter as an investment in my new video production enterprise. That’s what I’ve spent a lot of this past week doing: installing software, tweaking hardware and otherwise fine-tuning it to be the instrument that I need to have.

So forgive me if I’m a babe in the woods when it comes to Windows Vista, ...

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