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If you use the command prompt a lot you may want to change the default path to C:\. The following instructions will work in both Windows XP and Vista. Here are the steps:

1. Before making any changes in your registry always make a backup. Here is how to backup XP and Vista.

2. Click on start –> Run and type “regedit”

3. Now navigate to the following location:
HKEY_Current_User \ Software \ Microsoft \ Command Processor

4. Click on Command Processor. If there is no Autorun string value then you will have to add one. To add a string value follow these setps:
A. In the Windows registry click on Command Processor.
B. Right click in the white area on the right hand side and select New –> String Value
C. Now type Autorun for the name.
D. Double click on the Autorun file and type the following to CD /d C:\
Where C:\ is the desired path.

5. Now close the Windows registry and test your changes. If you do not want the changes that were made you can go back to section 4D and delete the Autorun string value.

On November 28, 2008 I went to the Radio City Rockettes for the Christmas Spectacular show at the Rosemonet Theatre with family. It was the 75th anniversary show. The show had many different acts for people of all ages. There were two acts in particular I thought were the best. THE PARADE OF WOODEN SOLDIERS act had eighteen girls dressed as toy soldiers. They did various formation drills with precision. The second act I liked was THE LIVING NATIVITY. The stage and lighting was setup to look surreal. They had live camels, donkeys and sheep around the manger too. Our seats were in the lower section center aisle. I am not a person for going to plays. However I highly recommend taking your family/friends to see this show. It really sets the tempo for the Christmas season.

I was not able to take pictures of show but here are a few pictures of the lobby area.

Here is a picture of me at the base of the stairs in the lobby.




Here is one of the Christmas tree displays in the lobby.

Here is a picture of the main staircase at the Rosemont Theatre.

Here is a picture of the main stage from my seat.

  Google’s Chrome browser was released Tuesday September 2nd. I did not see any mention of the new browser on any technical articles anywhere. Then on Tuesday I was reading Twitter.com posts and read a few posts that there were rumors that Google came out with their new browser. So naturally I went to Google and looked for it. I could not find any reference to it. Then a few hours later I the download link was made available. So I immediately downloaded it.

  My first impressions of Google Chrome were that it seemed clean and fast. I then I noticed the tabs across the top which make it a lot easier for Tab toggling. The feature I like the most is when you start the browser the initial page shows you the sites you visit most often. This feature is very convenient. I did not see any plugin capabilities or integration with sites like Logmein.com that use Microsoft .NET technologies.  At this time there is no Mac OSX version either. Overall I think this browser is nice but I will stick with Internet Explorer.

  One thing I would like to point out is people from Twitter.com and various tech journals initially described Google Chrome. People were using words Browser War, Microsoft Killer and Firefox Competitor. Since 98% of the worlds computers use Microsoft Windows which ships with Internet Explorer what War are they talking about? How is this going to be a Microsoft Internet Explorer Killer? Channel Web Reports “Open source enthusiasts and Firefox advocates might be worried that Google’s Chrome seems to be taking the biggest bite out of Firefox’s market share.” All these statements are so ridiculous. Firefox is an open source software browser with hundreds of convenient plugins that run on all kinds of operating system platforms. Statements from the one above act like the Firefox project should get ready to shutdown because Google is on the scene. Then there is the Microsoft factor. TechCrunch.com has an article called Meet Chrome, Google’s Windows Killer. Man how ridiculous of a title is that? Microsoft actually makes money from their operating systems and business software. Microsoft is the standard computing platform for the world. The majority of web based applications that have been developed where developed with Microsoft technologies because that is default browser on 98% of all Windows computers. How do the various tech publications know what browser people use on a day to day basis? Usually the more technical people use Firefox and the rest of use Internet Explorer. For the most part your average user is more interested in the web content than in the browser they are using.  I believe the tech writers making over the top statements regarding Google Chrome are overzealous Microsoft haters. These tech writers should just report the facts and leave the opinions to the readers. Overall though I think it is good to have additional web browser options because it helps fuel innovation.

What do you think? Please leave a comment.

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