Category Archives: Angry Robbo

DICE are still doing it right

Posted on November 23, 2009 by Robbo

DICE have confirmed that Battlefield: Bad Company 2 on PC will stick to the tried, tested, favoured formula of using dedicated servers for on-line play. Infinity Ward / Activision’s recent hit Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 had dropped support … Continue reading →

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ATi driver support is still boring

Posted on November 4, 2009 by Robbo

ATi are still falling way short of the mark after all these years. Why would anyone choose to buy their cards over nVidia? Continue reading →

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SQL on Windows Server 2008 – Remember to run SSMS with elevated privileges

Posted on November 26, 2008 by Robbo

Or just turn off UAC. If you’re getting a login failed for your Windows user – which you’re sure you put in the sysadmins role – it’s probably because UAC isn’t pasing all your group memberships to SSMS when you … Continue reading →

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EA presents Skate: Marketing idiots

Posted on October 13, 2007 by Robbo

skate by EA is a superb game. It has everything, including an original and organic control system that makes Tony Hawk’s look and feel like a game aimed at children. The presentation is immaculate, the city is vast, detailed and … Continue reading →

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WSUS 3 : So far, nil point.

Posted on May 2, 2007 by Robbo

The release candidate for WSUS 3 was excellent. Installed fine first time, everything worked. It didn’t even try to mess with all of my IIS sites like the beta did (which killed OWA for me). A few days ago, Microsoft … Continue reading →

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Massive damage (to gaming fun)

Posted on September 13, 2006 by Robbo

What are you people getting out of Massive games? I’m not kidding around, I really don’t understand. I tried my first one recently, and I’m certain it’ll also be my last. Let me backtrack slightly. 14 days ago I signed … Continue reading →

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