Christmas came early this year in the form of a brand new Dell M1330 XPS laptop. Being a staunch IBM/Lenovo ThinkPad devotee, switching to a Dell is a big jump for me. So far I’ve been nothing but impressed. The build quality is superb, it runs Vista like a champ, and the battery life has been good despite having the smaller of the two battery options. Most surprising is the minimal amount of bundled crapware installed when it came out of the box.
It’s common to use the “Links” toolbar in IE to keep your favorites handy. What’s great is that you can drag-and-drop into the folders directly from the link without having to use somewhat-clunky Add Favorites dialog. Drag, drop, and you’ve got your bookmark.
Having just purchased a new PC, I copied my Favorites from my old machine to the new and encountered a well known issue with Windows Vista User Account Control. Skip to the end if you just want to fix your problem. If you’re curious about the details, here’s the rough outline:
Thanksgiving. Is. Awesome! And it’s not even really Thanksgiving yet, but that’s no reason not to have your crew over and gorge yourself on TG eats…