Welcome to Mightor Industries, Inc. ™

Posted by on January 20, 2012 at 8:16 pm Comments Off

Welcome to our little corner of the internet.  We’ve actually been around on and off for the last 10 years (Read about our history).  In that amount of time, there have been several versions of the site.  I believe this iteration is the best yet.

Mightor Industries is a site that is focused on all kinds of computer technology, both old and new. We cover a variety of topics, including computer support issues (either that we’ve encountered or that another user may have run into), the latest news in computer technology and issues related it, and commentary on different areas of IT and computer technology (because every once in awhile, you just have to vent).

The staff at MI (currently just Greg and I) are both very passionate about technology, having worked with it in detail for quite a few years (started in MS-DOS and worked our way forward).  Fortunately for both of us, not only is technology our hobby, but also our job.  Every day, we get all kinds of exposure to a wide variety of computing technology, as well as our fair share of issues that plague both IT experts and end users alike.  We’re not experts in every area of IT, but chances are, if we don’t know the answer, we’ll be able to point you in the right direction.  Our goal is to share our computing knowledge with you.  We know full well how it is to have an issue and spend hours and hours trying to find a solution (because let’s face it, as good as Google is, if the documentation isn’t out there, solving the problem can take a lot more time).  We want to provide you with good, detailed information and knowledge about the issues we’ve come across during our adventures (or misadventures) with these machines.

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MI Status Update

Posted by on May 1, 2012 at 12:25 pm No comments

It’s happened again – the site has stalled out.  Not something Tim or I wanted, but it is something that does happen.  It is a side project that the two of us work on, so there will be times that real life will get in the way and prevent the site from being updated.  Obviously this would not happen if this site was our full time job (I think I’d actually enjoy that), but unfortunately, that’s not the case.

Want I am going to do is just post an update of the status of things, just to prove the site hasn’t gone completely dead.  I haven’t spoken with Tim in some time, but my guess would be that he has something big going on and has been extremely busy with work.  I wanted to do some posts while at LanOC, but some technical issues got in the way, and people just didn’t have the spare time, so I was unable to get to the things I wanted (I did take some pictures however – I’ll figure out what to do with those later).

Also, I have some things that I want to post, but I haven’t had the time yet.  I recently started a new job, and things have been hectic since.  I’m guessing once I figure things out and I’m more comfortable at my new job, I’ll be able to get some of the posts up that I wanted.

So, look forward to some new posts in the near future!  Later!!

Frame Rate Limiters ~ The cure for control lag

Posted by on March 28, 2012 at 6:23 pm No comments
Forum Discussion - Frame Rate Limiters ~ The cure for control lag - 1 post(s)

One of the eternal debates among PC gamers is the choice of using vertical synchronization. I won’t go into the details, as there are many articles out there (like this one) that perfectly explain how this whole process renders the visuals you see on your display. All you really need to know is the trade off. Enabling V-Sync provides a progressive, smoother, more natural motion in all your games, but this often leads to a feeling of lag in the controls, especially the mouse. This can even make some kinds of games unplayable, like online first person shooters, where your response time is critical to surviving. This is why most people opt to disabling V-sync, and suffering the choppy screen tearing that occurs.

Very few titles have developed a solution to this issue. Battlefield 3 and the Call of Duty series are quite excellent with V-sync on. They seem to suffer a very minimal lag. Just about every other title I’ve come across however, leads to much frustration. Dead Space is so bad that you’ll find yourself unable to even land your mouse cursor accurately on the New Game button from the main menu. How any developer deems this satisfactory, is beyond me.

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Extra: LanOC v10.0

Posted by on March 22, 2012 at 11:14 pm 1 comment

Thought I would post this as I just finished packing for LanOC v10, and I feel like doing something a little for the site this time.  Our friends over at http://lanoc.org are having their 10th LAN event this weekend, and for the fifth time, me and a few friends are heading over to Van Wert, Ohio for a weekend of gaming fun.

Unfortunately, the event is full and closed, but I plan to update here on MI throughout the weekend on the goings on at the event with pictures, videos, exciting happenings, and possibly some interviews.

So, keep checking back to see all excitment that will be happening this weekend!!

Tech Talk: Safe Mode and Windows 7

Posted by on March 21, 2012 at 11:13 am 1 comment
Forum Discussion - Tech Talk: Safe Mode and Windows 7 - 2 post(s)

Windows Safe Mode — we’ve all experienced it at some point in our lives.  It’s a great mode for hunting down and removing problems, but it’s also a mode I know a lot of tech people (myself included) do not like seeing, just because it usually means that whatever the problem is, there is probably not going to be a quick and easy fix for it.

In the days of Windows 98, 2000, and XP (I chose to skip over 95, and refused to work with ME and Vista), there were many times I had to boot into safe mode: driver conflicts, virus/malware removal, troubleshooting hardware, etc.  Back then, it just seemed like part of life when using Windows; it was something I accepted without much thought.

But, something changed.  And that change was Windows 7.  From the day I started using it, Windows 7 has given me almost no trouble.  On my personal computers running 7 (that’s 3 of them – desktop, laptop, and HTPC), I’ve only had to reload Win7 on my desktop once, and that was only due to a 3rd-party application screwing up a security file (the OS still ran fine, but a lot of my programs would not load anymore, and I was unable to repair that file).  Also, in the 2+ years I have been working with this OS, I’ve never once had to load into Safe Mode.

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Ninite – The Little App That Can

Posted by on March 12, 2012 at 1:54 pm 1 comment
Forum Discussion - Ninite - The Little App That Can - 2 post(s)

Do you have a lot of computers that you need to constantly maintain updates on?  Are you tired of those pop-ups in the system tray telling you have an update to an application, but don’t have time to install it?  Or do you constantly have to write down what programs you have so you know what to update (or even reinstall) down the road?

Well, no worries, as there is a program that makes installing and updating many different programs (mostly open source/freeware) effortless.  That program is called Ninite.

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