Well I finally figured out how to remove the Updater5 folder from your My Documents folder. I have written about this problem, as well as many other people, and now here is the solution for us anal retentive people that don’t like our My Documents folder cluttered with application artifacts.

Follow the couple steps I have outlined below and the Updater5 folder will be out of your life forever.

1. Go to C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\Updater5
2. Run AdobeUpdaterInstallMgr.exe and wait for the progress bar to finish and show you the following screen.
   
3. Then click Browse button and change it to any directory you want as shown below.
   
4. Now click the OK button and you are done.

And now you should never see the Updater5 folder in your My Documents folder ever again. This solution has worked both on my Windows XP as well as Windows Vista boxes that I have tried it on. For Mac users you can try hunting down the same updater program and going through the steps however I don’t have a step-by-step guide for you.

This solution seems a little more elegant than many of the other solutions I have seen floating around on the net. So pass this around and thank the stars that Adobe made this configurable, even thought it is hidden away and should have never been defaulted to the My Documents folder in the first place.

Update: Many people have been asking me if they can offer me anything for getting rid of the annoying Updater5 folder. Honestly the answer is no, I do this because I enjoy doing it, and I hope the readers will come back to check out my other content. But if you would really like to do something for me, please visit one of the sponsors to the right or the left. They are how I support this site and keep it running.

Microsoft has made the full version of Virtual PC 2007 available for download from their web site.

The program is supported on the following servers:

• Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition (32-bit x86);
• Windows Server 2003, Standard x64 Edition;
• Windows Vista Business;
• Windows Vista Business 64-bit edition;
• Windows Vista Enterprise;
• Windows Vista Enterprise 64-bit edition;
• Windows Vista Ultimate;
• Windows Vista Ultimate 64-bit edition;
• Windows XP Professional Edition ;
• Windows XP Professional x64 Edition ;
• Windows XP Tablet PC Edition

That leaves out the Home and Media Center editions of Windows Vista and Windows XP, as well as the Web and Enterprise versions of Windows Server 2003.

It offers the following improvements over previous versions:

• Support for Windows Vista as a host
• Support for Windows Vista as a guest
• Support for Windows Vista 64-bit as a host
• Improved performance compared to Virtual PC 2004
• Hardware-assisted Virtualization (as seen in the picture to the right)

I have been running Virtual PC 2007 since it was released as a released canidate, and I can say I am very happy with the progress Microsoft has made with the product. One thing to not before trying the Hardware-assisted Virtualization is to make sure your computer supports it by checking your processor and getting the latest BIOS update.

This really doesn’t have to do with computers. But while I was attending Penn State I was able to participate in THON. Each year they raise more money for children with cancer than the year before. After 46 hours of a no-sleeping, no-sitting whirlwind of a weekend at the Penn State Interfraternity Council/Panhellenic Dance Marathon (THON) overalls announced the practically incomprehensible total to be donated to the Four Diamonds Fund, an unprecedented record-breaking philanthropic total of money raised — $5,240,385.17

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