August 2004 - Posts

• Performance reviews take time...

  Oh boy, I wanted to fix some automation bugs today, but could not as I had to update my "commitments" for my performance review. And I need to go home and do my laundry. Reviews at MS have changed as we officially become a "large company". Earlier we Read More... Posted Thursday, August 26, 2004 11:18 PM by deeptanshuv | 2 Comments

• Imaginative hiring techniques...

  So I get this email from a guy on the Windows security team, they are looking for more people and this email was to existing MS employees enquiring if they wanted to move to the team. What I liked about this particular headhunting was that instead of Read More... Posted Friday, August 20, 2004 6:49 PM by deeptanshuv | 2 Comments

• Getting Remote Debugging working on Windows SP2

  The security hardening in SP2 affects remote debugging since the firewall blocks machine to machine communication. We have a workaround posted at http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;%5BLN%5D;833977#2020 that lets you configure your machine Read More... Posted Tuesday, August 17, 2004 8:04 PM by deeptanshuv | 2 Comments