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So last week I blogged about how you could pre-order Windows 7 at a good price . Well this week I found out that you (not me or anyone else at Microsoft) can Code to the Power of Windows 7 and maybe win prizes including cash, a laptop and/or a trip to
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When I first started computing it was on a machine with 14Kb ROM and 8Kb of RAM plus a tape deck for storage . So in these days of Gb and Gb of bloated software it is reassuring to see a competition with the spirit of the MIX09 10K challenge . My personal
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This falls into the category of so obvious you kick yourself once you understand it. At least I did. Every now and again I do a little more work on an intranet website that I maintain. For some time I've been trying to integrate some blogging functionality
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I find that dialogues tend to fall into four categories 1) Clear, obvious and helpful 2) Clear, obvious and unhelpful 3) Obscure but still helpful 4) Obscure and totally unhelpful I think this one falls into the first category. Have I missed
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The Microsoft .NET Framework product group have been busy making it easier to find out about and install the latest version of the .NET Framework... a simple URL and a clean UI at http://www.microsoft.com/net/ It's certainly easy to remember. And
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I don't often get involved with storage issues unless it is affecting one of my customer's websites in some way (usually performance, though could be a hang). During an issue I am currently working on, I came across the FileCab blog of the Windows Storage
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I came across some old code that I wrote when I was about 17: The BBC Micro came with a built in 6502 assembler (Basic with inline assembly language - awesome!). However it did not have a dis-assembler so I set about writing my own. This was clearly
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And the reason I was trying to view an XPS document was because I wanted to print my MCP transcript which you can download in either XPS or PDF format. And the reason I wanted to do that, was because.. I passed my "TS: Windows Internals" exam
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In my job I often send my customers detailed instructions including things to run at the command line. Sometimes they don't work even though they look correct. The plumber's mate has written a very helpful post that explains the problem that is often
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I helped out one of colleagues recently whose customer's application hit high CPU in one test environment but not another. The reason for that was that contrary to what they thought, the test data used in one environment was not the same as in the other.
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My work laptop is a Dell Latitude D630 which I've set up to dual boot between Windows XP and Windows Server 2008 x64. I got it fairly recently so I am still "tweaking" it, trying to get everything working smoothly. The wireless adapter is an
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This sounds like a good deal. Free? Free? Sounds to good to be true :-). But it is. If you are a full time student and into software development, take a look: https://downloads.channel8.msdn.com/Overview.aspx Check the site for details, but at time of
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I'm a Windows Home Server user (I've got one of the HP EX475 machines) and it's great - it just quietly sits there backing up my data, keeping an eye on my machines' status etc. However, an important update has now been released - called "Power Pack 1"
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I see that we now have an exam in the making for testing knowledge of "Windows Internals". The exam is available for taking now, in beta form, and if you pass then you won't have to take it again once the final version is released. You can read more about
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My esteemed colleague Mr Michael Clemens put together a very handy list of IIS diagnostic tools and add-on components. As Michael has not yet joined the blogging fold I'm taking this chance to publish it for him as it is very useful... SSL Diagnostics
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