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I was asked last week (again) for guidance I could give (being involved in time in one way or another, in addition to my day job) on how Microsoft products may be impacted by the 2038 issue . As I noted in January , the Year 2038 problem (as defined by
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In an update to my post No Safari option for me on Apple Software Update , thanks (as always) to Microsoft MVP Blake Handler for this update. Dan Cunningham documented how to disable this update .... Offered as an FYI, YMMV, as modifying the registry
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Related to the regular updates made to our pages on time , Steven asked this week... "Is there something that customer can plug into, like subscribing to monthly security alerts, for DST [and, I'll add, time zone] updates?" No, not directly. You can enable
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I received two notes on this happy leap day that there was a problem someone was having in with accounting for leap years in their code. Both were quickly solved. The first was programming for a leap year that turned out to be a common problem. The programmer
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In the article "The Future of Customer Service" on msnbc.com (from - Entrepreneur.com), writer Sarah Pierce looks at the impact of the Internet and now-ubiquitous mobile technology on consumer expectations of customer service. We've come a long way in
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Lisa and Jeannie asked... "How do we archive our mail in Outlook?" Look no further than Microsoft Office Online website for more info on how to file or archive your e-mail on your own computer . "Learn the different Microsoft Outlook methods for storing
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I've often wondered if there was an easier way to improve the ventilation of the consumer electronics in our family room entertainment system. We have a couple of pieces in a cabinet under our family room television (tuner, Replay TV DVR, DVD recorder,
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I extracted this from a comment on a previous post , and a question I receieved this weekend from a neighbour: "I upgraded to Vista, but found that some of my applications I used on Windows XP don't work... How do I run Windows XP compatible applications
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A few weeks ago I noted that Spiceworks IT Desktop -- a very cool and free utility -- really works on Windows XP... but at the time of my post it did not run on Windows Vista. (PC Magazine said in a recent article that this is one of their favourite free
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Around 20 years ago, I almost went to work for Guy when he ran Acius/4D, largely on the recommendation of the popular Mac community on CompuServe (75435,446 ;). I know, I know... databases are just not me. But I was drawn to the evangelism, of course.
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I read this morning in the Washington Post that Vista Limits Choices (or so Alan Sipress and Jeffrey H. Birnbaum report), as well as in this related article in the Post on Vista from Michael Liedtke. "Internet search leader Google Inc. is trying to convince
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Last week, ZDNet 's Mary Jo Foley posted on her blog the Ten lessons the Xbox Team can teach the rest of Microsoft . "When it comes to building community -- and profiting from it -- Microsoft's Xbox team is helping write the playbook. That fact isn't
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This from Lifehacker.com on stopping spam from foreign countries using Outlook ... Stop spam from foreign countries Reader John discovered a way to virtually eliminate spam from his Outlook inbox: top-level domain blocking. It's known that most spam (particularly
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What's all this talk about animated cursors and exploits on Windows? Some times, email attachments and web sites aren't what they appear to be on face value. You might've seen a security announcement or press coverage on a new security patch that addresses
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MSN Tech and Gadgets is asking the question I have heard numerous times: "Is your digital photo collection under control?" "OK, so you've got tons of digital pictures on your computer -- how do you actually organize and share them? Are there any features
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