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• Why doesn't Windows XP find all files containing this text?

  I get asked this question often, but not often enough to remember the answer without a quick trip to Google. By default, when searching for files containing a specific string, Windows XP only searches registered file types. To change this behavior to... Posted Sep 09 2004, 09:34 AM by bkcarroll with | with 4 comment(s) Filed under: General

• NT Password Hash Insertion - NTPasswd

  Here's a great little tool in case you forget your administrator password... http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/ Posted Sep 05 2004, 11:47 AM by bkcarroll with | with no comments Filed under: General

• XBox Mod

  I'm looking at options for modding one of my XBox machines, and here is a good site for information: www.xbox-scene.com . Posted Sep 05 2004, 11:43 AM by bkcarroll with | with no comments Filed under: Personal, General, Scratch Pad

• Coder To Developer - Rave or Rage?

  I picked up a copy of Mike Gunderloy's Coder To Developer book the other day and did something I rarely do with a technical book - I read it from cover to cover. I've read several reviews of the book and find that they range from rave to rage . The typical... Posted Aug 06 2004, 09:57 AM by bkcarroll with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: .NET Related, General

• Deleting an NTFS Partition from DOS

  If you ever need to delete an NTFS partition from DOS, the Windows NT 3.1 Resource Kit has the solution. Download the kit, extract the DELPART.EXE utility to a DOS boot disk, boot from the disk and then run the utility. It's self-explanatory from there... Posted Jun 25 2004, 03:53 PM by bkcarroll with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: General

• Parentheses and Order of Operations

  It's a good idea to be explicit with parentheses when building arithmetic expressions. For example, at first the following code doesn't look like it would cause a problem: Dim i As Integer = 1 i = i + i - i Console.Writeline(i) Executing this code will... Posted Jun 10 2004, 03:59 PM by bkcarroll with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: .NET Related, General

• Should programmers be able to convert from decimal to binary?

  When I'm interviewing candidates for a development position I typically write a number down and ask them to convert it from decimal to binary. Of course this is a very minor factor in the interview, but I find it interesting to see their responses. It... Posted Jun 05 2004, 12:30 AM by bkcarroll with | with 17 comment(s) Filed under: .NET Related, General

• Virtual Desktop Manager

  I've been tinkering with Linux lately and one of my favorite KDE features is the desktop switcher. Tonight I found Virtual Desktop Manager , a Microsoft PowerToy that does basically the same thing. It looks promising so far. Update: This thing was really... Posted May 19 2004, 08:34 PM by bkcarroll with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: .NET Related, General

• Book Gripe

  While reading chapter 4 of the MSPress “Inside Microsoft Visual Studio.NET“ book, I ran across this paragraph: “ By right-clicking on a macro in Macro Explorer, you can bring up a shortcut menu that lets you work with the macro directly... Posted May 13 2004, 04:25 PM by bkcarroll with | with no comments Filed under: .NET Related, General

• Where did the fun go?

  I’ve been programming for more than 20 years now and I’m as passionate about it today as when I started. I’m one of those fortunate people that found what they loved to do and then succeeded at turning their hobby into a successful,... Posted Jan 30 2004, 09:14 AM by bkcarroll with | with 7 comment(s) Filed under: General