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• MSN Desktop Search

  I've been using the latest MSN Desktop Search with the MSN Toolbar. The latest version adds tabbed browsing to Internet Explorer, but I turned it off. Similar to when I spent several weeks with Firefox, I just didn't feel comfortable with the tabs. I... Posted Jun 29 2005, 10:51 PM by ChuckOp with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: Microsoft

• Microsoft Windows Internals Review

  I’ve always been a bit twiddler – whether it’s doing machine code on an 8-bit RCA COSMAC microprocessor or writing 16-bit drivers for Windows 3.1 or doing Windows Server 2003 storage related development, I’ve never shied away from getting into the meat... Posted Apr 06 2005, 09:10 AM by ChuckOp with | with 3 comment(s) Filed under: Microsoft, Programming, Hardware

• Firefox Prefetching Google Search Results

  Google is taking advantage of a feature of the Mozilla open-source to prefetch the top search result. So, if you search on something, the pages referenced in the first result will be loaded in the background. Details at Google , GoogleBlog and Slashdot... Posted Apr 01 2005, 08:53 AM by ChuckOp with | with 5 comment(s) Filed under: Microsoft

• Bill Gates' Think Week - An inside view

  Robert Guth of the Wall Street Journal has a fascinating article on Bill Gates’ twice-yearly solo retreats, known inside the company as “Think Week”. During Think Week, Bill goes off by himself to small cottage armed with a collection of ideas from Microsoft... Posted Mar 28 2005, 03:05 PM by ChuckOp with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: Microsoft, Recreation

• Grammar check article on Slashdot

  I submitted an article to Slashdot today and it was accepted! Within a few hours, it collected over 200 comments. My submission was based on an above-the-fold, front-page article in today's Seattle Post-Intelligencer on a marketing professor's attempt... Posted Mar 28 2005, 02:39 PM by ChuckOp with | with 4 comment(s) Filed under: Microsoft

• Create New Folder in Explorer – why not easier?

  Since I started working with the Windows Explorer shell in Windows 95, I’ve often wondered why there isn’t a “New Folder” toolbar button. Today, I was organizing some files and dragging-and-dropping them to other folders and occasionally, in the middle... Posted Mar 23 2005, 10:46 AM by ChuckOp with | with 12 comment(s) Filed under: Microsoft, UI, Rants

• Windows Media Player not adding albums to media library

  Have been moving my music collection around and noticed that nearly half of the files didn't get added to the media library when monitoring the folder, or manually scanning it. After investigating for awhile, I discovered that folders marked with the... Posted Mar 18 2005, 12:05 PM by ChuckOp with | with 36 comment(s) Filed under: Microsoft, Tip

• Microsoft vs. Slashdot

  Is anyone else getting sick of the anti-Microsoft bent Slashdot has? For years I avoided the site because of it's slated, often fact free view towards Microsoft, Windows, etc. A year ago however, I subscribed to their daily news summary and have found... Posted Feb 28 2005, 11:53 PM by ChuckOp with | with 5 comment(s) Filed under: Microsoft, Accessibility, Rants

• Windows Server 2003 SP1 notes

  I just installed the new Release Candidate for Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 . Superfically, it appears to have most of the security features from Windows XP Service Pack 2. So far no problems with the install or interaction with anything I previous... Posted Dec 08 2004, 08:25 PM by ChuckOp with | with no comments Filed under: Microsoft, Tip, Hardware

• Terminal Services and Remote Desktop Connection

  Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 include a new client for Terminal Services. The long name is “ Remote Desktop Connection ”. Instead of looking for it through the menus however, to quickly connect to another Windows machines that have Remote Desktop... Posted Oct 08 2004, 03:39 PM by ChuckOp with | with no comments Filed under: Microsoft, Tip