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• Replacement for FrontPage 2003

  A friend recently asked: I have been using Front Page since the 1990's and I am currently using Front Page 2003 but I have long lost the software, the codes and everything else. I need to change to something much easier, simpler, less costly and hopefully... Posted Oct 15 2012, 08:54 AM by ChuckOp with | with no comments Filed under: Microsoft, Tip, Microsoft Office

• The Great Shutdown Debate on Windows 8

  Since September, I've been reading the many complaints regarding the process used to shut down a computer running Windows 8. The general theme is that's hard to find, with some folks suggesting that this is emblematic of Windows 8 being difficult to use... Posted Mar 10 2012, 12:32 PM by ChuckOp with | with 4 comment(s) Filed under: Microsoft, Tip, UI, Windows 7, Keyboard, Windows 8

• Balloon Timeout and Notification Duration

  Today I was reading a new post on one of my favorite blogs, The Old New Thing by longtime Microsoft developer Raymond Chen. I got to know Raymond in the waning days of 1994 when we were working on "Chicago", the codename for what would become Windows... Posted May 20 2011, 02:49 PM by ChuckOp with | with 5 comment(s) Filed under: Microsoft, Accessibility, UI, Programming

• Fixing Windows 7 Help and Support

  For the past few months I noticed that Windows 7 Help and Support feature wasn’t working correctly.  Pressing WIN+F1 or choosing “Help and Support” from the Start menu would open a window, but the help contents weren’t there.  Searching for... Posted Apr 08 2010, 04:26 PM by ChuckOp with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: Microsoft, Tip, Windows 7

• 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 18 comment(s) Filed under: Microsoft, UI, Rants