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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 1 comment(s)
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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...
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 5 comment(s)
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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...
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 4 comment(s)
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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 17 comment(s)
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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 61 comment(s)
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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...
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 no comments
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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 no comments
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