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Windows 7 looks great by rachitp

I installed the Windows 7 64bit on my home desktop two days ago and the system is running since then. Other than a HP LaserJet 1012 printer drivers problem and one BSOD , Windows 7 looks fine for Beta for sure. :) Only one thing Microsoft should do, is...
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Clean startup programs in registry in Vista 64 bit by rachitp

Sometime you wonder why the machine is running slow after installing a bunch of programs even if you choose not to run them through Administrator Tools/Services. Look at the following location in the registry and remove you don't need. I believe when...
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Off Topic: Buy.com Customer Service Phone by rachitp

<RANT_BUYDOTCOM> I'm very surprised to notice that there's no (absolutely no) phone number listed for the customer service on the web site . How the hell am I supposed to "talk" to somebody about my order. Given the popularity of the web site, one...
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Revolutionary desktop – BumpTop by rachitp

I came across the BumpTop almost a year ago and glad that I had subscribed for the future development news. The Beta is now available to download for XP/Vista. Let me summarize in a few words. It’s just awesome! Hope, Windows 7 includes something like...

More reading...to become better by rachitp

The use of the "Regular expressions" always challenges me in my day-to-day programming life. Most of the times I just google and find the solution but not always. So, in order to polish my technical skills a bit, I decided that next few days I'll finish...

Download sucks on Live Meeting by rachitp

Why the heck is Internet Explorer necessary to download a webcast/presentation? You really can't download (so called Microsoft Office Live Meeting High-Fidelity Presentation) using Firefox. Forget about just viewing it using IE. Does it really make sense...
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Performance Object Showing Numbers instead of Names by rachitp

I noticed a problem in our Dev Window 2003 box with the Performance Objects (PerfMon). One of our Windows Services uses the Performance Counter API in the code. It was failing because of not being able to measure run the Performance Counter. In short...
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Windows XP Service Pack 3 by rachitp

The Windows XP Service Pack 3 is now available to download . It's 300MB+ in size. Happy downloading!
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Broken Windows Update with IE8 Beta1 by rachitp

I'm using IE8 VPC (XP) and am trying to see how Windows Update site looks, I get this. :) Of course, if I turn on "Emulate IE7" button, it works.
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Bad GUI Design by rachitp

This is the screen shot from MS Visio 2007 Pro. What if I don't want to save a copy, there's no CANCEL option. Even if I click on the 'X', it pops up the "Save As" dialog. Bad GUI design, isn't it? 
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