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Dell: Windows XP Home or Pro?
If you have ever browsed the Dell website, maybe you have seen this, it really doesn’t make sense to me. Everywhere on their site, they say “Dell recommends Microsoft Windows XP Professional”. But here...
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Strings For Windows XP
Strings….nice tool. In Unix/Linux, there is a utility called “strings” which you can use to search files/directories for strings (duh). Anyways, if you want it for Windows XP, you can download it at...
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Windows XP Service Pack 2 (for IT Professionals and Developers)
Well, the day is finally upon us, Windows XP Service Pack 2. I installed it on my work laptop, and will soon install it on my home pc’s. I ran the beta RC1 and RC2 and everything seemed to work fine. I...
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XP SP2 Flaws
I have been watching the tech news the last week or so, and there is a big todo about these new XP SP2 Flaws found. I watched and watched, waiting for someone to retaliate, and I finally found the...
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XP Themes
Have you ever wanted to “theme” XP? Don’t you think that the three “color schemes” that come built in suck? I do. So I have researched things, tried things, and here is what I found. 1) You can pay 30...
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How To: Connect to SQL Server, VS TFS, etc using Windows Authentication when...
Whew, long title, amazing results! Problem: You have a laptop or computer and you are working remotely for a company. You VPN in. Your computer is not on their Active Directory (AD) domain. You try to...
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HowTo: Get iSight Camera Working in Windows XP through Parallels 3.0 on MacBook
So, I use Pidgin for IM. It is like Trillian, but I like it better. No webcam support. I don’t webcam really, but I wondered today what I could use to webcam if I wanted to. I found a site, tokbox that...
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Windows Vista vs. Windows XP Debate. Who Wins?
I have been using Microsoft’s Windows Vista since it came out RTM, Oct 30 2006. I had it on a Dell desktop, which worked fine. Some driver issues before January 2007, but it still worked. I have had it...
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Windows Update Crazy Error (on XP)? This Might Fix It
This weekend I decided to put XP on my laptop for a day to see how it ran. I hated it. Yeah it was fast. But it just seems… old.. Anyways, Vista is back on now (I still might go back to Win2k8). But.....
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HowTo: Delete a Custom Event Log Source – XP
I installed RedGate trial software, and it created a custom event log source in my event logs, but I uninstalled it, and the event source still remains, how do you remove it? run regedit, go to...
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