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2005 September

Microsoft Listens

Hi Chris, I run a small in team in DevDiv that is responsible customer connection across the division. Our scope includes things like closing the customer feedback loop, aka using Ladybug / ProductFeedback / Connect to make our products better and customers feel more a part of the process and more satisfied with the [...]

Square-Off v2.0

Square-Off is a puzzle game based on the japanese “nonogram” puzzles (sometimes called Griddlers, or paint by numbers).
Your object in the game is to uncover all the black squares in the grid. To help you solve the puzzle, the number of black squares in each row and column are displayed. The game can be [...]

What’s Running v2.1.1

What’s Running provides you with detailed information for all system processes, services, programs, modules etc. that are currently running on your system. Furthermore, it includes information for currently active IP/Internet connections, as well as an interactive Startup Manager to to view, edit, and disable startup programs. The process viewer includes detailed specs for each process, [...]

Songfacts

When you listen to music, do you actually take time to dissect and study the meaning behind the lyrics, or do you just rock along with it? Granted, a deep study of most of the lyrics in music today would be totally futile. Lyrics in popular music have generally gone down the tubes, and the [...]

Low Virtual Memory

Ken Colburn of Data Doctors helps Ann, who writes:
I have 328MB RAM yet I get a message saying: “System low on virtual memory.” Please advise.
Virtual memory is used by Windows to simulate working memory and act as a staging area for the physical memory (commonly referred to as RAM - Random Access Memory).
Whenever [...]

The Four Indispensible Keyboard Shortcuts

When mousing came along, more and more new computer users lost contact with the concept of performing simple operations with keyboard shortcuts. I frequently run across folks who have no knowledge of even the most basic keystrokes. That’s a shame, because they’re a big help once you learn to use them.
For example: grab [...]

Sharing Multiple Folders

There are a few different ways that you can share folders. You can do so through Windows Explorer and or you can share folders from the command prompt. However, when it comes to sharing multiple folders, there is a way of making just a little bit faster.
Instead of sharing all your folders through Windows Explorer, [...]

Quickly Open The Shared Folders Snap-In (XP)

The Shared Folders snap-in is the main utility used for managing your shared folders in Windows XP. Typically you would access the snap-in through the Computer Management console. Once you click on the Shared Folders snap-in within the Computer Management console, three folders are displayed in the Details pane: Shared, Sessions, and Open files.
If [...]

National Stamp Collecting Month

October
A wise friend of the family once told me “Collecting is great for kids.” And despite its apparent decline as hobby for young people, it still is a great way to combine geography, armchair travel, history, and own’s one personal view of world into a single pastime. My childhood stamp collection was lost in the [...]

Loyalty Programs

Loyalty programs are everywhere… whether it’s the local pizzeria that hands you a card with each pie (buy ten, get one free!), a national sporting goods retailer that accrues bonus points in your account with every purchase, or a supermarket that prints custom coupons based on what’s sitting in your shopping cart. Take a look [...]

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