Today Microsoft released the GDR/Update build (kind of ServicePack 1) for SourceSafe 2005. The update targets improving the compatibility wi...
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Fixing the red menu_HelpPopup_reportertoolmenu error in Netscape Navigator
A friend told me today his Netscape Navigator is screwed. The main window showed in the bottom a red error message <menuitem id="men...
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"Service CyberLink Background Capture Service (CBCS) hung on starting" and slow Vista logon on HP tx1000
A couple of days ago I bought a HP tx1000 laptop, and I noticed something weird: everytime I was logging on to Vista the screen become black...
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Translation engines
Microsoft has recently released an update to its search engine . Aside from the advertised improvements I was pleased to discover the addit...
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Implementing custom source control glyphs for VSIP scc providers
It's the second time in the last month when someone asked me how to implement correctly the IVsSccGlyphs.GetCustomGlyphList function in...
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The day Google became irrelevant
I keep reading posts and articles claiming that "Google is the best search engine". The way I see it, it may still be the most pop...
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Cross Flow fan replacement for Infrant ReadyNAS 600
For safe(r) storage of my data I use an Infrant ReadyNAS 600 in RAID mode 1. The model A of the device uses for cooling a cross-flow fan, w...
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About SourceSafe physical file names and file numbers
If you worked long enough with SourceSafe, you probably heard by now about the physical file names associated with files and projects from a...
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Terminal Service client not using saved credentials
I had this problem for quite a while now, and it finally bothered me enough to go and search for a solution... I use TS client to connect wi...
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Visual Source Safe 2005 GDR CTP is available
Yesterday Microsoft released the Visual Source Safe 2005 GDR CTP. (GDR stands for "General Distribution Release" and is a single, ...
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Continuing education
I read today a blog post about the Linux's success in China. Instructive reading, I learned today a couple of new words: Borg - an ...
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About Visual SourceSafe 6.0 build numbers
Ok, I wrote some of this info so many times that I've decided to write a page where I could point users to read it directly... Here are ...
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Really Right Stuff (RRS) clamp for Bogen/Manfrotto 484RC2 on a Velbon ULTRA-MAXi tripod
I just found my travel tripod in the closet and I remembered the hard time I had last year searching the Internet for information on replaci...
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Apple releases Safari web browser for Windows
Apple's Safari 3 beta web browser is now available for Windows. You can download it from http://www.apple.com/safari/ I downloaded yeter...
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Blogger.com feeds showing in Outlook 12 with 12/31/2006 dates
I've noticed that for a while all the posts on blogs hosted by blogger.com appear in Outlook 12 with incorrect dates, all equal to 12/31...
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Cannot Print or Print Preview from IE7 on Vista
Whenever I tried to print or Print Preview with Internet Explorer 7 on Vista I was getting an error message like this: "Cannot find ...
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SourceSafe Internet configuration guide
Today I've updated my webpage on WinISP and I've duplicated there the source control-related articles for the unfortunate case when...
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How to open a HTC3600 to install the battery and SIM
I got yesterday a new toy, a HTC 3600 smartphone, and I've hit the first problem with it when I tried to remove the cover and install th...
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.old and .new files used by Visual SourceSafe
I was asked today what are the .old files SourceSafe may leave in the VSS database. I had no idea what these files were and initially I mist...
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How to backup SourceSafe database
Why back up the SourceSafe databases? People think that by adding their sources to a VSS database they are "safe" from losing thei...
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No sound in Remote Desktop (Terminal Services) sessions to Windows 2003
I've hit this problem yesterday, and since it took me an hour to solve it I thought I should post the solution here... Basically, I was ...
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