From the category archives:

Applications

We all know that Windows is not case sensitive when it comes to the command line. Someone forgot to tell DELPROF though – you can use DELPROF in a script to automatically and silently delete user profiles. However it seems that you need to run the command in lower case, if you use upper case [...]

{ Comments on this entry are closed }

I think that the attachment preview feature (see number 10) of Outlook 2007 is one of its best new features, however I’ve noticed that Outlook can’t preview calendar appointments sent as an attachment. So essentially, Outlook can’t preview it’s own files, do’h! Check out the screenshot:

{ Comments on this entry are closed }

Daemon Tools was giving me some grief after upgrading to Windows Vista RTM and I had to update to version 4.08 which includes an updated SPTD driver for the virtual CDROM drive. When running the 4.08 installer for the first time, I had to uninstall the old version and reboot. After the reboot, I ran [...]

{ Comments on this entry are closed }

I’ve been checking out the excellent UltraMon on Windows Vista, which provides some cool hacks for multiple displays under Windows. One of the excellent hacks is the ability to assign a hotkey that moves an application between screens – when you hit the hotkey the application or window appears on the next screen, very handy. [...]

{ Comments on this entry are closed }

Having issues getting Word 2007 to register your blog provider? You may receive the following error message when attempting to add a blog account to Word: Word cannot register your account. The provider where you are trying to publish is unavailable. Contact your provider for assistance. Check out the following screen shot for an example, [...]

{ Comments on this entry are closed }

It’s true, FeedDemon (my favourite feed reader, and it should be yours’ too , can show me feeds from the Land of Tomorrow! Now I get the information even before it’s been written. Click the picture to see feeds from the future in action. Click the thumbnail for a larger view.

{ Comments on this entry are closed }

Check out this great Firefox extension that allows you to view pages with the Internet Explorer engine inside Firefox: ietab Here’s a list of known issues: IE ActiveX’s enable/disable setting NOT working Script Error problem Password Manager NOT working Shift+Delete(Cut) NOT working Button has no XP Style (theme) All popup windows always open in new [...]

{ Comments on this entry are closed }

If you’re a developer (if you are, you’re probably not reading this blog) or know a developer, check out or get the developer to check out the presentations from PDC ’05. (Some of them are even interesting for IT Pro’s too) Microsoft Professional Developers Conference 2005

{ Comments on this entry are closed }