derek | Shared With: Everyone - May 26 2007 | windows, microsoft, vista, search, tips
There are some pretty crazy operators in here. Search photos by camera make? Just tried it, works well.
Quoted: The following tables describe the syntax to use with Windows Desktop Search, as well as the properties that can be queried for each category of file displayed in the Desktop Search results window.
- derek | Shared With: Everyone - Jan 20 2009 | windows, 7, vista, microsoft, tips
Some interesting keyboard shortcuts here.
Quoted: It’s great to see Windows 7 Beta finally released to the world! We're very proud of what has been accomplished over the last months; in many ways, it sets a new quality bar for a beta operating system release. Building on top of the Windows Vista foundation,
- derek | Shared With: Everyone - Dec 31 2007 | windows, security, microsoft, cmd, console
Quoted: Welcome to CSRSS.
- derek | Shared With: Everyone - Dec 18 2007 | microsoft, windows, vista
Quoted: For that, you absolutely positively need testers who are non-programmers. You need feedback from people like your target market, to give you information on how ...
- derek | Shared With: Everyone - Oct 04 2007 | security, microsoft, windows, storm, botnets
Gives new meaning to the phrase "evil genius'.
Quoted: Storm is designed like an ant colony, with separation of duties. Only a small fraction of infected hosts spread the worm. A much smaller fraction are C2: command-and-control servers. The rest stand by to receive orders. By only allowing a small number of hosts to propagate the virus and act as command-and-control servers, Storm is resilient against attack. Even if those hosts shut down, the network remains largely intact, and other hosts can take over those duties.
Quoted: Storm has been around for almost a year, and the antivirus companies are pretty much powerless to do anything about it.
- derek | Shared With: Everyone - Apr 04 2007 | microsoft, windows, ie6, virtual pc, testing
Quoted: In my original blog post about releasing the IE6 Virtual PC Image, we mentioned that it would expire on April 1st, 2007 (no, it wasn’t an April Fool’s joke), and that we’d be releasing a new VPC image to replace it sometime in March. Well, I’m happy to
derek | Shared With: Everyone - Feb 08 2007 | microsoft, video, windows, nostalgia, 80s, funny, scaryPure insanity -- if you haven't yet seen this Microsoft video, with some 80s style Windows/386 rapping, it's ... well, eat lunch at your desk today. Don't deprive yourself of this 12 minute gem.
The post I'm linking to has some background info on the video.
Quoted: So apparently there's something going on today in New York City (I don't know what it is, since I'm not invited :)). However, a couple of weeks ago, someone dug up a piece of Microsoft nostalgia and posted it on Google Videos. I saw the first couple of
- derek | Shared With: Everyone - Jan 31 2007 | microsoft, photos, windows, vista
Vista backgrounds, courtesy of Yahoo!-owned Flickr users.
Quoted: But why stop there? Creative Director Jenny Lam expanded the search to Flickr and contacted people who took really interesting pictures, asking them, "So, how would you like one of your photos included among the default wallpapers in Windows Vista?"
- derek | Shared With: Everyone - Jan 29 2007 | vista, windows, microsoft
Install Vista for up to 120 days without a product key.
Quoted: What may be news to you, however, is that you can easily extend the 30-day Windows Vista grace period to 120 days. No hacks required. This is an official, supported operation directly from Microsoft.
- derek | Shared With: Everyone - Jan 20 2007 | windows, microsoft, vista
Interesting ... 5x SLOC with only 10x development resources isn't that bad. The pricing difference is pretty stunning though.
Quoted: Some numbers behind Microsoft Corp.'s evolution from Windows 95 to this month's consumer release of Windows Vista:
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