These new themes are pretty darn good, I especially like “Construction”, “Contoso”, and “OARP”. I could see them being changed up and used for a lot of company intranets. I do wish they would have packaged them as a WSP or something rather than just give us a solution file and have us make one […]
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Microsoft throws Silverlight 3 beta at Adobe Plugs gaps, and then some By Gavin Clarke in Las Vegas Posted in Developer, 18th March 2009 18:52 GMT Mix 09 Microsoft’s opened a new front in its battle with Adobe Systems, releasing beta code for Silverlight 3 that plugs fundamental gaps in its media player and attempts […]
Technical Interview Questions — Exchange 2003 * Tell me a bit about the capabilities of Exchange Server. * What are the different Exchange 2003 versions? * What’s the main differences between Exchange 5.5 and Exchange 2000/2003? * What are the major network infrastructure for installing Exchange 2003? * What is the latest Exchange 2003 Service […]
Technical Interview Questions — Active Directory * What is Active Directory? * What is LDAP? * Can you connect Active Directory to other 3rd-party Directory Services? Name a few options. * Where is the AD database held? What other folders are related to AD? * What is the SYSVOL folder? * Name the AD NCs […]
Not many Windows users know this, but the Windows OS has an on-screen keyboard utility. This utility can be accessed by going to Start > Run, and then typing in ‘osk’ (without quotes) and clicking “Ok.” Benefits of this feature include: Visibility – This is the main reason for the keyboard. If you or someone […]
If you don’t know what I mean by “Auto complete” it is the feature in Outlook that finishes what you are typing. For example, when I am about to type out an address in the “To” field of an email it will show me a list of matches as I type: Unfortuantely these addresses are […]
The noise about Windows 7 is growing. If you haven’t heard, Windows 7 is the next version of Windows. Microsoft has said that it will be released fourth quarter 2009. If Windows Vista is the Windows ME of the new millennium, then Windows 7 should be the Windows XP. If you have ever used Windows […]
How does Windows 7 beta 1 compare to Vista and XP in terms of performance? That’s a question that’s been hitting my inbox regularly over the past few weeks. Let’s see if we can’t answer it! Important note: Before I go any further I feel I need to make a point, and make it clear. […]
ERROR Solution Navigate to: HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurre ntVersionExplorerCabinetState folder. Go to: Edit>New>String Value. Right-click the newly created key and rename it to “use search asst” without quotation marks. Click OK. Double-click the new “use search asst” key and type “no” in the Value data field. Do not use quotation marks. Close the registry editor. This is a […]