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Regular Expressions

August 29, 2007
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Validation with regular expressions is becoming integral to even the simplest data entry system. I found myself editing ...

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Why Microsoft Points?

August 21, 2007
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In a previous post I was wondering why microsoft had opted to use a point system completely independent of the currency ...

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Video Content for the Zune

August 17, 2007
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After my trip to Portland I was sufficiently annoyed by the lack of the video content available through Zune Software ...

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Windows Desktop Search v3.x

August 11, 2007
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I just finished updating Windows Desktop Search (WDS) to version 3 (I had version 2.6) and there is a marked difference ...

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Configuring Application Pools - IIS 6.0

August 07, 2007
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IIS Applications pools are critical to many operations environment as it allows administrators to potentially reduce ...

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In Portland ... again!

August 04, 2007
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I had quite an uneventful trip, what made it actually bearable was a combination of my Zune and my laptop. My wife and ...

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Phishing Mistakes

August 03, 2007
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I am still a big IE7 fan, but I find it a little strange when Microsoft IE phishing filter mistakes spaces.live.com for ...

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Windows Rights Management Client

August 02, 2007
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This morning I was sent some news about our company which apparently was extremely sensitive. As I was reviewing the ...

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Zune Reset (CTRL-ALT-DEL)

July 23, 2007
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I was using my Zune yesterday and as I came to the end of another 12+ hours (sweet) of audio playback and I got ready ...

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