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Lightweight XML Editing in Word 2003 Strictly speaking, you can edit custom XML in Word, but there are limitations that make the process needlessly complex. This article presents a lightweight approach to XML editing in Word that works in all editions of Word 2003. All you need besides Word is an XSLT processor. Evan Lenz, coauthor of Office 2003 XML, shows you how. [WindowsDevCenter.com]
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How to Solve SP2 Application Compatibility Problems Service Pack 2 is great for security--but it can also break network applications and cause other compatibility woes. Mitch Tulloch, author of Windows Server Hacks, details the problems you might expect, and offers advice and resources on solving them. [WindowsDevCenter.com]
Windows Server Hacks: Finding All Encrypted Files on a Volume Careless use of the Encrypting File System can put your business in jeopardy. Mitch Tulloch, author of Windows Server Hacks, shows you how to find and protect all encrypted files on a volume. [WindowsDevCenter.com]
Internet Explorer Toolbar Wars Any self-respecting search site seems to have a toolbar these days. Which one is the best? J.W. Olsen investigates and lets you know. [WindowsDevCenter.com]
Using Folder Redirection Folder redirection is a great way to save work to servers rather than a local machine. Mitch Tulloch, author of Windows Server Hacks, shows how to easily use it with the Group Policy in an Active Directory Environment. [WindowsDevCenter.com]
Technical Writing Using OpenOffice.org Writer If you're in the business of writing technical documents and you've been using Word in particular, you could benefit by switching to OpenOffice.org Writer. Jean Hollis Weber, author of OpenOffice.org Writer: The Free Alternative to Microsoft Word, reviews Writer's many features of particular interest to tech writers, including a customizable interface, support for styles, advanced page layout capabilities, and a full macro language. [WindowsDevCenter.com]
Working with Icons in Visual Basic Need to work with icons in Visual Basic? Ron Petrusha shows you the ins and outs of every aspect of it, from assigning .ico files to using a resource file and more. [WindowsDevCenter.com]
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Windows Server Hacks: Using Preconfigured User Profiles Roaming profiles make life easier for both users and system administrators. Mitch Tulloch, author of Windows Server Hacks, shows you how to preconfigure roaming profiles to make them even more effective. [O'Reilly Network]
Online Investing Hacks, Part 2 In Online Investing Hacks, author Bonnie Biafore presents 100 tips and hacks to help you reach your investment goals. In these two sample hacks from the book, Bonnie covers ways to manipulate stock screens to your advantage, and how to avoid manual data entry when evaluating financial ratio trends in the statements you download. [O'Reilly Network]
Deploying Domain Controllers in Remote Locations Deploying a domain controller in a remote location can be a serious problem, potentially swamping a LAN link for hours. Mitch Tulloch, author of Windows Server Hacks, shows you how to do it and avoid headaches. [WindowsDevCenter.com]
Performing Web Queries in Excel 2003 Excel 2003 Programming: A Developer's Notebook shows programmers how to best use Excel 2003's new features, through a series of hands-on projects. In this sample lab from the book, learn how to perform a web query to import data from a web page into a worksheet using Excel's QueryTable object. [WindowsDevCenter.com]
Power Up the Windows Clipboard The Windows Clipboard is about as useless a utility as you can imagine. Throw it away and replace it with one of these clipboard power tools. [WindowsDevCenter.com]
Windows Server Hacks: Creating a Password Reset Disk Losing a password for an account can be anything from a pain to a disaster. Mitch Tulloch, author of Windows Server Hacks, shows you how to solve the problem by creating a password recovery disk. [WindowsDevCenter.com]
Upgrading and Migrating Print Servers Forget the "paperless office"; printers are still corporate workhorses. That means upgrading and migrating print servers is more important than ever. Mitch Tulloch, author of Windows Server Hacks, shows you tools and tricks to make it easier. [WindowsDevCenter.com]
Reading and Writing Registry Values with Visual Basic Need to use Visual Basic to read and write Registry values? Ron Petrusha shows you how to retrieve known and unknown values, and how to set values. [WindowsDevCenter.com]
Top 10 Online Investing Hacks Tips Plucked from the pages of Online Investing Hacks, author Bonnie Biafore offers 10 of the most important things you can do to improve your financial situation, and the tools that will simplify these tasks. [O'Reilly Network]
Windows Server Hacks: Restoring Shadow Copies Using the Command Line Shadow copies is a new feature of Windows Server 2003 that automatically creates point-in-time copies or snapshots of files in shared folders. Mitch Tulloch, author of Windows Server Hacks, shows you the easiest way to restore them. [WindowsDevCenter.com]
Understanding WinFX in Longhorn Longhorn is still in pre-beta, but it's time to get ready for developing apps for it. Wei-Meng Lee, author of Windows XP Unwired, gives a rundown about the APIs that developers will use to write the next generation of Windows applications. [WindowsDevCenter.com]
Inside the XML Metabase of IIS 6 IIS's metabase is now an XML file instead of the binary file of earlier versions. Mitch Tulloch, author of Windows Server Hacks, gives you a bird's-eye view of how it's organized, and how to get the most out of it. [WindowsDevCenter.com]
Top Three Windows RSS Readers Which are the best RSS readers out there? Wei-Meng Lee picks his favorites and gives you guided tours of them all. [WindowsDevCenter.com]
Windows Server Hacks: Transferring Ownership of Files Taking and giving ownership of files is trickier than you might think. Mitch Tulloch, author of Windows Server Hacks, shows you the best ways to handling transferring ownership. [WindowsDevCenter.com]
Surf the Web Anonymously When you surf the Web, your life is an open book, open to anyone who wants to look. J.W. Olsen looks at two anonymous surfing programs that promise to fix the problem. [WindowsDevCenter.com]
Getting the Most Out of Site Links Site links are one of the more confusing aspects of Active Directory. Mitch Tulloch, author of Windows Server Hacks, demystifies them, and shows you how to get the most out of them. [WindowsDevCenter.com]
Windows Server Hacks: Using Saved Queries to Find Locked Accounts Locked accounts can represent a serious security hole on your network. Mitch Tulloch, author of Windows Server Hacks, shows you how to use saved queries to find them. [WindowsDevCenter.com]
Easily Purge Spyware, Adware, and Other Malware Think you're protected against spyware? Most likely you're not. J.W. Olsen reviews two of the best spyware killers you'll find anywhere: Ad-aware and Spybot. [O'Reilly Network]
Reading and Writing Registry Keys with Visual Basic Need to use Visual Basic to perform basic operations upon registry keys? It's not tough to do, once you know the basics. Ron Petrusha shows you how. [WindowsDevCenter.com]
Best Practices for Assigning FSMO Roles Getting FMSO roles right is key to the proper operations of an Active Directory environment. Mitch Tulloch, author of Windows Server 2003 in a Nutshell, shows you how to make sure you use them properly. [WindowsDevCenter.com]
SnagIt: The Ultimate Screen Capture Program Need to capture screens in Windows? Forget the built-in Print Screen feature -- it's just about useless. Instead, get SnagIt, the ultimate screen capture program. [WindowsDevCenter.com]
Troubleshooting Stop Errors What to do when the Blue Screen of Death appears? Mitch Tulloch, author of Windows Server Hacks, offers five tips on troubleshooting Stop error messages. [WindowsDevCenter.com]
What's New in Windows Mobile 2003 Second Edition? Wei-Meng Lee looks at the major improvements to the new Windows Mobile 2003 Second Edition (SE). Improvements covered include support for VGA resolution for Pocket PC devices and support for Quad-VGA for Smartphones; dual display mode for Pocket PCs; and a new form factor for VGA screens. Wei-Meng is the author of the .NET Compact Framework Pocket Guide. [WindowsDevCenter.com]
Windows Server Hacks: Creating a Shortcut for Searching Active Directory Active Directory lets administrators publish information resources on their networks. But how can users find those resources? Mitch Tulloch, author of Windows Server Hacks, shows you hacks and shortcuts for doing it. [WindowsDevCenter.com]
Hacking Excel, Part 2 In this week's excerpts from Excel Hacks, learn how to remove phantom links from your workbook, and how to make Excel return the nth occurrence of specified data. [WindowsDevCenter.com]
Top 12 Ways to Degunk Your PC Your PC, with its 80GB hard drive and 512MB of RAM, runs way too slow. Why? It's gunked up with pictures, movies, music, and attachments you've saved; you've saved stuff to the wrong places; and you have apps installed that you don't use. If you want to clean up your PC, and get it running as fast as it should, follow Joli Ballew and Jeff Duntemann's 12-step program for degunking your PC. Joli and Jeff are the authors of the bestselling Degunking Windows book, from Paraglyph Press. [WindowsDevCenter.com]
A First Look at Longhorn Longhorn is still in pre-beta, but we've got the goods on it. Wei-Meng Lee, author of Windows XP Unwired, gives you a guided tour through the new-generation operating system's interface and features. [WindowsDevCenter.com]
Windows Server Hacks: Configuring Universal Group Caching Universal groups offer big benefits for system administrators, but can have downsides as well. Mitch Tulloch, author of Windows Server Hacks, shows you how to get the most out of them, and how to avoid the pitfalls. [WindowsDevCenter.com]
Understanding NetBIOS and Windows Server 2003 Everyone hates NetBIOS, but we've all got to live with it. Mitch Tulloch, author of Windows Server Hacks, shows you how to deal with NetBIOS and Windows Server 2003 with maximum security and minimum difficulty. [WindowsDevCenter.com]
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More web surfers abandoning the good ship Internet Explorer Internet Explorer is continuing its slow but steady slide in market share, with a 93.7 per cent share, compared to 95.5 per cent in June. [Source: ActiveWin.com] Microsoft's next move in the Windows vs. Linux battle [Source: ActiveWin.com] Microsoft Patent Could Hamper E-Mail Authentication Group [Source: ActiveWin.com] Fun box design for next version of Windows [Source: Scobleizer] Cisco, Microsoft in security showdown [Source: WinInsider.com] Microsoft Download Centre Demanding OS Validation [Source: Neowin.net] |
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Can VoIP Softphones Breathe Life Into PocketPC? [Ted Wallingford]
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