In vista, you get an expand/collapse pane to get details of what it is doing, and it seems to happen in its own thread. The copy dialog window shows up as its own window that you can minimize/restore/whatever, and best of all, it doesn't hang/slow down the shell in any way.
That is good news. At the moment I tend to use robocopy for large file transfers for just this reason.
Now have they fixed it so that Explorer doesn't freeze or slow way down if the link to one of your network drives dies?
Here are the latest entries to the prep script we run on all our new Dell machines: if exist "%programfiles%\Google\Google Desktop Search\GoogleDesktopSetup.exe" start "uninstall" "%programfiles%\Google\Google Desktop Search\GoogleDesktopSetup.exe" -uninstall
reg del "HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion"/v "Google Desktop Search"/f
Unfortunately I don't know of any command-line switches to make it uninstall silently; you still have to go through the prompts and tell it not to keep any indices.
It's generally true that dedicated devices perform better than combination ones, but there are still niches where it's preferable to have a single high-quality device that can do many jobs at a reasonable price. The Dremel I bought last weekend illustrates the point quite well. If I were going to open a metal shop it would obviously be inadequate, but it should meet most of our household hobby and craft needs just fine.
The ubiquitous Swiss Army Knife is another good example. I may have a box of tools that work better for each of its tasks, but I can't carry them all around on my belt.
Sacajawea dollars are exactly the same size (26.5 mm diameter) as Susan B. Anthony ones, presumably so that vending machines wouldn't have to be retrofitted to accept them.
If you enable the option on windows explorer "start each folder window in a new process" then you can then use the "runas" trick to start an explorer (NOT internet explorer) window that is running as admin.
This didn't work for me. No new window opens. Perhaps I'm missing a step somewhere.
You can, however, do a RunAs with Internet Explorer and then type a local path in the Address bar. It then works just like Windows Explorer except for a few minor differences -- you have to hit F5 to refresh after moving or renaming files for instance.
You can use this trick to get into Control Panel, Administrative Tools, etc. as administrator.
I'm not going to answer your last question, H., because ultrasonic mosquito repellers all have one thing in common: none of them work. At all.
[snip] Some ultrasound firms say their products will also repel mice, rats, roaches, bats, fleas, spiders, and the like. The evidence to date suggests these claims are greatly exaggerated. At best they work only when used in conjunction with a concerted anti-pest program involving traps, improved sanitation, elimination of entry points and nesting places, and so on. So don't throw away that flyswatter yet.
So when I hear "Ask Jeeves is eschewing banners for paid listings" I cynically suspect they left out "and a heaping crapload of pop-ups."
No, they already got rid of those. Check out the second sentence of the article: The decision follows the company's move last fall to halt pop-up ads, which other Web sites such as iVillage and America Online have also done.
These vulnerabilities only allow DoS attacks, not intercepting data. The commercial applications are slim...unless you have a company that gets paid to take down other people's servers.
They introduced a high-tech protection scheme that prevented any duplication. The new discs were extremely unpopular among computer users of the day since they wouldn't play in LP-ROM drives.
There's the rub. Micro fuel cells may not be allowed on airplanes because the hydrogen-based devices use a highly flammable gas, while the methanol-based devices include an inflammable liquid.
This part makes me cringe for a different reason. Flammable and inflammable mean the same thing. Using them both in one sentence can only lead to confusion. I would assume hydrogen and methanol both burn pretty well, but it's hard to be sure what they meant.
Tech support training? Try this handy online course. (Warning: direct link to QuickTime movie.)
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· Score: 4, Informative
I for one was misled by the headline. The company's website explains "Fahrenheit" is an original concept that sets out to create a video game in the format of a television series. The product will consist of 6 episodes of 6 to 8 hours.
A new episode will be made available every four months as a CD-ROM in the traditional distribution circuits.
What, you can't copy/paste? You typed it out EVERY single time? d00d, you suck;)
They paid me to type in faxed releases. I pointed out that it would be much easier to scan them and use OCR, but they weren't interested in suggestions from a lowly temp.
Each disclaimer is worded slightly differently, but they all mean the same thing: nothing we just said is necessarily true. Please please don't sue us.
Yes, you're right. The fun part of this one is that it's the company's mistake in a PR release. They've just promised bandwidth of eight times what they can deliver. Sign up, then sue.
The disclaimer at the end of the release will probably cover them though.
Some of the statements made by RCN in this press release are forward- looking in nature. Actual results may differ materially from those projected in forward-looking statements as a result of a number of factors. RCN believes that the primary factors include, but are not limited to[...]technological developments and changes in the industry
I used to temp at one of the two big newswire services. Every single release has one of these at the end, and they are darn tedious to type out.
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In vista, you get an expand/collapse pane to get details of what it is doing, and it seems to happen in its own thread. The copy dialog window shows up as its own window that you can minimize/restore/whatever, and best of all, it doesn't hang/slow down the shell in any way.
That is good news. At the moment I tend to use robocopy for large file transfers for just this reason.
Now have they fixed it so that Explorer doesn't freeze or slow way down if the link to one of your network drives dies?
Oops, make that second oneu n" /v "Google Desktop Search" /f
reg del "HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\R
Here are the latest entries to the prep script we run on all our new Dell machines:
/v "Google Desktop Search" /f
if exist "%programfiles%\Google\Google Desktop Search\GoogleDesktopSetup.exe" start "uninstall" "%programfiles%\Google\Google Desktop Search\GoogleDesktopSetup.exe" -uninstall
reg del "HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion"
Unfortunately I don't know of any command-line switches to make it uninstall silently; you still have to go through the prompts and tell it not to keep any indices.
It really boils down to a basic mistrust by the population of the name "Jeeves"
Yeah, that really Jeeves me out.
It's generally true that dedicated devices perform better than combination ones, but there are still niches where it's preferable to have a single high-quality device that can do many jobs at a reasonable price. The Dremel I bought last weekend illustrates the point quite well. If I were going to open a metal shop it would obviously be inadequate, but it should meet most of our household hobby and craft needs just fine.
The ubiquitous Swiss Army Knife is another good example. I may have a box of tools that work better for each of its tasks, but I can't carry them all around on my belt.
It was actually two hours, not two nights. He was in for a few hours until a friend came to bail him out.
"You lied!"
"I exaggerated."
Sacajawea dollars are exactly the same size (26.5 mm diameter) as Susan B. Anthony ones, presumably so that vending machines wouldn't have to be retrofitted to accept them.
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Ah, I didn't see that "Launch folder windows in a separate process" had to be set on the target account. Thanks for the link.
If you enable the option on windows explorer "start each folder window in a new process" then you can then use the "runas" trick to start an explorer (NOT internet explorer) window that is running as admin.
This didn't work for me. No new window opens. Perhaps I'm missing a step somewhere.
You can, however, do a RunAs with Internet Explorer and then type a local path in the Address bar. It then works just like Windows Explorer except for a few minor differences -- you have to hit F5 to refresh after moving or renaming files for instance.
You can use this trick to get into Control Panel, Administrative Tools, etc. as administrator.
It was under XP Pro (which uses a different version of TweakUI than 2K).
I hadn't tested the problem in a while, and I'm unable to reproduce it now. Perhaps it was something that got fixed in SP2.
TweakUI says it will, but it doesn't really work. Apps continue to steal focus left and right.
Funny, even the cached Google pages are slow.
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I'm not going to answer your last question, H., because ultrasonic mosquito repellers all have one thing in common: none of them work. At all.
[snip]
Some ultrasound firms say their products will also repel mice, rats, roaches, bats, fleas, spiders, and the like. The evidence to date suggests these claims are greatly exaggerated. At best they work only when used in conjunction with a concerted anti-pest program involving traps, improved sanitation, elimination of entry points and nesting places, and so on. So don't throw away that flyswatter yet.
Rename the file and add .torrent to the end. It will work then.
Modded Flamebait? I conceded a point to the person I was arguing with. That's good debate.
It was probably your sig that did it. It looks like part of the message at first glance.
So when I hear "Ask Jeeves is eschewing banners for paid listings" I cynically suspect they left out "and a heaping crapload of pop-ups."
No, they already got rid of those. Check out the second sentence of the article:
The decision follows the company's move last fall to halt pop-up ads, which other Web sites such as iVillage and America Online have also done.
These vulnerabilities only allow DoS attacks, not intercepting data. The commercial applications are slim...unless you have a company that gets paid to take down other people's servers.
They introduced a high-tech protection scheme that prevented any duplication. The new discs were extremely unpopular among computer users of the day since they wouldn't play in LP-ROM drives.
Isn't that a Duran Duran song?
There's the rub. Micro fuel cells may not be allowed on airplanes because the hydrogen-based devices use a highly flammable gas, while the methanol-based devices include an inflammable liquid.
This part makes me cringe for a different reason. Flammable and inflammable mean the same thing. Using them both in one sentence can only lead to confusion. I would assume hydrogen and methanol both burn pretty well, but it's hard to be sure what they meant.
Tech support training? Try this handy online course. (Warning: direct link to QuickTime movie.)
I for one was misled by the headline. The company's website explains
"Fahrenheit" is an original concept that sets out to create a video game in the format of a television series. The product will consist of 6 episodes of 6 to 8 hours.
A new episode will be made available every four months as a CD-ROM in the traditional distribution circuits.
What, you can't copy/paste? You typed it out EVERY single time? d00d, you suck ;)
They paid me to type in faxed releases. I pointed out that it would be much easier to scan them and use OCR, but they weren't interested in suggestions from a lowly temp.
Each disclaimer is worded slightly differently, but they all mean the same thing: nothing we just said is necessarily true. Please please don't sue us.
Yes, you're right. The fun part of this one is that it's the company's mistake in a PR release. They've just promised bandwidth of eight times what they can deliver. Sign up, then sue.
The disclaimer at the end of the release will probably cover them though.
Some of the statements made by RCN in this press release are forward- looking in nature. Actual results may differ materially from those projected in forward-looking statements as a result of a number of factors. RCN believes that the primary factors include, but are not limited to[...]technological developments and changes in the industry
I used to temp at one of the two big newswire services. Every single release has one of these at the end, and they are darn tedious to type out.
I'm left to think maybe Ridley Scotts death was a blessing.
Ridley Scott is alive and well. Philip K. Dick is not.