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I recently received the following via email. I responded, but never heard back. Hopefully the information will be of use to others… Hi, Found your name on the web when I was looking at some stuff on slashdot and I thought maybe you might have a momen…
Written by «/\/\Ø|ö±ò\/»®© on June 15th, 2007 with comments disabled.
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TIP #17 Windows Vista - Customize your viewThe Windows Vista Explorer view can be customized further to your needs. Change how files and folders are displayed and the display the details you want about them.[Watch my video tutorial for details]
Written by PCWizKid on June 15th, 2007 with comments disabled.
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Vista Compatibility toolMicrosoft has launched the Windows Vista Hardware Assessment tool.You can download the version 2.0 Beta version now. The assessment tool allows you to see how much effort it will take to migrate from your Windows XP hardware to…
Written by PCWizKid on June 13th, 2007 with comments disabled.
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Hi!Microsoft released Service Pack 1 for Virtual Server 2005 R2 - Enterprise Edition!It can be downloaded here! More info available here!Now all we need is 64bit support for the Guest OS 
Written by Jakob H. Heidelberg on June 12th, 2007 with comments disabled.
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ContraVirus Descriptions:
ContraVirus is a rogue anti-spyware software. ContraVirus usually installed itself onto your PC without your permission, through Trojan, Virus or fake software. ExpertAntivirus will display fake system alerts or fake security alerts to trick user to buy the paid version of ContraVirus. This is probably related to VirusBlast.
To avoid putting your computer at [...]
Written by Brian on June 8th, 2007 with comments disabled.
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Teaching Chemistry with Moodle demonstrates Moodle’s current facilities for building online and hybrid chemistry courses. It’s also intended to become a permanent place for chemistry instructors to exchange tips, learning objects, lessons, question banks, and entire courses.
Written by senese on June 8th, 2007 with comments disabled.
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VirusProtect Pro Descriptions:
VirusProtect Pro 3.6, also known as VirusProtectPro or Virus Protect Pro, is the latest counterfeit anti-spyware software. VirusProtect Pro usually installed itself onto your PC without your permission, through Zlob.Trojan, Virus or fake software. VirusProtect Pro will display fake system alerts or fake security alerts to trick user to buy the Paid Version [...]
Written by Brian on June 7th, 2007 with comments disabled.
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Moodle is usually easy to install once you’ve got Apache/PHP 5/MySQL running.
But the installation script for Moodle 1.8 fails- hitting ‘Next’ after entering the database information gave me a blank screen. EDIT: This also is true of Moodle 1.9 beta.
The install works fine under XP. But the problem isn’t limited to Vista: John McGrath and [...]
Written by senese on June 7th, 2007 with comments disabled.
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I initially tried the msi installer for PHP 5. Unfortunately, it installs only PHP under CGI, which although it has some performance and security issues, might be ok for a quick and dirty development environment.
But the installer is badly broken. You’ll get an error something like
PHP Fatal error: require_once()[function.require]: Failed opening
required ‘SAM/php_sam.php’ (include_path=’.;C:php5pear’) in
sam_factory [...]
Written by senese on June 6th, 2007 with comments disabled.
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Vista constantly asks for confirmation of actions when you’re installing software. This is designed to prevent worms and trojans from doing their thing, but some installations that worked under XP will fail under Vista because of this behavior. You can fix it (and stop the constant nagging) by stopping “User Account Control” as follows:
Go [...]
Written by senese on June 6th, 2007 with comments disabled.
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