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Hi everyone,
I was just wondering what people in this forum preferred, Windows XP or Linux, i personally use Windows XP as I have been using Windows the majority of my life. However i have used Linux, some time ago when I installed it on my Laptop, i found it Ok considering it was a free source piece of software. Although Windows does offer functions that are not present on Linux such as disc defragmentation and disc clean up, such utility software is vital to some.
So,
What do you prefer, Windows or Linux?
Thanks
Benjamin Dodd
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as a windows developer, i use visual studio and thus my environment is windows xp.
since i work at home and at work, i'm still forced to use windows xp.
(not that it's bad)
but i always have a dual boot into some fresh linux distro (openSUSE 10.3 and waiting to try ubuntu 7.10) on my laptop, cause i always like to play with those, but never get the chance to fully use them.
my downloading machine at home is with openSUSE 10.2 (gonna get updated  ) and it also acts as a full time VPN server, web/ftp personal server and handles local routing/filtering.
uptime exceeds 1 year, and runs marvelously, also it plays the movies at home.
conclusion:
i know XP all too well, thus i work faster with it.
i work with XP and all my programs are designed for Windows.
other software i use (Adobe Suite, 3Ds MAX .. ) aren't available in linux.
since i'm also a gamer, linux ain't for gaming.
thus XP.
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WINDOWS or LINUX
The Stifler
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Bugs can neither be created nor be removed from software by a developer. They can only be converted from one form to another. The total number of bugs in the software always remain constant.
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My OS is windows XP sp2
my windows partiton was 15 gb .
but i dnt know hw a 8 GB unknown partion is made out of 15 gb...
now my windows in instaled in 7gb partition which ultimately giving low disk space....
i want to merge that 8 GB unknown partion ..
wen i delete that partition i am gettin this error....
"disk configuration operation did not complete.check the System Event Log for more information on this error. Verify the status of your storage device before retrying. If that doesnot solve the problem,close the disk managemant console, then restart disk management or restart the computer."
can anybody help me in merging this partition...??
thanks
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Ok, U can get PartitionMagic Software to get this done..
The software allows you to create or merge partitions.
Gud luck Try this.
SAJAN A PILLAI
C#.NET Programmer
TELESOFT INDIA PVT LTD...
BANGALORE
"Winners don't do different things. They do things differently. ...
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I am trying to register a multi dotted extension into windows explorer Shell context menu (Win XP). I have a custom Excel 2003 (.xml) file that I have given a multi dotted extension like "fileName.matrix.xml". The idea is that if a user does not have the custom editor (application), it will open with Excel, which it currently does. But if the user has installed the custom editor application and I have registered this .matrix.xml file extention, it will open with the custom application. I do not what to register the .xml to open with the custom editor only if it is a .matrix.xml
Here is the Regedit script I have so far, but does not work.
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.matrix.xml]
@="SODA.Matrix Customizer"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SODA.Matrix Customizer]
@="SODA Matrix Customization File"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SODA.Matrix Customizer\DefaultIcon]
@="C:\\Program Files\\SODA\\SODA Matrix Customizer.exe,0"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SODA.Matrix Customizer\Shell]
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SODA.Matrix Customizer\Shell\Open]
@="Open with SODA's Matrix Customization Tool"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SODA.Matrix Customizer\Shell\Open\Command]
@="C:\\Program Files\\SODA\\SODA Matrix Customizer.exe %1"
Leon v Wyk
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hi guys
i am on lan a domain user, but i dont want my domain admin to see my web surfing, is there any way so that i could visit any site i wich but invisible from my domain admin or network admin.,,
thanks in advance
hello
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ghumman63 wrote: is there any way so that i could visit any site i wich but invisible from my domain admin or network admin.,,
Yes.
Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. Arthur C. Clarke
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The two are generally unrelated. Just being on a domain does not cause web requests to be logged, although your browser will typically keep a cache of all items retrieved (whether or not on a domain) and a domain administrator or anyone else granted administrative rights to the computer will be able to access that. If you want to avoid this you'll have to clear the cache before logging off.
However, your network administrator may have installed some logging software on a firewall device between your network and the Internet, or a proxy server that your web requests go through. In this case you wouldn't be able to avoid the requests.
Whatever network you're using, you should follow the acceptable use policies of that network, and particularly if you don't own the computer that you're using.
DoEvents: Generating unexpected recursion since 1991
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I like to schedule my (exe) application on the server daily basis. I used windows scheduler but I got problem that when my network password expired. I intend to write windows services. Is there any other solution? Thanks
Riza
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Realy I do not understand your question,
because w2k3 scheduler allows input user && password,
But you can change program credentials inside a program,of course if you have sources =)
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Don't allow your credentials to expire?
Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. Arthur C. Clarke
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Hi Experts,
Could anyone tell me how to detect the Microsoft office outlook installed (any version) on my machine ?
Thanks in advance.
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pther wrote: Could anyone tell me how to detect the Microsoft office outlook installed (any version) on my machine ?
Start-->Control Panel-->Mail-->Show Profiles
Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. Arthur C. Clarke
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Thanks for this but this will show only profile.
If I have MS outlook and I unistall it even then It will show profile.
I want to how tp, through registry or any otherway, detect MS outlook (any version) using code.
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This might help[^]
Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. Arthur C. Clarke
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Hello,
My MSDN files are affected when I downloaded new version of internet explorer.
When I press F1 I get the message saying "One or more ActiveX controls could not be displayed"
MSDN files are now HTML files .
What Should I do to revert them back?
Thanks
Prithaa
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Does anyone know any IEEE 1394 sniffer for Windows? There a re a lot of such tools for USB, but I found nothing for FireWire...
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I was researching on this tool Acunetix Web Application Vulnerability Scanner (http://www.acunetix.com/[^]) for testing websites. I was just wondering if someone else has used this tool and has any comments regarding its licensing model featureset etc.
Also, if some could suggest a similar other tool, preferably as a freeware, it would be great.
/* P.S.: I had posted this in Lounge but moved it to Operating Systems / SysAdmin for the following reasons:
1) Just felt that this might be a more better forum than a very generic Lounge.
2) No replies in Lounge since it might be addressing a wider audience than to a closer expert circle. */
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We have a complex CPU-bound single-threaded 'console' application that takes 4 times longer to run on a dual processor Xeon box with Windows 2003 Server installed than when the same box has XP installed. (I've been swapping the operating systems on it). I am the only user on the machine, and this is the only application on it.
To make things more complicated, if I run the application in an XP Virtual PC on the same Windows 2003 Server, the application runs 4 times faster again!
I have heard that this could be because memory is allocated differently on servers, can anybody corroborate this? How can we change our application to improve run-times on Windows 2003 Server?
Eddie
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Problem solved - it was a file mapping flag that should not have been used
Eddie
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Hi all,
I want to know whether it is possible to switch from one shell to another in windows xp (I actually want this for Windows XP embedded, but I figure if one for XP is available, porting it to the embedded version won't be much of a problem..), without having to reboot or log off. I am aware of some shell managers that are available, which are able to do just that. But how do I create my own application for it? What are the concepts involved?
Advance thanx for any help forthcoming...
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I've got a machine where the HTM and HTML files have recently lost their associativity with Internet Explorer and open via Notepad instead. When trying to fix this, I notice that Internet Explorer does not show up in the "Open With" list.
I've looked at the HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.htm\OpenWithList key and it matches up fine with a different machine that works.
Any ideas how to get IE back in the "Open With" list?
Thanks,
DC
"A good athlete is the result of a good and worthy opponent." - David Crow
"To have a respect for ourselves guides our morals; to have deference for others governs our manners." - Laurence Sterne
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Try looking instead at the Classes Root directory.
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.htm\OpenWithList
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.html\OpenWithList
Add IE if it is not already there.
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