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There was of course the intermediate stage of having the MSDN CDs, which was almost the equivalent of having the entire MS knowledgebase. Almost, but not quite. At one stage I had getting on for 100 MS CDs (including demoes and trial versions) but finding stuff on that lot was a nightmare. And no, there wasn't room on my 256Mb disk to copy it all... π
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I have found some of the articles back then to still be interesting and worth reading.
There was an online archive with many of them... sadly there were a big bunch of linking errors and missing files.
M.D.V. 
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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I remember this well when I worked on vb5/6 - "Please insert disc 2 etc.." The good 'ol days!
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Microhard
"A little time, a little trouble, your better day"
Badfinger
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Rules for playing support desk roulette:
1. You can't win.
2. You can't break even.
3. You can't get out of the game.
QED
OTOH, it is fun working the support line.
"Please hold while I set up your support case"
Opens lunch pail....
Longest idiot to stay on hold: 1 hour 37 minutes.
>64
Itβs weird being the same age as old people.
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Did you try turning it off and back on? Did you try reinstalling Windows?
The difficult we do right away...
...the impossible takes slightly longer.
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Honestly, Quicken might give them a run for their money. Quicken is staffed by the most stupid people I've ever had the displeasure to encounter.
Quicken pushes an update.
Account updates stop working.
Must be the bank's fault.
Charlie Gilley
βThey who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.β BF, 1759
Has never been more appropriate.
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A very long time ago I knew someone that would call up Microsoft and Bill Gates would answer. I wonder if the support calls were better then?
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One trick I just learned from an MS employee, if you are not having progress on your ticket. Close it and reopen s new case. There is a big difference in the case managers.
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Trying to use an old router/firewall with my new Pi 5. Connecting to the configuration web interface of the old router resulted in refusal due to TLS version 0.00001 or cert or both. I couldn't override.
So I dug out my venerable old Thinkpad (2007 T61), running W8.1 and connected with Internet Explorer. TaDa.
That was the first laptop that I used for development. Still had Visual Studio 1901. Has SSD upgrade and I had to replace the NVIDIA board, known problems (thank you eBay). Great machine although heavy to carry and very limited battery life. I replaced it with hand-me-down MacBook Pro, vintage 2014. Seems like I stay in the past. Still using the MB with VM's but rarely go on the road now, do most stuff from here with VPN's. Go ahead fruit haters, pile on!
Hmmm maybe I should try to install Debian on the T61 and bring it back to life?
>64
Itβs weird being the same age as old people.
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My fruit hate has evolved over time. I went from never in my house to my daughter having one. I still have zero interest for myself and will rib my coworkers about it. Just the same, use what makes you happy. Just don't tell me how awesome your fruit is while booted into a Windows VM to get work done : 
Hogan
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"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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What was your first start word? Unless we solved different puzzles today, I don't see any word that fits.
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Using the .at version since i am german, so could be that.
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And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music. -Frederick Nietzsche
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Ok, I have had my coffee, so you can all come out now!
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What do you get when you cross a joke with a rhetorical question?
The metaphorical solid rear-end expulsions have impacted the metaphorical motorized bladed rotating air movement mechanism.
Do questions with multiple question marks annoy you???
modified 14-Feb-24 21:40pm.
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