Volleynerd Knowledge Base

Another HD info site - this one with a pretty good programming grid. Doesn't show in order of channels, but shows which programs are in HD and which are not.

CheckHD.com - Check Programming

keywords: HD high def hidef progrmming channel lineup

Another TV Listings site that's got good HD info. Unfortunately, takes a lot of work to customize channel lineup to delete unwanted channels, etc.

TitanTV.com

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Spent WAY too much time today figuring out why my BCP import was putting spaces in my varchar columns. Still not sure I have it completely figured out, but sounds like it's by design.

The ANSI_PADDING setting is honored when a table is **created**, and will dictate what happens when data is inserted into varchar columns. Seems odd that this setting is saved from when the table is created, not when the data is being inserted.

I ended up having to do a brute force method. After BCP import, I go through the columns, and rtrim them. Have to watch out for a column that had no data, so rtrim leaves a single space?

Something like this:

osql -E -d Sales -Q "update orderdetail set PONum = rtrim(PONum)"

osql -E -d Sales -Q "update orderdetail set PONum = '' where PONum = char(0)"

Google Groups : microsoft.public.sqlserver.server

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Have seen this occasionally on my work machine, and now on the Build box at work.

Slow or Delayed Screen Updates After Reconnecting to Console Session

keywords: slow delayed response reconnect remote desktop

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Ran into this today at work. Building up a string that is the SQL statement to pass to openquery. Since the sql statement is calling a stored proc, and has params in it, it needs quotes itself to surround string based params.

When calling the SP directly on the server, it works fine. When called through OPENQUERY, it fails. Turns out when using OpenQuery, SQL makes an extra call of "SET FMTONLY ON" to get metadata info about the resultset. This FMTONLY setting blows up the execution of the sql statement.

Workaround: use 4-part name to call the SP, not through OpenQuery. Issue: have to turn on "RPC OUT" on the linked server setup to get the remote exec SP to work.

PRB: T-SQL Function OpenQuery Fails to Execute on Linked Servers

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Just some info on quoted identifiers and concatenating strings in SQL.

HOW TO: Pass a Variable to a Linked Server Query

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Just a real-time airport delay tracking system.

Air Traffic Control System Command Center

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Yet another cool feature of Firefox - custom keywords for bookmarks. It will substitute the term following the keywords, for placement in the URL.

For me:
ggms = google groups search of microsoft.public.*
ggnet = google groups search of microsoft.public.dotnet.*

SWEET

Mozilla Custom Keywords

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Have used this before, and wanted to remember where it is. Ohhh...where is my "browser favorites" in the sky... ?

Paycheck calculator here

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MSDN blogger pointed out this one.

WebHost4Life. starts at $4.95, but to get ASP.NET, SQL server, etc, have to get the $15 plan.

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No frills online boomkark management tool. Apparently has an API to get at the links from other apps too.

Sharing your bookmarks: http://del.icio.us, wikis, and the zen of SharePoint

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MSDN blog entry about ccmexec and inventory processes on Windows. Related to SMS - talks about what they do and how to stop them if causing performance problems.

ccmexec.exe and inventory.exe - what are they and what do they do?

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Pretty deep list of processes and DLLs that run on Windows. Gives info about what a process or DLL is, where it's from, and in some cases, how to stop / remove it.

ProcessLibrary.com - The online resource for process information!

Updated 8/20/05
Here is another extensive list of processes running on Windows.

Tasklist.org

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Cleaning house in email inbox, and found this one. After machine rebuild, might need this someday. I think it's the MPG2 encoder that can plug into the TMPGENC tool.

MPG (MPEG) encoder tool

http://www.digital-digest.com/dvd/downloads/tmpgenc.html

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Spoilers galore in this campaign mode strat guide. Haven't read much of it, since I'm only on chapter 5.

Has a multiplayer guide as well, so I'm combing through that now.

Halo 2 Campaign Mode Strategy Guide

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Kinda cool, shown on The ScreenSavers. Looks like they just put the main image in the back, then plaster small photos on the front of it, but comes out decent.

AndreaMosaic Home Page

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Various info about Firefox tips, tricks, settings, etc.
about:config, user.js, tabbed browsing tweaks, speed up load time

Firefox tips and tricks

Updated 11/05/04
5 Must Have Firefox Extensions

Mozilla Calendar, Image Zoom, AdBlock, BugMeNot, IE View

SessionSaver extension

Updated 07/20/05
To view the file cache, enter about:cache for the url.

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The ScreenSavers reviewed these 5 players - from $100-$250, various capabilities.

Roku Soundbridge m1000
Apple Airport Xpress
Linksys WMLS11B
Slim Devices Squeezebox
Omnifi DMS1 -- like this one the best just based on show notes

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POP3 access to Yahoo! mail that really just uses HTML hits to Yahoo?

Worth a look, since many companies block outbound POP access.

Thanks Sarah!

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Madotate gives you 3D window capabilities in Windows OS. Slide them to the side of the desktop and sideways.

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Thanks to Sarah at The ScreenSavers for these GMail goodies.

GMail Notifier (system tray or Mozilla/Firefox), gPopper (pseudo-POP access)

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Decent channel lineup with indicators of 720p and 1080i for various channels. Wish it was in grid format... :(

HDTV World - CNET.com: "720p"

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Finally found a hint online that shows the extra setting you need to exec linkedServerName.dbName.owner.storedProc

Until now, I get "server not configured for RPC". Turns out, you need to turn ON RPC OUT

syntax:
EXEC sp_serveroption 'linked_server_name', 'rpc out', 'true'

(or use the Ent Mgr UI, right click properties on the linked server)

Google Groups: View Thread "Executing sp of another Server"

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Ports of some unix utilities. Recently I was wishing I had the tail command available to me in a windows command prompt. Here it is...among others...

Native Win32 ports of some GNU utilities

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Comparison of various DVD
Posted by Hello

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Some ideas on how to accomplish in T-SQL the equivalent of the Split( ) method.

T-SQL Script

Other cool scripts are on this site too:
Show only one row for a group of duplicates

Main page here for various other scripts.

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Soon, I'll need to pick out a new home theater receiver. My current Sony doesn't have component video inputs, and generally just need an upgrade.

My wish list:

numeric volume
at least 2 component video inputs (would like 3, but seems like that's only in the higher end stuff)
RF Remote
digital audio (selectable?) looks like I need 4 digital (optical) inputs
mix/match audio/video inputs (as opposed to a preset combination)
onscreen display (hopefully on all inputs, not just some/one)
switch/support HD component video signal
center channel speaker connection - 2 wire connection, not RCA jack
learning remote
upconvert composite / s-video to component video
night listening mode (increases dialog, decreases surround)
5.1 speaker support, since I dont have 6.1 (center back) speakers

What is DPL IIx ? What about DPL II ?

Current inputs:

HD cable (DVI straight to tv?), digital audio
DVD component, digital audio
ReplayTV component, digital audio
XBox componnet (straight to tv?), digital audio
CD - probably just RCA jacks, can play CDs in DVD :(

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Someday, when I get a cheapo handheld GPS, I think I want it to at least have maps on which it plots my whereabouts.

Here's a decent looking one:
Amazon.com: Electronics: Magellan eXplorist 200 Handheld GPS (Yellow)

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Hide a drive letter show it doesn't show up in Explorer
Sarah's Windows Tweak: Hide Those Hard Drives

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Poopli is the site to find shows. Search by title, then it emails the owner of the show.

PlanetReplay is another site. You post your request in a forum, and hopefully somebody answers.

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Some very high level info on multiple monitor support in Windows XP, but points out that with MaxiVista, you can even use an old laptop as a second monitor (just has to be on the network)

Using Multiple Monitors with Windows XP

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On Windows XP, my Send To, Compressed Folder (zip) was missing.

Easy fix:

regsvr32 zipfldr.dll (can just run this from RUN box, since it's in system32)

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Sara from The Screen Savers showed these two sites related to recordings of perfect games from classic arcade games:

Record your games

NES games here

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Kevin Rose from The Screen Savers likes registerfly for domain names.

Lots of features in addition to standard domain registration.

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Graphically plot zip codes on a map

(thanks to The Screen Savers)

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I always forget this SQL syntax, to convert from date to common string formats, so blogging it here once and for all.

-- convert from date to string, with leading zeros, etc.
-- see books online help for "CAST and CONVERT"



-- get leading 0 on a date part

select Right( '00' + CONVERT(VarChar(2),DatePart(mm,getdate())), 2)



-- convert date to a common string format

-- (100 series numbers are with century, 0-99 are with 2 digit year)

SELECT CONVERT(VARCHAR(10), getDate(), 101)	-- mm/dd/yyyy (USA)

SELECT CONVERT(VARCHAR(10), getDate(), 112)	-- yyyymmdd (ISO)

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Comparison on many, many facets of Mac OS vs. Windows XP. Everything from networking, files, icons, settings, windows, etc.

Mac OS X vs. Windows XP

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Windows system tray icon notification for gmail email system.

GMail and GTray

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Decent traffic site with rollover incident popups.

Shows traffic for SD county, Orange County, bay area, Chicago, etc.

Traffic411: San Diego Traffic Map

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Digital 3-channel Modulator (Astrotel)

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Cables To Go: AUDIO/VIDEO MODULATOR - 1 CHANNEL MONO

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Thanks to Leo at The Screen Savers (before they were closed and he left) for this site.

SnapFiles, has a good set of files, and a search feature that will find only freeware.

keywords: download, freeware, shareware

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Wow - ATI comes out with a HiDef video card, which is bundled with an antenna and a remote.

Wired News: HD PC: Cheaper Than High-Def TV

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Wow - a list of many aircraft, by carrier, then a seating chart with comments about various sections.

SeatGuru.com - Your Enlightened Guide to Airplane Seating

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Leo (from KFI and leoville.com) links to this guy's site with a long list of free software.

Presumably these have been verified spyware-free!

Ramsinks Computers

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Allows you to record streaming audio from MMS, ASF -- even with a VCR like time-based setting.

freeware

The SDP Multimedia website for ASF download and MMS protocol specification

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A US swimmer is fighting the supposed ban on blogging (for some sports/countries), has a journal / blog going here...

Athens 2004 Olympic Journal :: Goldblatt . info

Main Blog Page Here

update: here's a directory of other Olympic blogs

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Still under construction, but hopefully soon, this will have a full tv listing for many channels in a single RSS feed.

ktyp bootleg_rss/tv

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So I finally used PriceLine for the first time last week. Here are a few notes for me to remember for the next time trying.

Use BiddingForTravel to forumlate the bid. For hotels,

find area you are looking for a hotel
there is a list of hotels per rating (3 star, 4 star, etc) in that area
find the lowest rate available online for at least 3 of those hotels (links are in the listing
bid on PriceLine should be about 35% of the lowest online rate

Free "re-bid" -- again, see BiddingForTravel.com. PriceLine doesn't allow you to continue re-bidding with just a higher $ bid, you must change any of dates, hotel zone, star rating. Here's a way to re-bid with slight change in $ bid:

Find a nearby hotel "zone" that does not have any hotels with the star rating you are going for. Priceline views this as a change in the hotel zone, so a new bid is allowed (adjust the $ value as desired). You shouldn't end up with a hotel in the added zone since there are no hotels that meet the star rating you wanted.

Beware - new hotels are supposedly always being added. I guess there's a *slight* chance a hotel could show up that is not on the biddingfortravel.com website list.

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Fix this on my blogs...

Blogger Help : How do I change the order of my archive links?

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I probably tried these already, but I still haven't found a discrete remote code for my Sony LCD projection TV's Video/Aux button. I can toggle it, but I need a discrete code that will go to either one.

Sony KF-50XBR800, although maybe this next week I'll be getting a warranty replacement!? :)

RC Files: HTM MX-700 - Sony KF-50XBR800 RP Television by Harvey Gordon

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http://microsoft.sitestream.com/TechEd/

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Free photo editing, posting software from Google partnership with Picasa.

Picasa: Automated Digital Photo Organizer software, instant photo albums, sharing & printing: Download

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Rundown of alternatives to IE browser. Talks about WebSideStory, seeing a (slight) drop in IE usage over the past month.

Wired News: Cool Ways to Give IE the Boot

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Learn about weather details here

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Similar to Gamespy Tunnel, this PC software allows you to play LAN based SystemLink XBox games over the internet.

XBConnect :: Online Gaming Evolved.

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Someday, I'll try Mozilla or Firefox for browsing, and when I do, here are some add-ins that are worth checking out.

Wired News: Building a Better Mozilla

Update 7/15/04

Here's a follow-up story with more add-ins

Update #2 Security Hole! in Mozilla.
I'm sure as Mozilla gets more use, more and more holes will be found. Be sure to get the patch here.

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Found this via avsforum.com. Switch box that allows 4 component video inputs, to 1 output. Also has 4 audio optical inputs, that go to one output.

This one says "adaptive", where it senses the "active" connected input and automatically selects that one, but looks like there's a manual select as well (wouldn't be via remote though).

Audio Authority Model 1154. $199

Also found reference to Mad Catz HDTV Component system selector, but couldn't find it on the MadCatz web site for now.

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This is probably (?) documented somewhere on the dlink.com website, but finally stumbled across it today. (Thanks to Bro-in-law Dann for telling me that it's possible on the DLink)

See notes below - this is what I tried, and *pretty sure* it's working how I think it is...

Set access point on wireless router to

only allow connections by known MAC addresses
do not broadcast/announce SSID

Contrary to the help docs, these "allow only MAC" settings prohibit ANY access to the device, not just "internet traffic".

Caution: make sure you add the MAC address of the machine you're using to access the AP first! I had trouble getting any response (even the result of the MAC address "add") from the device after entering the first MAC that was NOT my desktop).

Assuming you've already set a SSID and enabled WEP encryption on the Home / Wireless page
Advanced Tab / Filters page
Select "MAC Filters"
Select "only allow MAC address listed below..."
Provide a name, the MAC address. (DHCP client dropdown is only populated if this device is serving up DHCP addresses, which mine is not)
Repeat above steps for any other MACs. Note that VPN on a laptop sometimes has it's own unique MAC address which will need to be added to the list as well.
Advanced / Performance page. Set "Authentication" to "Shared Key". (see help for details, but basically this is the setting that hides the SSID and uses the Filters list for connections validation)
For my WiFi card, went to advanced settings, "configure", selected "Network Authentication (Shared Mode)".

Notes:
The WiFi card on my laptop had a cached SSID for my access point. Not until I deleted that SSID from the list, stopped and removed the card, then re-inserted it, did all this seem to work.

Until I setup "shared mode" on the WiFi card configuration, I couldn't connect -- I think this is proof that the modes are working correctly.

Only thing I did not successfully prove to myself -- I changed the allowable MAC address list to have a bogus MAC. Re-connected from the laptop, and still got success...and browse internet. Hmmm...

keywords: wifi access point shared key wep encryption ssid broadcast

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Sound and Vision mag has this update on HD programming, what's available, foramts, etc.

S&V Guide to HDTV

keywords: HD high def definition hidef

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Free Screen Capture

Capture screen, window, or region to file or printer. FREE !!

Provtech Limited - Homepage

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Now that I finally have HD (High Definition) TV, here's one place I found that tracks what will be showing in HD.

HDTV Galaxy

keywords: HiDef HD listings

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COM server is busy

How to supress/prevent the "server busy" dialog when in a c app and waiting for a COM call to return.

Thanks to Mark Bidar for this find.

248019 - HOWTO: Prevent Server Busy Dialog Box From Appearing During a Lengthy COM Operation

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Paid family leave in CA starts July 1, 2004
Paid Family Leave in California

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ReplayTV drives

Weak Knees, all things DVR related. Bigger drives for ReplayTV, etc.

TiVo Upgrade Kits, Complete TiVos, and DirecTV DVR - WeaKnees.com

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LEGO based Ruik's Cube Solver

JP Brown's Serious LEGO - CubeSolver

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SQL Server Update Trigger for "last modified" date

I may need this soon - so here's an example of the syntax.

Using a trigger to manitain a last modified date for a table.

select 'create trigger ' name '_updatedate on ' name ' for update not for replication
as
update ' name ' set update_date = getdate()
where id in (select id from inserted)
'
from sysobjects where type = 'u'

Microsoft SQL Server - Creating a Date Updated Field in Tables - SQLTeam.com: "select 'create trigger ' name '_updatedate on ' name ' for update not for replication
as
update ' name ' set update_date = getdate()
where id in (select id from inserted)
'
from sysobjects where type = 'u'"

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TPC Stadium Course

Pics / review of the TPC Stadium course in Palm Springs.

TPC(c) Stadium Golf(c) Course @ PGA WEST(tm) Review

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/no_robust flag for MIDL compile if need Win9x/ME support

WOW!! Found this gem the hard way today. Proxy-stub was returning 0x80070725 (Incompatible version of the RPC stub) on Win98 & ME.

Found this issue discussed in google groups -- with VS.NET 2003, have to pass /no_robust to generate proxy-stub code compatible with older OS'es.

Google Groups: View Thread "How to make a COM server/ATL Project for Windows 98?": "Henrik"

keywords: no_robust proxy stub proxy-stub incompatible Windows 98 ME 9x

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Command Line Flash Compiler Tool

compile flash files from the command line.

mesh on mx

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IM for Gamers

Find buddies, tells what game their in, what server, etc.

From The Screen Savers...

Xfire - The Instant Messenger for Gamers

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ReplayTV to DVD

The Screen Savers tips on going from ReplayTV to DVD.

Uses DVArchive, then rtvtools, the reVue.

Recommend burning with ULead DVD Movie Factory, since it won't *re-encode*, this will save hour(s)

TechTV | Burn ReplayTV to DVD

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Bull$hit Generator

dack.com > web > web economy bullshit generator

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Bug in ATL 7 COM Server Code

The code in the ATL base class for AtlModule has a bug in the startup sequence.

As posted by this MS dude, PreMessageLoop fails to call CoResumeClassObjects( ) when running as a service. There is a missing section of code in the if/else around the m_bDelayShutdown var.

Fix, as shown in the posts, override the PreMessageLoop, call the base class, then if m_bDelayShutdown is set, call CoResumeClassObjects( ) yourself.

Google Groups: View Thread "Problem with ATL 7.0 service (HELP!)"

Google Groups: View Thread "But in ATL CAtlExeModuleT?"

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Outlook - Delete from AutoComplete Address List

Happened upon this keystroke when fat-fingering an address....have wondered now for a while how to do this.

In Outlook, when addressing a new mail message, you get the dropdown list of addresses that match what you've typed so far. This list gets filled up quickly with one-time email addreses, junk, etc.

Here's how to delete the ones you don't want:

When the list comes up - select the one you want to delete, and hit SHIFT + DELETE

keywords: Outlook email address dropdown auto complete autocomplete intellisense

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Delete Key from .REG file

REG files are useful for importing data into the registry, but you can also delete keys and values with a REG file.

Delete the whole key (recursively, of course) like this (note the minus sign just inside the left bracket):

[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\foo]

Delete a single value like this:

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\foo]

"Name"=-

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Script that runs in Outlook via Rules Wizard. Trying to attach a digital certificate for security settings.

Even with this digital cert, Outlook still prompts me when it's time to run the script.
Per the help links below, I've set Outlook script security to "High" and "Very High", after seeing that my personal cert is installed as "trusted".

Still get prompted every time the rule tries to run saying something like "script is trying to access outlook email addresses". If answer YES, it runs correctly, but I don't want to have to be there to answer YES in person all the time.

OFF2000: Using SelfCert to Create a Digital Certificate for VBA Projects

This guy has some hints on how to hook up the digital certificate and get Outlook to trust your cert.

Well, this seems to explain it. Seems that an Outlook security patch a while ago (back in the Outlook 2002 days?) prohibits sending email (or accessing address lists) from within a script, add-in, etc. A prompt is shown, forcing the user to be there and decide to send the email. (Obviously, this is to prohibit scripts that spam 1000s of outbound emails).

This prompt behavior apparently happens even if the script is signed, etc.
Oh well, guess I'm out of luck.

Finally, there are some other hints, ideas in this google search

keywords: outlook rules wizard run script security warning vba visual basic

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Another .NET Web Host

Thanks to Belvo for finding this from FindMyHosting

Various cheap plans that run on Windows Server 2003, ASP.NET 1.1, mySQL, etc. Also have media streaming capabilities, some good 3rd party ASP components, etc.

Seems like good bandwidth on the plans.

Windows Web Hosting Provider ? Affordable Website Hosting Company

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Feedback about VOOM

So it's expensive right now, and so far, missing ESPN, HGTV, Golf, TechTV, etc.

Anyone checked out VOOM? - www.ezboard.com

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HD for San Diego

Thread about HD reception in Carlsbad.

However, this is pretty dated info...

hdtv.forsandiego.com: Reception in Carlsbad

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Replacing What Runs for Exe

Sysinternals.com "Process Explorer" uses this registry key to hijack when you want TaskMgr.exe to run -- it will instead run "procexp.exe"

Looks like this works by telling the OS that you want to run a "debugger" for this exe. In this case, it's not really a debugger, just some *other* exe that you want to run?!

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\taskmgr.exe
Value 0
Name: Debugger
Type: REG_SZ
Data: D:\Hanan\Utils\SysInternals\procexp_2k.exe

keywords: replace exe when it runs

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HD Show Lineup

Shows network channels, as well as HBO, HDNet, etc. What's on each day, including the format (1080i vs. 720p)

HDTVGALAXY - THE DEFINITIVE HDTV RESOURCE CENTER

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Green Patch on Sony GW TV

Found these couple dudes having the same green patch problem I'm having on my Sony TV.

(See reply question post #12, then answer #15)

How's your GWII doing - AVS Forum

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Why Widescreen TVs Still Show Black Bars

A decent explanation of the different aspect ratios, DVD movies that show black bars, etc.

Widescreen TVs do NOT get rid of black bars totally. - AVS Forum

Posted 10:19 PM | 0 comments | Permalink

High Definition Video Games

From Gomez, list of HiDef (HD, High Definition) capable games.

HDTV Pub . Com - High Definition Video Games...

(Wondering if Amped 2 xbox is really showing as HD on my tv...)

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Outsourcing not so great...

A New Tide in Offshore Outsourcing

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Reasonably up-to-date info about HD around the country. Channels being added, HD PVRs, etc.

High Definition TV Blog

keywords: HD hidef high def definition pvr replay tivo

HD on Dish - Cheapest Satellite HD?

According to the blogger above, as of Jan 6, 2004, HD on Dish is a pretty decent way to go...

Dish Network info here

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Extended Open/Save As Dialog

gajits.com - DlgXRSizer

always shows details view, has buttons for favorites, history, etc.

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Reg Hacks for Windows XP

Dude has TONS of .reg and .vbs files for tweaking out WinXP

Troubleshooting Windows XP, Tweaks and Fixes for Windows XP

Such as: remove typed urls, show/hide users from xp welcome screen,

quick info: hide user from xp welcome/logon screen:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\SpecialAccounts\UserList
Add DWORD value, name=username, value=0 (hide)

keywords: registry hacks windows xp tweaks

Power Off After Shutdown

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\PowerdownAfterShutdown
"REG_SZ"
value = 1

Increase IE download count to 10

"HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\MaxConnectionsPer1_0Server" 10 "REG_DWORD"

"HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\MaxConnectionsPerServer" 10 "REG_DWORD"

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