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Monday, April 02, 2007 9:47 PM

Vista requiring ctrl-alt-del before login

So you want to tell Vista to require Ctrl-Alt-Del before you can logon. Just like you had in previous versions of Windows. And it's easy to do, you just have to find the proper dialog box, like the one below. You tick the checkbox, and everything is done...
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Wednesday, March 07, 2007 10:25 AM

sys.database_files and sys.master_files (rather than sys.sysfiles)

Whenever there are changes, people can be slow to embrace them. One I've come across recently is that looking in sysfiles is no longer the best way of getting information about your database files. sys.database_files will tell you a lot more about them...
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Thursday, December 28, 2006 10:31 AM

Cricket gadget

Being English, I'm finding this Ashes series quite depressing. I updated the Wikipedia site to say that Australia had won the series 3-0, but took no joy in doing so. It's not often you get to update Wikipedia with information about a live event - but...
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Thursday, November 30, 2006 9:20 AM

Wacom Tablet on multiple screens

I got a Wacom Tablet recently. One of those USB devices which lets you use a pen instead of a mouse. It's really cool in all kinds of ways, but I typically use it in mouse-mode, not in pen-mode. In mouse-mode, I have to drag the cursor around with the...
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Friday, November 17, 2006 9:03 AM

Vista RTM available now on MSDN Subscriptions

They said it would be the 17th PST, but I guess it's come early! Subscribers can go to msdn.microsoft.com/subscriptions 2555 MB download.
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