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Windows Vista Services Explained
Here's a nice site that helps us Vista folk out on identifying which services are really needed, can be delayed start, or even disabled.  General Service information too. While I Hibernate most of the time (shutdown -h) there are those times I need Read More...
Learning LINQ - No excuses
There are really a whole bunch of great resources out there that help the community get up & running with LINQ. Personally, with all the additional providers that I've seen ( Qak Leaf List ) - several of which I see great use for - LINQ to SharePoint Read More...
MSDN Code Gallery - Home
Now that GotDotNet has been mothballed and CodePlex is more project oriented, Microsoft has gotten back into the mix with Code Gallery. This is a community site, the content is minimal for now, and quite frankly, the interface is lacking. While there's Read More...
FreeConference.com - Free Telephone Conference Call Service
For those of us that are cheap value minded, here's a service that provides conference calling, albeit using a long distance call. But with all you can eat phone pricing we have today, who cares. They also have a Web Desktop Sharing tool, in Beta - haven't Read More...
Installing ADAM on Vista
Ryan Dunn points out on his blog how to install ADAM on Vista. Basically, the installer chokes. His approach is to install on a different machine (not Vista), then copy the files over, registry change, run the admininsall.exe, then import the LDIF schema's Read More...
Download them All FireFox Extension
I've been using Meta Products download express for some time now. Basically, it's a tool that if you brows to a page, see a bunch of links on that page pointing to downloads (zip, doc, rar, etc.) and you don't want to just click on each choose save and Read More...
Taking MSDN Documentation on the Road w/ out installing MSDN Library...
I found this tool from an article in Code Magazine. Package This uses the MSDN Content Service Web Services to first give you a list of MSDN or TechNet categories, then you can just click and download, and generate either HxS or CHM files. If you don't Read More...
FireFox and Limited (2 at a time) Http Downloads
I've mostly switched to FireFox based upon it's speed and in comparison to IE it's a heck of a lot less clunky. However downloading files is limited, by default to 2 connections per server. Although the general W3C spec on HTTP downloads (or in actuality) Read More...
Batch File Renaming Utility - Updates by Greg Poole
Greg Poole has updated the batch file renaming utility that I posted a while back ( http://cicoria.com/CS1/blogs/cedarlogic/archive/2006/07/10/260.aspx ) Here's his updates: http://m4dm4n.homelinux.net:8086/blog.php?id=31 From Greg's post: I've spent Read More...
Hammer Storage - myshare - Simple NAS Device 1TB for about $450
I've recently been testing out Windows Home Server Beta. The concept is simple and Home Server is much more than just a NAS device. It adds a bunch of capabilities for keeping various devices (up to 10) on your home network backed up, along with a place Read More...
External USB Drive Caddy & Upgrade Kit - Apricorn
Apricorn has a nice package that includes a case/caddy for a 2.5" notebook drive in both SATA and ATA interfaces are available. What's really nice is there's an EZ Upgrade kit that includes software, that you boot from a CD and allows you to copy your Read More...
CPU Temperature Monitor - Minor updates...
Couple of small bugs on unhandled exceptions. Need to uninstall & reinstall. Simple Temperature monitor utility that sits on the system tray providing CPU readings. Only verified to work on Toshiba Models. See previous post for details: http://cicoria.com/CS1/blogs/cedarlogic/archive/2006/11/22/404.aspx Read More...