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In the course of developing Windows-based and Web-based systems, we've come across some interesting problems and issues that have caused us more than the usual
head-scratching and headaches. Below are some of those and how we resolved them; click on the title to get the resolution.
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Using the "A word or phrase in the file" Search Criterion May Not Work
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This is one of the most frequently used fundamental tools in Windows, and it refused to work after a new installation of the operating system. It's subtle, because
it just returns no results; no other warnings or errors are indicated.
When you search for files that contain text by using the A word or phrase in the file
search criterion, the search results may not contain files that contain the
text that you specified. For example, .log, .dll, .js, .asp, .xml, .xsl, .hta, .css, .wsh, .cpp, .c, or .h files, or files with no file name extension, may not
appear in the search results even if the files contain the text that you specified. This problem may occur even if you specified the file name or type in the All
or part of the file name box.
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Outlook Blocks Access to Certain Attachment Types
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A security update did us in on this one. Afterwards, we were unable to receive emails with certain attachment types.
The Outlook E-Mail Security Update (included in Office 2000 Service Pack 2 and later versions) blocks access to .exe, .com and other "dangerous" files.
You cannot open these files from Outlook, nor can you use Outlook to save them to your system. If you try to forward a message containing an .exe file, Outlook
does not include the attachment in the forwarded message.
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Use ISO Images Without Burning to Disk
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For those of you who have an MSDN subscription you may have noticed that many of the downloads are now available as ISO images (basically a copy of the data as it
exists on disk, sector by sector). Burning to DVD directly sometimes presents additional problems. More than that, a lot of time what I want is to just use the
files on the machine, I don't need them on CD, so it's just extra work to extract to
CD and then copy back to disk. Here's a very useful solution that negates the need for any kind of hardcopy.
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Generating a Hard Password
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A good password is one that cannot be easily guessed. Enter a password, click submit, then we'll score it against best practices!
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