augustus 2004 - Posts

28 augustus 2004
WinFS not in Longhorn release
Through Andres Aguiar's weblog I found out that WinFS will not be part of the Longhorn release , that is now targeted for 2006. Avalon and Indigo should be in it, but also available on Windows XP. Read more in this Microsoft Press Pass item . Just like Andres I wonder what it means for ObjectSpaces and... Read More...
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17 augustus 2004
Counter-strike: Source is available for preloading
For the owners of Counter-strike: Condition Zero (CS:CZ) (highly recommended) and ATI video cards with the voucher for a free copy of Half-life 2, Counter-strike: Source is available for preloading through Steam. If you own a copy of CS:CZ (or are going to buy one), make sure you register it in your... Read More...
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12 augustus 2004
Site is back up again
Don't know what it was. Probably Internet connection. Apologies for the inconvenience. Read More...
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05 augustus 2004
Securely storing credentials for impersonation in web.config
ASP.NET allows you to change the underlying Windows account that is used for the identity of the aspnet_wp.exe worker process. It looks like this: < identity impersonate ="false" userName ="SpecialASPNETaccount" password ="Pa$$w0rd" /> Pretty obviously this is not a desired option. Microsoft has... Read More...
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03 augustus 2004
Undocumented BIOS feature of Dell Latitude D600
If you are only looking for the BIOS feature: Alt+E, Alt+F will reset your BIOS of your Dell Latitude D600 laptop to factory settings. It might work for other types as well. There you have it. No need to read on, unless you want to know how inefficient Dell works. <rant> Today my new Dell Latitude... Read More...
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03 augustus 2004
Interesting new weblog for SQL Server 2005
Through a referral (it has my log in its blogroll) I found this weblog on www.YukonXML.com called SQL Server 2005 Distilled . It covers many topics on Yukon and promises to become an interesting source of information on it. Read More...
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