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Fan boys are lame...

2007-08-21T17:57:00.000-06:00

What is the #1 problem with Firefox, Linux, consoles, and anything Macintosh?

The retarded fan boys. It never ceases to amaze me at the lack of brain cells that fan bois seem to have. Fact and choice have no place in a fan boy world.

Elitism and fanboyism breed ignorance and stupidity.

Here's a good example of retarded fan boys... This cute condescending anti-Microsoft poster for IE users.

OH NO! I am missing out on the ULTIMATE HACKING LOUNGE! Whatever will I do?!?!

Oh yea... bypass their weak attempt to be cute...

Excel import from Access truncates memo fields

2007-08-21T17:29:00.000-06:00

In excel if you import external data from an access table that has memo types, it will truncate to 255 characters.

To solve, simply change the query type to SQL instead of Table. On the main Import Data form, select "Edit Query". In the drop down where it says Table and change it to SQL. In command text enter whatever SQL query you want (example: select * from tablename)

I don't know how many characters it will import or display, but it's more than 255 and enough for what I was doing...

Remove Vista boot loader

2007-08-12T11:25:00.000-06:00

In XP, put in the Vista DVD. on the DVD in the \boot folder, run "bootsect \n52 x:" where x is the drive you want.

IE for drive c:, usually the drive you want, it would be "bootsect \n52 c:"

slmgr -rearm ... expired!

2007-07-02T22:56:00.000-06:00

If you forget to do slmgr -rearm, or don't have a task scheduled... what do you do when it expires? It won't let you do anything but register or run IE.

Just have IE run what you need so you can do the rearm.

address: file:///c:/

then right click c:\windows\system32\cmd.exe and run as admin. slmgr -rearm as normal.

Does your Razer DeathAdder suck?

2007-06-06T00:15:00.000-06:00

Bought a Razer DeathAdder months ago and I like the look and feel... unfortunately it has annoying problems...

The middle click couldn't be assigned to a true middle click. Somehow it functioned correctly in IE tabs. But that was it. It doesn't work on tabs in VS 2005 or anything else it seems. A test app I wrote to display received WM messages showed that the middle click (no matter what it was assigned to in the razer drivers) sent no messages at all! Very confusing though since it worked for IE tabs... I guess somehow IE intercepted the middle click before the razer drivers? *shrug*
Sometimes seems to miss clicks.
Buttons often feel sluggish.

Solution?
Just uninstall the drivers. You lose the special crap they have in there but you can use it without the desire to smash it against the wall.

I almost submitted a ticket with razer support, but decided I just don't care. I'm sure the development team is aware, and if not... I just don't care. The last thing I want is a template response from a low level non-technical employee being paid minimum wage to run interference.

Vista w/ Powertoys Power Calculator (PowerCalc)

2007-06-04T22:05:00.000-06:00

Move to Vista, and now you miss your Power Calculator Powertoy?

Downloading & installing is problematic. The exe installer just extracts an .msi so you can't use xp compatibility on it. I couldn't find any way to trick msiexec.exe to install the .msi either.

But, if you have a copy of XP installed somewhere... you are in luck! Just copy PowerCalc.exe from \windows\system32 to vista somewhere, then create a shortcut and modify to run in xp compatibility mode.

Ahhhhh