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Windows Can’t Find My OneDrive Files
Windows Search has a problem with my OneDrive files. It can’t find them. It’s supposed to be able to find them. There’s a tempting new option in Windows Settings / Search that gives the impression that I’ll be able to search my OneDrive files just like I search files...
ONECARE & THE PRESS
Just a brief followup about the damaging OneCare putdown delivered by Arno Edelman, business security manager for Microsoft Europe.According to Microsoft, it never...
MICROSOFT EXPRESSION
Back in ancient times - 4 or 5 years ago - many people tried their hands at learning a little HTML and creating a web site. Microsoft FrontPage wasn't easy to learn but other...
ONECARE UNDER FIRE
Windows Live OneCare is under attack from the media, and unfortunately the attacks are well-founded and worrisome.Last month a terrible, inexcusable bug was discovered in the new...
PROBLEMS WITH 1AND1
Yet another tale of woe.1and1.com is one of the largest web hosting companies in the world. They established themselves in Europe before making a big splashy entrance in the US a...
FILE SHARING CAUSES CANCER
If you are downloading music with file sharing programs, the RIAA believes you are a thief and a pirate and you should go to a federal prison.That's been true for a long time....
MORE PATCH THOUGHTS
I recently reformatted a hard drive and reinstalled Windows XP from scratch, using a CD for Windows that included Service Pack 2.The next step was to download the patches and...
LIFE WITHOUT THE NETWORK
From Max Barry's marvelous book Company, about corporate life in the weeks after the computer network goes dead:"Two weeks ago the network went down; soon after Senior Management...
PATCH CRAZINESS
Patches/updates/upgrades are a mess. That's nothing new, and certainly some steps forward have been taken - Microsoft's automatic update system works remarkably well. Many of the...
THE IT CROWD
The IT Crowd is my new favorite TV show. The first season's six episodes can be downloaded pretty freely - here's one collection of links to downloadable files, for example. Much...
UNINSTALLING OFFICE 2007
I finally received a copy of Office 2007 and installed it on my Vista computer a couple of weeks ago. This afternoon I irritably uninstalled it and went back to Office 2003.It...
OUTLOOK SIGNATURES
Outlook 2003 occasionally throws up error messages when a message contains a formatted signature. People who have scanned their handwritten signature or want to use a graphic are...
VISTA UPGRADES GONE WRONG
By coincidence, I ran into two stories about miserable experiences upgrading from Windows XP to Vista: a tale of woe from a BBC journalist and a similar story from a PC Magazine...
MOZYPRO ONLINE BACKUP
Online backup has been a tempting possibility for years. Your files are automatically copied to safe online storage and kept up to date automatically at a reasonable price....
WINDOWS DESKTOP SEARCH 3.01
Windows Desktop Search 3.01 is a brand new release of Microsoft's tool for indexing mail and documents for instant searches on Windows XP. There were some growing pains as they...
MICROSOFT HMM MOMENTS
Two Microsoft things have turned up in the last week that have made me say, Hmmm. There's no point to these and nothing special to do - just odd geeky things that caught my...