Category Archives: Computers

What I learned today

Following the lead of Alex and his “What I learned today” or “WILT” series, based on the principle, that if I didn’t know it, maybe someone else also didn’t. Windows Explorer mass file rename. I’ve been refactoring some code, make … Continue reading

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Windows Media Player

One of the background task I’ve been doing now that I’ve started a new job (2 months already, so not really new any more) is update all my MP3′s because the meta data is not stored in the actually MP3′s … Continue reading

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Microsoft Virtual PC 2004

If your making new PC images from scratch, make sure you install the “Install or Update Virtual Machine Additions” off the Actions menu. This allows you to not have your mouse “grabbed” by the VPC, also allows sharing of your … Continue reading

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InstallShielding

As we are getting close to a software release here at work, I was giving the task of updating the installers. Some of which had last been build with version 5.1 (by the looks of them). My other task was … Continue reading

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New Windows Live Messenger Beta client.

Well, I got the new Windows Live Messenger Beta client at work yesterday, and at home today. On the whole, it appears more broken, because the new feature I like the most, display contacts by “First Last Name” is not … Continue reading

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