Category Archives: Working

Windows 7 Failing to Activate

I have been having problems activating my new work laptop. And due to being offsite, and a comedy of errors, the issue wasn’t resolved until today, once it had got the “expired” state. The original activation error was 0xC004F074 and the event log … Continue reading

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We are looking for C++ Developers

Well I didn’t say anything last time we posted C++ developer job roles, but we currently have two openings for C++ developers as permanent Caterpillar employees, so if you have 4+ year experince in C++ and you want to live in … Continue reading

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Quote of the Day

That guy was hired as a tester to drive the autonomous truck. a.k.a. sit and watch it drive itself. Oh what a boring job that would be!

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WinCE Remote Debugging: “No process is on the other end of the pipe.”

I have a new WinCE platform to port our project onto, and was getting “No process is on the other end of the pipe” when I would try remote debug the app, after successfully deploying via WinCE development without Active … Continue reading

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Could there be a worse development task?

I’m currently upgrading our VB6 reporting application to use Crystal Reports 11.5 SP6 as the current reports don’t display on Windows 7 64bit, and we need one more lap of the current system before it’s refreshed. The VB code is … Continue reading

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