“Is there any way to schedule a task based on a system event?”
Dale… such as an event written to the System Log, or a laptop losing mains power? Windows Vista, or later? Yes, indeedy. Task Scheduler has this functionally built right in.…
I wonder how long until some corporate bozo asks for Microsoft Security Essentials
... in order to "save" money. Once had a customer whinge about the cost of implementing an anti-spyware solution. Someone told them that Spybot S&D was free. Technically it was,…
This enhanced web-case entry …
In my inbox this morning… Enhancing your eService experience... is a commitment from WXYZ Technical Support to you. Our goal is to continually evolve the content on our Support web…
The iPhone Enterprise Deployment Guide
A work colleague, an iPhone user, sent me a link to the "iPhone OS Enterprise Deployment Guide”. So I had a look at the guide, expecting to see a half-arsed…
Windows Live Writer programming is a pain.
3 reasons: Most of the examples out there are written in C#. You can’t manipulate your post html source directly. The SmartContentSource.GeneratePublishHtml Method insists on wrapping DIV tags around everything.…
Semi-regular web-link clearance 2! – June 2009
Windows 7 Training Kit for Developers "The Windows 7 Training Kit for Developers includes presentations, hands-on labs, and demos designed to help you learn how to build applications that shine…
“100 fatals per compile is NOT excessive!”
Clint Edmonson, over at notsotrivial.net, has a great post about how to assess your developer team skills. The short version, is characterised like this: Novice – “Just tell me what…
How to find a string in a returned record in a Crystal Reports report.
Simple, once you know how. It's even in the manual, if you can find it in the 500 page tome.* In Formula Workshop, under Selection Formulas/Record Selection, "dont want this…
Dreamt up by marketing
“Service call levels are aspirational.”
No post today
At work, I been busier than a one armed Sydney cab driver with the crabs.