Fix for PDF Preview Handler for Vista

Finally found a fix for the crappy "PDF Preview Handler for Vista" error I kept getting when Outlook tried to preview attached PDF files in my email.

It is 64bit compatible ...Check out http://www.pretentiousname.com/adobe_pdf_x64_fix/index.html

Google's (Evil) Empire

This creative video makes you think about just how much Google knows about you and me. Though the numbers aren't exactly current, it's a nice visualization. Oh and wait for that ending...




For those who cannot view the Video, catch it here on Vimeo.

Undocumented Run command shortcuts for Windows

I came across this superb article/blog entry on 4 undocumented windows Run command shortcuts. They are very cool!!

1. Start-> Run> (or Win+r) and type in . (single dot) and click OK or press Enter and it will open your Home directory! (C:\Users\%username% in Vista/Windows 7 and C:\Documents and Settings\%username% in Windows XP)

2. Start-> Run> (or Win+r) and type in .. (two dots) and click OK or press Enter and it will open
the Users directory! (C:\Users\ in Vista/Windows 7 and C:\Documents and Settings\ in Windows XP)

3. Start-> Run> (or Win+r) and type in ...(three dots) and click OK or press Enter and it will open the My Computer window

Pretty cool, eh??

-Aashish

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MOSS How to ...: Create a Report from an Analysis Services 2008 Database and deploy it in SharePoint 2007

MOSS How to ...: Create a Report from an Analysis Services 2008 Database and deploy it in SharePoint 2007

An excellent tutorial from Marc.

Official Relase from Microsoft on the Server 2008 Kerberos issue

Microsoft has now officially released the patch to kerberos.dll for Server 2008. This is to fix the errors related to kerberos encryption with AES and Windows XP clients being unable to de-crypt it as they do not support AES (only RSA).

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/969083

-A

Windows Server 2008 Kerberos Bug Patch – resolves SSAS connection issues

http://denglishbi.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!CD3E77E793DF6178!1718.entry

Langs, tech, stuff: Mysql, unicode in latin1, bad but not lost!

Langs, tech, stuff: Mysql, unicode in latin1, bad but not lost!