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Cannot install Oracle Business Intelligence Publisher because Microsoft Word is running

One of the suggestions in this forum suggests uninstalling Office Live Add-In. If you do not want to do something that drastic, you can just stop the Windows Live Sign-in Assistant service before you install Business Intelligence Publisher.Read more oracle,work articles

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Windows 7 search – indexing py, sql, php files

Like many others, I too had a time when I lost faith in Windows 7’s search feature, particularly with indexing the contents of py, sql, php files. These were files that I use a lot. I knew I had the phrase in some file but Windows 7 search returned no search. I even switched to [...]

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Delete control characters in VIM

Recently I had to review some very large registry files (.reg). Trouble was when the file was large, VIM somehow displays also the control characters. This made the file difficult to read. The solution is to delete all the control characters with :%s/[[:cntrl:]]//g and voila: Technorati tags: vimRead more work articles

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Microsoft’s support disappoints !! My experience of fixing “Class not registered” for mscomct2.ocx control after Microsoft support staff abandoned the case

I had a very disappointing experience of dealing with Microsoft Dynamics support. Last month, my client started deploying Meeting Room Manager. I first noticed that the customization on my PC stopped working and soon the problem spread to the citrix server. The symptoms of the problem was that when I fired up a customized form [...]

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Clip Path for Windows 64

One of the things I missed when I moved to Windows 64 bit was ClipPath. I looked for a ClipPath utility for Windows 64 and found something hopeful but the file was missing. Then I came across Tim Sneath’s Windows Vista Secret: Copy as Path. I promptly tried shift right click and found that I [...]

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Coupon codes for RM 500 discount on Dell Studio systems – limited time offer

Dell is giving RM 500 off for Studio 14 laptop and Studio One 19 desktop. Laptop coupon code: T79KXQ8$6P9G4W Desktop coupon code: T79KXQ8$6P9G4W This offer is valid from October 20-23, 2009 only. I just bought the laptop that was configured like my dream laptop for RM 4,822. My dream previously cost RM 6,067 in July [...]

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Windows 7 upgrade

According to this piece of news, Windows 7 upgrade from Vista can take a almost a day !Whoa ! I was tempted to get a Vista system with upgrade option but now I would not.Slashdot Technology Story | Windows 7 Upgrade Can Take Nearly a DayA clean 32-bit install on what Microsoft calls ‘high-end hardware’ [...]

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Windows 32 bit’s 4 GB RAM limit

A very bright Geoff Chappel looked into Microsoft’s claim and said this: That 32-bit editions of Windows Vista are limited to 4GB is not because of any physical or technical constraint on 32-bit operating systems. The 32-bit editions of Windows Vista all contain code for using physical memory above 4GB. Microsoft just doesn’t license you [...]

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How to view the query the SQL for an Excel worksheet with data source

  Save the following code in a module. Sub print_query_table_sql() Dim s As Worksheet Dim qt As QueryTable Dim r As Range Dim sql As String Set s = ActiveSheet Set qt = s.QueryTables(1) sql = qt.sql Set r = s.Cells(1).SpecialCells(xlLastCell).Offset(1, 1) r = sql End Sub   Select your worksheet that contains data from [...]

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Synergy failed to connect to server: address not found for

For a while just now, Synergy did not work for me. On the status window, I see these error messages "failed to connect to server: address not found for <my computer name>" Restarting Synergy on both server and client did not fix the issue. Finally, I found that the Computer Browser service on the server [...]

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