Tag Archives: Windows

Windows Scripting – a VBScript Survival Guide

1. Introduction If you’re new to the world of Windows scripting as I am, the array of acronyms, technologies and access methodologies that you need to traverse in order to get anything done can range from bewildering on a good … Continue reading

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3 Things Microsoft Should Do for Release Engineers

For the last year or so I’ve been working at a 100% Windows based enterprise development shop.   They ship a fairly large and complex application for health insurance providers, which draws on many of the core technologies in the Microsoft … Continue reading

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Something for nothing when you don’t *WANT IT* is still damn annoying.

Dear Sun; When you tell me I hava Java (TM) updates available on my work Windows machine, I gleefully say sure why not and click through the installer, because generally Sun provided updates to my installed JDK don’t do anything … Continue reading

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