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Does Windows 7 have the famous 2TB limit? [Does Windows 7 have the famous 2TB limit?]

Dorian Muthig — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:49:22 GMT

Unlike Windows Vista, Windows 7 uses two partitions in the standard configuration. A 100MB boot partition and usually the rest of the drive as the system partition.

Windows Vista has the KB946557 issue. Does this issue arise from INT13 support? I don't have an EFI BIOS for GPT boot support on my X58 chipset based mainboard.

What I'd like to know is, if Windows 7 can boot and run if the system partition is larger than 2TB. Call me crazy, but I'm running out of space and would need to expand it. :)

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Deleting a post and thread time. [Deleting a post and thread time.]

Dorian Muthig — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 00:36:58 GMT

Whenever you guys delete a post in a thread, and that post was the last post in a thread, the thread stays at the new position in the forum index. Removing the last post should sort a thread back to where it was. That's bad if you use different time stamps for thread and last post (for whatever reason).

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They stole DeepZoom... [They stole DeepZoom...]

Dorian Muthig — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 14:30:02 GMT

... or something like that. It's still awesome, though.

http://www.lehtikuva.fi/hehkuva/

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Windows 7 and the start menu [Windows 7 and the start menu]

Dorian Muthig — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 11:34:26 GMT

Well, I ran into a funny issue. I don't really know what's causing it, so I can't really resolve it either.
Have a look: http://www.dynamicsnetwork.net/Files/wamp-win7_smi_cbr800k_hi.wmv

It's still usable with the search and all, but since the search only finds files and shortcuts, it won't find a Program called "My Program" if it's in the start menue like "My Program"\start program. It would find it if I'm searching for start program, but not when I'm searching for "My Program".

Does anyone know what makes my programs disappear in the all programs view? (No, it's not edited)

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Getting a server silent? [Getting a server silent?]

Dorian Muthig — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 09:45:44 GMT

I got an old IBM eServer xSeries 336 today. However that thing is annoyingly loud. You can hear it through the whole house, just because of the fans. So I'm wondering if anyone here has some experiences with silent server fans for 1U servers.
Currently there are 5 SanAce40 fans (28mm deep) and three weird 56mm deep ones I can't figure out by whom they were made. They're ball bearing fans (cheap and noisy).

You can find a lot for gaming PCs and multimedia stuff, but I can't find anything for servers. If anyone knows quiet 40mm fans, preferably with fluid dynamic bearing, I'd really appreciate it.

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Why can't VC9 compile for NT4? [Why can't VC9 compile for NT4?]

Dorian Muthig — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 22:04:03 GMT

I'm doing the following:

[code language="C++"]
#include <windows.h>
#define _WIN32_WINNT 0x0400[/code]

This will however always result in this:

sourcefile(line) : warning C4005: '_WIN32_WINNT' : macro redefinition
        c:\program files\microsoft sdks\windows\v6.0a\include\sdkddkver.h(151) : see previous definition of '_WIN32_WINNT'

It's only defined once. How do I fix this without setting _WIN32_WINNT to 0x0501?

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Zune Warranty [Zune Warranty]

Dorian Muthig — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 00:41:59 GMT

Quote: http://www.zune.net/en-us/support/productguide.htm
E. EXCLUSIONS FROM LIMITED WARRANTY.

This Limited Warranty shall not apply and Microsoft has no liability under this Limited Warranty if the Zune Product:

suffers scratches, cracks, or other cosmetic damage as a result of normal wear and tear and/or accident or abuse;

is used with non-Microsoft hardware products or software not licensed by Microsoft (including but not limited to adaptors and power supply sources) or which are otherwise not compatible;

is used for commercial purposes (including rental or lease);

is modified or tampered;

is damaged by Acts of God, power surge, misuse, abuse, negligence, accident, wear and tear, mishandling, misapplication, intrusion of or exposure to liquids, or other causes unrelated to defective materials or workmanship;

serial number is defaced, altered, or removed;

is damaged by programs, data, viruses, or files, or during shipments;

is not used in accordance with the accompanying documentation and use instructions; or

is opened, disassembled, repaired, modified, or altered by other than Microsoft authorized repair centers.

That basically means, you have no warranty, especially not, when you plug your Zune into a computer of any kind (MS doesn't make those), you use it and scratch it with dirt in your pockets, you're trying to make money selling it, you catch a computer virus (and you couldn't even proove that was never the case), or if Microsoft would simply say it was an act of God, lol.

I have not read many warranty disclaimers, but this is overkill, really.

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Words [Words]

Dorian Muthig — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 10:26:32 GMT

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New design? Awesome! [New design? Awesome!]

Dorian Muthig — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 14:56:30 GMT

This changed a few minutes ago... my eyes hurt with this... :\

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MIX09 Session files missing [MIX09 Session files missing]

Dorian Muthig — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 07:37:54 GMT

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Since when do we have 500GB on Hotmail? [Since when do we have 500GB on Hotmail?]

Dorian Muthig — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 19:42:14 GMT

That's what I just saw... I'm not really using it, but 500GB sounds a bit much... could this be a bug?

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WEFT has weird behaviour on Vista 32bit [WEFT has weird behaviour on Vista 32bit]

Dorian Muthig — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 12:29:57 GMT

It's not only crashing while doing nothing, the MDI windows look weird. I can't use it this way, when it's always crashing. :(
Anybody an advice except for using XP (where it doesn't work for me either).

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graphics/display in Windows Vista [graphics/display in Windows Vista]

Dorian Muthig — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 20:30:52 GMT

In Windows Vista, video overlay mode isn't overlay and translucent windows may poll for the background. This isn't any bad, when Aero is turned on, because then, the graphics card handles the rendering. However if it turned off, videos get pixilated and even slow, because the CPU has to perform the rendering.
Also, Windows uses shared memory it dedicates to the graphics card and changes it dynamically, when an application asks for memory and the free memory goes below a certain treshold.
I would like to know how I could get Vista to permanently use 96MB (no, I don't want to disable it, because it wouldn't matter for those complaining about Vista using up unused memory and dedicating it to the graphics card anyway) of shared memory (to get a total of 128), because it causes my screen to flicker whenever the dynamic value changes and how I can get the old overlay mode that gave polling translucent applications a black response for the screen pixel area. If anyone knows, I'm thankful for an answer. :)

PS: Any typos are a gift from the handwriting recognition and may or may not suited for your sense of humor and amusement. :D

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I'm gonna love WGA now! [I'm gonna love WGA now!]

Dorian Muthig — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 16:16:29 GMT

http://img224.imageshack.us/img224/7890/okimgonnalovewganowbx7.png

The picture says it all, it's a bit weird though. I'm just installing software on a tablet PC here and want to (re?)activate Windows. :)
And it always gives me error 0xC004E003, whatever that means... :(

PS: MS Paint roxx. :D

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stevo_'s Avatar links :) [stevo_'s Avatar links :)]

Dorian Muthig — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 17:50:40 GMT

What's going on there?

working:
http://channel9.msdn.com/Link/963126a7-2f8b-409b-95d7-bbfe1d1bc237/
not working:
http://channel9.msdn.com/Link/a6a2eb96-823b-455f-acc4-0854fedf5209/
http://channel9.msdn.com/Link/f07dd999-ed86-41fc-907e-8422dce5e839/

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Can we get Page links for threads? [Can we get Page links for threads?]

Dorian Muthig — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 17:19:07 GMT

Usage Scenario: I visit a thread and then do something else, and say it had three pages back then. I come back later in say two hours and I want to contiue reading where I last stopped. Currently that requires me to open the thread, and then click on this next page button for as many times to get to said page, or to type the page in the URL bar. This is a little inconvenient. :)

It would be great to have links below the thread title with numbers for the pages (and links) cause there's some free space anyway.

Also, it would be good to know, how you determine how many posts go into one page.

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PNG in IE6 [PNG in IE6]

Dorian Muthig — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 18:17:41 GMT

Can you use filter: DXImageTransform.Microsoft.AlphaImageLoader; for the PNG rendering in IE6?
Cause then they get translucent. :)

PS: Anyone willing to fix colors with DIVs and SPANs? It's not like they work, even if one codes them manually into the post...

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Anyone wanna tell me what this is? [Anyone wanna tell me what this is?]

Dorian Muthig — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 15:09:02 GMT

I don't know if someone asked before, but I'm curious about being enlightened.
Here's the link: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.windows.forms.gridtablesfactory.aspx

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The old Channel9v3 is still alive... [The old Channel9v3 is still alive...]

Dorian Muthig — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 11:40:18 GMT

Is this supposed to be right? I mean should this really be still accessible: http://channel9vip.orcsweb.com/ ?
Google found it somehow... :s

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May I ask, why? [May I ask, why?]

Dorian Muthig — Thu, 22 May 2008 15:01:36 GMT

Found this on the website: http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=4412890

Why don't you link to http://www.microsoft.com/ directly?
I mean, if it were about the location from where the visitor is coming, you'd have the referer... :s

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How to change your zune tag? [How to change your zune tag?]

Dorian Muthig — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 00:45:30 GMT

I either want to change that name on the zune social, detach my zune social account from my Windows Live ID, or get the zune account removed, so I can create a new one with the same Live ID but another name. In preferable order.
Anyone gonna help me out? :)

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Server issue with on10? [Server issue with on10?]

Dorian Muthig — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 20:47:10 GMT

What's going on with the Feeds and the Forums on channel 10?
It looks quite nice actually... :s

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Executables as websites? [Executables as websites?]

Dorian Muthig — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 20:11:40 GMT

Is it bad to use the extension EXE for files in URLs which send Content-Type: text/html and a website?
If so, why? What do you think?

PS: yeah, it's no pretty URL... [A]

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The @ was a bad idea... [The @ was a bad idea...]

Dorian Muthig — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 15:25:06 GMT

Helpdesk: Hello, how may I help you?
Customer: I'm writing an email for my first time.
Helpdesk: Okay, and where do you have difficulties?
Customer: It's with the address of my friend. I can find the 'a' but I don't know how to draw this circle around it.

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Solved: bug in my CSS? [Solved: bug in my CSS?]

Dorian Muthig — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 15:32:40 GMT

Ok I am right now looking at this: http://browsershots.org/http://www.animesharp.com/forums/
and I am wondering what Firefox is doing. It's the same markup code, which is valid for those parts (CSS isn't completely). It's not that worse in other browsers and works perfectly fine in IE7.

Anybody got an idea? Would help me a lot. :)

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