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Blogging from word 2007 - insecure? [Blogging from word 2007 - insecure?]

geeky123 — Thu, 15 Feb 2007 18:28:45 GMT

I just tried using the new bloggin function in word 2007. Pretty cool I must say.

However when i try to actually publish the post to my blogger blog, it gives me a msg saying 'the information sent, including your username and password might be visible to other users'.

Is there any way to tell word to use secure http to publish posts or are we stuck with the usual http?

Btw, does anyone else also has this frequent crashing problems with word. I am pretty sure it has crashed on me on every third document i have tried to create.

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Weird Flip 3d behavior - bug or 'feature' [Weird Flip 3d behavior - bug or 'feature']

geeky123 — Thu, 15 Feb 2007 15:48:08 GMT

Flip 3d seems to have this weird behavior, if you minize a window and then switch to it using flip3d, it stays minimized.

Now that is just crazy design. after all the whole point of using flip3d is to 'switch' to the window you select, if you have to 'unminimize' it by clicking on the taskbar then whats the point of it.

Yes, i know this is not a bug, this is a feature but someone care to explain me why?

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Weird problem with external monitor [Weird problem with external monitor]

geeky123 — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 13:48:12 GMT

Not sure if this is the best place to post this, but here goes anyway -

I just bought and connected a 22" monitor to my sony vaio laptop.

Now although it works fine, I notice that when i connect the power cord to the laptop, the monitor starts getting these very faint wavy lines. Sort of like water. They are more prominent against a dark background.

However as soon as i disconnect the power cord from the laptop, the monitor becomes fine again.

The vga cable and power cord are right next to each other.

Why do you think this problem is being caused? Is there any way to correct this?

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Installing Vista without formatting drive [Installing Vista without formatting drive]

geeky123 — Mon, 05 Feb 2007 07:29:32 GMT

I have 2 NTFS partitions. I plan to do a clean install of Vista side by side with my xp installation.

However the drive i plan to install to (D: ) already has quite a few files on it. Is it possible to install vista on that drive without formatting it so that I dont lose all the files on that drive?

I read somewhere that this is indeed possible in Vista if your partiton is already NTFS formatted. Is this true?

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When is Visual Studio Orcas expected to be released? [When is Visual Studio Orcas expected to be released?]

geeky123 — Sat, 06 Jan 2007 11:21:29 GMT

I really like the LINQ stuff in .net 3.0 but using it without a proper IDE is a pain.

I am just curious as to when can we expect the final release of Orcas. I know no dates are final yet, but even a highly rough estimate would do.

For eg - Is it before/after june or around march only?

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Does ReadyBoost really boost performance? [Does ReadyBoost really boost performance?]

geeky123 — Sun, 03 Dec 2006 12:47:41 GMT

I have heard a lot about how you can plug a usb drive into ur comp and windows vista will use it for caching stuff.

I want to know from people who have used windows vista whether this really does give noticable performance boost at all or the gain in nano seconds only.

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Should I install Windows Vista? [Should I install Windows Vista?]

geeky123 — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 12:58:57 GMT

Although I have a copy of Windows Vista through my Msdn subscription and am dying to install it, I hear some pretty negative reviews on the web.

Firstly, almost everyone says that upgrading from xp is a bad idea and i should do a clean install. This is not an option in my case since i have a lot of programs installed and i dont want to spend an entire week backing up and reinstalling them again.

My laptops config is -
Core Duo 2 ghz
1 gb ram
ge force go 7600 (128 vram)
5400 rom sata hd

The vista upgrade advisor says it will have problems with my sound card and bluetooth.

Will this setup give a reasonable performance with Windows Vista?

I have heard from a lot of people that Vista is super slow and that the nvidia drivers are way too buggy right now.

So with all these comments I am a little afraid to go ahead with the upgrade.

What is your opinion?

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