a good source for software to get things done.
I like to code websites with a text editor to keep the code thin and retain more control over how things in the page act. I also have need of a good editor for perusing IIS logs. Recently, I needed to view and search through a 1.25GB IIS log and couldn’t get Textpad to open it without the “out of disk space” error. I had over 10gb free on my drive so I knew it was a bug. Here’s my new favorite text editor.
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Jesper Johansson left Microsoft in 2006 and has taken the lead in fixing a major Service Pack 3 problem for AMD users.
A bug exists in XP SP3 that causes endless rebooting after SP3 is installed if you are using an AMD CPU and the Intel PPM driver is loaded. Johansson’s tool should be run prior to installing SP3 and it will detect and offer to fix the driver problem if it is found.
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I used to work in IT for a community college and one of the largest problems these type of environments have to deal with is the classroom configuration for computers. One professor would teach their class and students would learn how to change options in Microsoft Office or Windows and the next class would be met with 25 computers all configured differently.
Additionally, some users would decide that they knew what wallpaper would be good for the computer and the next user would be greeted by an image they are - to this day, still trying to get out of their head.
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WindowsXP ServicePack 3 is available for download from MajorGeeks and FreewareFiles. As you can probably imagine, the sites are getting overrun with downloaders, so the downloads may be slow for a while.