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    Half a Movie is better than None

    Should "The Longest 18 Inches" have been "The Longest Cubit"? JTB Have Certs, Will Travel "A knight without armour in a [cyber] land."
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    Programmer's PM definition

    pgmr777 appears to be trying to complain about one or more folks with whom he has had contact. He might benefit from meeting a real PM. JTB Have Certs, Will Travel "A knight without armour in a [cyber] land."
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    What is the simplest and most efficient way to manage a portfolio with several concurrent projects?

    Standard tools like MS Project and MS SharePoint are useful in some cases. However, JohnHerman's advice is best practice. JTB Have Certs, Will Travel "A knight without armour in a [cyber] land."
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    FireFox & Flash don't work anymore

    Might be the app (has it changed?). Might be your other add-ons. You don't mention the app so we can't give better advice. JTB Have Certs, Will Travel "A knight without armour in a [cyber] land."
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    Western Digital hard drive - SMART fails, Short test passes

    Sorry it took me so long to get back... I've had drives report bad on SMART, run spinrite, and had them report good... I've also had it kill drives that were on the edge. Up to you to decide if that's worthwhile advice. JTB Have Certs, Will Travel "A knight without armour in a [cyber]...
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    Does WET preserve metadata

    Possibly; but you probably need to buy software certified to do so, not use the free stuff. JTB Have Certs, Will Travel "A knight without armour in a [cyber] land."
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    Possible conflict between Norton Utilities, Norton 360, and Adobe Flash Player

    You might also uninstall Norton 360 and replace it (temporarily) with AVG Free or Microsoft Security Essentials to see if you still have the problem. JTB Have Certs, Will Travel "A knight without armour in a [cyber] land."
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    Profile names when UserNames change

    Depending on how the Domain is set up, your new user profile could be on a server. JTB Have Certs, Will Travel "A knight without armour in a [cyber] land."
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    Behaviour of XP created folders when updating to Win7

    tedsmith, you need to "Take Ownership": hxxp://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/1911-take-ownership-shortcut.html JTB Have Certs, Will Travel "A knight without armour in a [cyber] land."
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    XP Home stuck in a reboot cycle

    Some malware also corrupt system files and cause the persistent reboot. Look for a "rescue disk" from your favorite AV vendor... JTB Have Certs, Will Travel "A knight without armour in a [cyber] land."
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    Western Digital hard drive - SMART fails, Short test passes

    SpinRite by GRC.com... I've had it bring drives back from the dead... JTB Have Certs, Will Travel "A knight without armour in a [cyber] land."
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    How to use a Parameter to switch between two tables?

    Look up "visibility"... add the fx... Like: If @platform.value = "Windows" UseDriveLetters Else UseMountPoints You can do it in Report Builder. JTB Have Certs, Will Travel "A knight without armour in a [cyber] land."
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    SSRS 2008 and passing parameters to subreports...

    Okay, I've been modifying a previous guru's RDL files via both Report Builder (for look and feel) and Notepad (for parm data lists)... but only since February... Essentially, the main report has a list of comma-delimited values used to look up data in the OLAP Cube. The data was in the...
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    Heads up! New Microsoft certifications announced

    the folks who get MCA are usually sales techs working for gold-certified ms partners... not useful for those of us with a 9-5 job... JTB Have Certs, Will Travel "A knight without armour in a [cyber] land."
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    How do I connect ESX to my SAN?

    With VMware, the HCL is critical. If a part is not on that, don't waste your time and money trying to back-door it... JTB Have Certs, Will Travel "A knight without armour in a [cyber] land."

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