Microsoft Using Apache in AdWords to Attract Visitors?

This was not the first time that I saw an Ad on my site showing up with ‘Apache Server’ in the title but this time it was quite unusual because it was an Ad from Microsoft using ‘Apache Server’ in the title of the Ad. See the screen shot below.

Now why would Microsoft use ‘Apache [...]

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108 Commands You can Execute from the Run Command Prompt in XP

Mentioned below is a list of 108 commands that you can execute from the ‘Run’ command prompt in XP. All you have to do is click on Start » Click Run and type the below commands to run the respective application/tool.

COMMAND
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Will run the following app/tool

access.cpl
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Accessibility Controls

hdwwiz.cpl
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Add Hardware Wizard

appwiz.cpl
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Add/Remove Programs

certmgr.msc
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Administrative Tools

charmap
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Character Map

chkdsk
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Check Disk Utility

clipbrd
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Clipboard Viewer

cmd
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Command Prompt

dcomcnfg
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Component [...]

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How To: Run Internet Explorer on Linux

Yes, this post will show you a small tool/script that will let you run IE on Linux machines. The script is called IEs4Linux and can run IE 5/5.5/6 and IE 7 in beta mode on a linux system (or any OS running Wine).
This is very helpful for those individuals who want to test their applications [...]

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Microsoft to Retire Windows XP by 2008

Windows XP, since its debut in 2001, has been considered to be the most successful operating system from Microsoft will not be available for purchase after 31st January 2008. That will mark the end of life of one of the most successful products from Microsoft. This is perceived to be of a strategy from [...]

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How To: Replace the Product Key of XP

There are many reasons because of which your copy of Windows XP may be flagged as a pirated copy and you may wish to change or replace the existing product key of XP with a legitimate one. Microsoft has a Product Key update tool using which individual users can update or replace their product key [...]

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How To: Recover Lost Product Keys of Microsoft Products

Have you lost Microsoft Office product key or the keys of other Microsoft products such as Windows XP, Exchange server and SQL server? Or, did you just buy a new system without an OS and trying to use the product key of your existing Windows OS but you don’t remember where did you store the [...]

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A Free and Open Source Photo Editing Software for Windows - Paint.Net

Paint.Net was initially an undergraduate college senior design project mentored by Microsoft and is currently maintained by a group of professional who had initially started it.
Development of this tool was started to replace the MS Paint software that’s built in Windows, but grown to become very powerful than MS Paint. Newbies who can not [...]

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