See http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;299340.

See http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;301041.

The November 4, 2003 issue of WinXPNews talks about this tool from Microsoft will let you mount an ISO image just like it’s a real CD. It’s only 60K and is unsupported but free.

The October 28 issue of Woody’s Office Watch has some great tips on obfuscating your email address on web pages and the like. In it, he also gives a link to a web page that lists all 256 characters in URL-encoding form.

So, what does he recommend? Well, yeah, URL-encoding your email address is one good way. Browsers will be able to figure it out but spammers probably won’t. He lists more ways, too.

Reading Woody’s email lists is probably one of the best time investments I make.

Tsalagi for Halloween (literally, “Scary Night”).

PC World has a good roundup of 802.11g equipment in this article. I’ve heard the range of stories from almost completely satisfied to true horror stories and this article bears that out.

OutlookCode.com is one year old. It’s a site that help people share code and ideas for working with and using Outlook.

This was posted on one of the mailing lists I’m a part of. It had me rolling on the floor!

How many group posters does it take to change a light bulb?

1 to change the light bulb and to post that the light bulb has been changed

14 to share similar experiences of changing light bulbs and how the light bulb could have been changed differently

7 to caution about the dangers of changing light bulbs

27 to point out spelling/grammar errors in posts about changing light bulbs

53 to flame the spell checkers

41 to correct spelling/grammar flames

6 to argue over whether it’s “lightbulb” or “light bulb” … another

6 to condemn those 6 as anal-retentive

2 industry professionals to inform the group that the proper term is “lamp”

27 to post URL’s where one can see examples of different light bulbs

14 to post that the URL’s were posted incorrectly and then post the corrected URL’s

12 to post to the group that they will no longer post because they cannot handle the light bulb controversy

4 to suggest that posters request the light bulb FAQ

44 to ask what is a “FAQ”

4 to say “didn’t we go through this already a short time ago?”

143 to say “do a Google search on light bulbs before posting questions about light bulbs”

1 forum lurker to respond to the original post 6 months from now and start it all over again

I’ve been using Media Center by J. River since it was in early beta, and Media Jukebox before that — they’ve got a free version but I upgraded to the paid version years ago. But back when I had the PowerBook I played around with iTunes and was impressed with its interface and usability. Well, I finally got around to downloading iTunes for Windows but haven’t gotten around to actually installing it and figured I’d take a look through Apple’s music store and maybe that’d help motivate me. Guess what? — I can’t find a way to browse the iTunes store without installing iTunes! Does that make any sense? Now I’m all huffy about it.

It says they’ll give you 2 hours of free wireless time at a participating SF Bay Area McDonald’s hot spot restaurant. The catch? You’ve gotta give ’em an email address. They say they’ll email a password to you in 24 hours.