Microsoft Help and Support | Error Message: Your Password Must Be at Least 18770 Characters and Cannot Repeat Any of Your Previous 30689 Passwords
july 2007 by bkerr
"Note that the number of required characters changes from 17,145 to 18,770 with the installation of SP1."
microsoft
windows
kerberos
password
security
policy
glad-the-service-pack-strengthens-password-requirements
july 2007 by bkerr
plasmasturm.org | How to install Windows Vista’s new fonts on a Linux system
april 2007 by bkerr
If you're on a Mac, get `cabextract` via MacPorts.
mac
linux
etc
microsoft
windows
fonts
april 2007 by bkerr
andy hates software | Excessively grandiose product names
january 2007 by bkerr
"Sensible operating systems have had powerful shells for decades. They have names like 'sh', 'bash', 'tcsh'. Modest names. So why, when Windows finally does a bit of catching up, does the shell have to be called 'PowerShell'?"
windows
shell
branding
fun
january 2007 by bkerr
LEGO Digital Designer : Virtual Building Software
january 2007 by bkerr
Free download, looks pretty sweet.
mac
windows
lego
january 2007 by bkerr
muCommander: a cross-platform file manager
september 2006 by bkerr
"muCommander is a lightweight, cross-platform file manager featuring a Norton Commander style interface and running on any operating system with Java support (Mac OS X, Windows, Solaris, Linux, *BSD, OS/2...)."
mac
windows
linux
filesystem
ui
finder
via:jkglenn
september 2006 by bkerr
Simon Tatham's Portable Puzzle Collection
september 2006 by bkerr
"This page contains a collection of small computer programs which implement one-player puzzle games. All of them run natively on Unix (GTK), on Windows, and on Mac OS X."
games
puzzle
fun
mac
linux
windows
september 2006 by bkerr
Shades of Doom
april 2006 by bkerr
"...is a revolutionary Windows-based game for the visually impaired. It creates a virtual reality using sound as its medium."
games
windows
audio
ui
april 2006 by bkerr
Apple | Boot Camp
april 2006 by bkerr
"Boot Camp lets you install Windows XP without moving your Mac data, though you will need to bring your own copy to the table, as Apple Computer does not sell or support Microsoft Windows."
mac
windows
games
heh-heh-heh-I-like-your-style
april 2006 by bkerr
Persuasive Games | Disaffected!
january 2006 by bkerr
"...a videogame parody of the Kinko’s copy store, a source of frustration from its patrons."
games
persuasion
mac
windows
commerce
culture
january 2006 by bkerr
Xiph.Org: QuickTime Components
january 2006 by bkerr
"...the solution for Mac and Windows users who want to use Xiph formats in any QuickTime-based application, e.g. playing Ogg Vorbis in iTunes."
mac
windows
itunes
audio
ogg
january 2006 by bkerr
OPML Editor support: newsRiver.root
january 2006 by bkerr
Dave Winer's new aggregator experiment.
rss
aggregator
movies
windows
january 2006 by bkerr
Stop! Fucking! Bundling! on Flickr - Photo Sharing!
december 2005 by bkerr
Re-branded Konfabulator installer for Windows will munge your browser (naturally, you _want_ Yahoo! home page etc. etc.).
yahoo
brand
bullshit
widget
konfabulator
windows
december 2005 by bkerr
Geiss 2 Screenshots
december 2005 by bkerr
Nathan and Eric may recall the hours we spent watching these cycle back in the day...
music
visualization
windows
december 2005 by bkerr
EULAlyzer
october 2005 by bkerr
Windows software, scans a EULA for questionable contents.
windows
software
funny
via:revgeorge
october 2005 by bkerr
directorcommentary @ www.jasonbentley.org | The righteous hate
october 2005 by bkerr
"I am the evil. I am the unfont. I am Comic Sans MS."
windows
fonts
funny
october 2005 by bkerr
PBS | I, Cringely . September 29, 2005 - Acts of Omission
september 2005 by bkerr
"It is fascinating that the current Linux-Windows battle is between forces that can both trace their lineage back to the same copyright act."
software
copyright
windows
linux
media
politics
september 2005 by bkerr
Q&A: Microsoft Showcases New User Interface for Office “12” Core Applications
september 2005 by bkerr
Wow, this is gross. The pictures look pretty bad, too.
windows
office
design
ui
ugly-as-all-hell
september 2005 by bkerr
InformationWeek | From Russia With Malware
june 2005 by bkerr
The value of a single adware-laden PC to one particular advertiser? 6 cents. (Guess you do get what you pay for.)
windows
advertising
security
$
june 2005 by bkerr
Context Free
may 2005 by bkerr
Draw shapes with a context-free grammar -- very addictive.
mac
linux
windows
images
numeracy
define-recursive
art
may 2005 by bkerr
Visio Use at Microsoft: New Product User Interface Design for Program Managers
february 2005 by bkerr
...in other words, it's a cheap, brain-dead grasp at Interface Builder.
windows
visio
productivity
february 2005 by bkerr
Emacs and Vi
january 2005 by bkerr
Concise comparison of editors (I'm a vim guy, myself).
software
mac
linux
windows
vim
january 2005 by bkerr
Rixstep on Mac mini
january 2005 by bkerr
"For all its virtues and its viability in the corporate server market, when it comes to the office or kitchen table end user, Linux still doesn't 'just work' - and byte for byte the Linux desktops can never stand in the shadow of OS X and its NeXTSTEP/Coc
mac
windows
linux
january 2005 by bkerr
Word to MediaWiki
january 2005 by bkerr
"Convert Microsoft Word document content to MediaWiki markup" using VBA.
wiki
windows
january 2005 by bkerr
BB4Win - Blackbox for Windows: News
january 2005 by bkerr
Packaged Blackbox as a Window manager / shell replacement for Windows.
windows
january 2005 by bkerr
TheOpenCD
january 2005 by bkerr
Wizard-based installer for workhorse free software (Mozilla, OO, etc.) for Windows.
windows
productivity
software
january 2005 by bkerr
Google Desktop Search
october 2004 by bkerr
Windows-only light-weight local search interface.
google
web
windows
october 2004 by bkerr
Microsoft | Top 10 tips for Mac users getting started with Windows
september 2004 by bkerr
11: You can drag windows off the top of your screen. Please refrain from said.
funny
mac
windows
september 2004 by bkerr
Slashdot | Windows XP SP2 Spotted In The Wild
august 2004 by bkerr
"Any program (including ActiveX controls) can ... spoof the security status of an insecure box to report that it is properly secured."
scary-as-all-hell
windows
august 2004 by bkerr
New Meetingmaker clients
august 2004 by bkerr
Fixes problems on campus w/ OS X 10.3.5
linux
mac
productivity
umich
windows
august 2004 by bkerr
The New York Times | Ambitious Package to Raise Productivity (and Microsoft's Profit)
august 2004 by bkerr
"Because the next version of Windows, called Longhorn, may not ship until 2007, analysts say, the Office overhaul is needed in the meantime to deliver more Web services technology to the desktop." BARF.
scary-as-all-hell
web
windows
august 2004 by bkerr
884130 - Programs that may behave differently in Windows XP Service Pack 2
august 2004 by bkerr
Lot of Microsoft products in that list--fancy that.
windows
august 2004 by bkerr
GUIdebook: Graphical User Interface gallery
august 2004 by bkerr
"Welcome to guidebook, a website dedicated to preserving and showcasing Graphical User Interfaces."
ideas
linux
mac
past
windows
august 2004 by bkerr
Accessing a shared (WebDAV) webfolder from Windows XP
june 2004 by bkerr
Liana should get a Mac too.
web
windows
june 2004 by bkerr
PCs 'infested' with spy programs (BBC)
april 2004 by bkerr
"The US net provider EarthLink said it uncovered an average of 28 spyware programs on each PC scanned during the first three months of the year."
windows
april 2004 by bkerr
The Once and Future King (I, Cringely)
april 2004 by bkerr
"Now the Only Way Microsoft Can Die is by Suicide."
windows
april 2004 by bkerr
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