Windows: koppelverkoop?

Microsoft is veroordeeld voor koppelverkoop (video). Ik ben geen specialist in commercieel recht – ik ben een (ietwat gespecialiseerde) gebruiker van Windows als besturingssysteem. En de argumenten die vooruitgeschoven worden, lijken me niet correct. Is het meeleveren van Media Player koppelverkoop? Neen, dat lijkt me niet. Als je een auto

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Scratch

Scratch is a visual programming environment, that enables you to create interactive multimedia presentations, games and other applets that run in a web browser (Java). Scratch does not require you to…. https://www.snapfiles.com/get/mitscratch.html Maybe an alternative to Logo ? If you don’t like neither of them, consider using Visual Basic Express

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Acrobat Reader broken?

Once again, Acrobat breaks its own software. This morning, an update is proposed for Acrobat Reader. Afterwards, another. And another. And another. And another. Etc. The result: when reading a PDF file in a browser, the browser crashes. Please, disable automatic update for Acrobat products. At least for a while.

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iTunes U

“iTunes U has arrived, giving higher education institutions an ingenious way to get audio and video content out to their students. Presentations, performances, lectures, demonstrations, debates, tours, archival footage – school is about to become even more inspiring.” https://www.apple.com/education/itunesu/

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Strange random text appearing

I was called to have a closer look at a Windows XP machine with the following symptoms: Random text appeared in Outlook Express compose window and Internet Explorer form fields There was only random text when te focus was in the The usual malware scanners (virus scanner, Lavasoft, Spybot) couldn’t

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eXe

eXe learning is een beloftevolle auteursomgeving voor het aanmaken van online didactische eenheden met gestructureerde oefenmogelijkheid. Ik heb een en ander van kortbij bekeken en een korte handleiding geschreven.

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Windows Control panels

In a conversation in the Hive, people asked about the control panels in Windows hosting. I know quite a few of them for Linux hosting, and I know the one offered by Brinkster in Windows hosting, but I looked around for some more. I have published the result of my

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Dreamweaver 8: giving up

Crashes and poofs are so extremely frequent on Vista that I decided to give up Dreamweaver 8. Forever. I’ve lost far too much work and time on this. I can only advise to anyone to revert to MX 2004, or to switch to another product. In any case, the only

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Wat zijn die rare markeringen in Word?

Q. Wat zijn die rare markeringen in Word (rode stippellijnen, dingen in de marge enz)? A. Dat zijn wijzigingen die Word heeft gemarkeerd. Je kan Word vragen wijzigingen bij te houden door Extra, Wijzigingen bijhouden (Tools, Track changes) te activeren, of door te dubbelklikken op WZG (TRK) in de statusbar.

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BSOD in Vista

If you experience blue screens of death in Vista, it might be related to the video driver. Disable hardware acceleration in the display options. Try to update the video driver to a later version by visiting Windowsupdate or the manufacturer’s website. If there is no driver available, disable Aero.

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