There is an old trick from Dos days (still valid in all windows under cmd prompt or even command.com) when we wanted to create a quick file without loading up edit (edit.com) was to use copy con. The exact syntax is:
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More than a year after Windows Vista’s release, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer and millions of sales later Microsoft CEO, Steve Ballmer admits Windows Vista to be a “work in progress”.

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Microsoft sales team has too much free time on their hands to make a terribly inept music video about Vista. For some reason it really made me sick in my stomach.

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The online US non-immigrant visa application site - https://www.vfs-usa.co.in/ doesn’t allow you to submit the visa application using the popular Firefox browser.

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PHP files are scripts which are interpreted by php interpreter (php.exe in windows). Converting them to exe files makes it easy to distribute PHP applications to Windows users. Unfortunately Zend, the PHP company, doesn’t provide a way to convert PHP scripts to Windows executables. Today I am going to show you a simple way to convert your PHP scripts to regular Windows executable files (.exe). Not only that you can also convert an entire directory of PHP scripts and assign one of the files as the main file to execute first. Additionally the source files are encoded which not only improves the performance but also protects your source code. You can also set the icon for the file which is useful when you are distributing your PHP application as a stand-alone executable.

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Editing boot configuration in Windows Vista is complicated for most users. You have to manually edit the BCEdit file using bcdedit.exe. However there is a simpler and better way - VistaBootPRO.

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XnView is an cross-platform utility for viewing and converting graphic files. It can import about 400 graphic files format and export about 50 graphic file format. It is a must have for viewing graphic files, fax documents etc. from various platform.

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I had a hard time in selecting a Dell configuration from their website without Microsoft Windows Vista or other Microsoft software. We are a Linux house and have no need for Microsoft products on our machine. As a technologist and a software architect if I found it hard to figure out how to strip Microsoft from Dell computers, I am sure so will you. Read on to find the hidden Dell computers without Microsoft software.

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Dell in India doesn’t offer the range of customizations that you would normally come to expect from them. Moreover calling Dell may have some unintended consequences like possibly a call from Microsoft. Here are some issues that you would like to be aware of:

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I just received a mysterious call from Microsoft inquiring about our Windows usage! I was surprised to say the least. Why would a 100% Linux based company get a call from Microsoft? Read on for the juicy details.

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