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	<link>http://blog.taragana.com</link>
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		<title>How To Install Windows msi Files in Linux</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In Linux wine (or crossover office if you like to pay) is used to execute Windows applications. wine normally open exe files only. However you can also use it to open msi files as follows:
msiexec /i installer-file.msi
Replace installer-file.msi with your actual file name.
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		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/how-to-install-windows-msi-files-in-linux/</link>
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		<title>How To Fix - Couldn&#8217;t find per display information Error in Java Applications</title>
		<description><![CDATA[While running some Java applications (like Thinreader) you may see this strange looking error - Couldn't find per display information. You may find this error when running such applications in JDK 6 or later. Let's find out more about it and how you can easily fix it.
First of all the error doesn't originate in core [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/how-to-fix-couldnt-find-per-display-information-error-in-java-applications/</link>
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		<title>Thunderbird 2 First Impressions</title>
		<description><![CDATA[First impressions on Thunderbird 2. Is it a must upgrade?
Thunderbird 2 is much more responsive than Thunderbird 1.5. I like the new icons, they are pleasing to the eyes. 
Thunderbird 2 still has the limit of forwarding a maximum of 8 messages inline. The worse part is that it doesn't warn you about it.
Thunderbird 1.5 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/thunderbird-2-first-impressions/</link>
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		<title>(Why) Mac Laptops Are Most Popular With Software Developers &#038; Press at JavaOne 2008</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In JavaOne 2008 I noticed something I least expected - an abundance of Mac laptops (Macbook, Macbook Pro &#038; Macbook Air) in not just developers hands but also press / analysts and presenters. I didn't conduct a formal survey but anyone there can attest to the fact that around 60-70% of the laptops were Mac [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/why-mac-laptops-are-most-popular-with-software-developers-press-at-javaone-2008/</link>
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		<title>DOS Tricks: Creating File From DOS / CMD Command Line&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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:
copy con filename
Subsequent lines you type are copied to the file. You could end the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/dos-tricks-creating-file-from-dos-cmd-command-line/</link>
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		<title>Steve Ballmer Admits Vista is a &#8220;Work In Progress&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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". 
Windows Vista: A work in progress. [Laughter, applause.] A very important piece of work, and I think we did a lot of things right, and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/steve-ballmer-admits-vista-is-a-work-in-progress/</link>
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		<title>Micrsoft Vista Sales Team has Too Much Free Time</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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.
If it is a sales pitch, it sucked. If it is a parody, it sucked. However I think it will be a viral video, if [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/micrsoft-vista-sales-team-has-too-much-free-time/</link>
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		<title>US Non-Immigrant Visa Application Rejects Firefox Users</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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. 
However it never says it explicitly. Only when you try to go through the screens, it will incorrectly throw date errors which are impossible to fix in Firefox. 
While US Government warned against [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/us-non-immigrant-visa-application-rejects-firefox-users/</link>
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		<title>How To: PHP Script To Windows EXE File Generation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/how-to-php-script-to-windows-exe-file-generation/</link>
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		<title>Windows Vista: How to Install Second OS / Manage Boot Configuration Easily</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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.
VistaBootPRO was developed to make changes, backups to the Windows Vista Boot Configuration Data (BCD) registry quickly and easily, and faster than manually editing the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/windows-vista-how-to-install-second-os-manage-boot-configuration-easily/</link>
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