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	<title>Simple Thoughts - Java and Web Blog &#187; Vista</title>
	<link>http://blog.taragana.com</link>
	<description>News and views as a Software Architect and Entrepreneur on Java and Web Software.</description>
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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&#8217;s release, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer and millions of sales later Microsoft CEO, Steve Ballmer admits Windows Vista to be a &#8220;work in progress&#8221;. 
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>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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		<title>How To Purchase Dell Computers Without Windows Vista &#038; Microsoft Software</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/how-to-purchase-dell-computers-without-windows-vista-microsoft-software/</link>
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		<title>Dell&#8217;s Customization Sucks in India + Mysterious Microsoft Call</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dell in India doesn&#8217;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:
1. The widely displayed configurations doesn&#8217;t allow you to remove the Operating [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/dells-customization-sucks-in-india-mysterious-microsoft-call/</link>
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		<title>Mysterious Call From Microsoft Inquiring About Windows! &#8230; Evil Nexus With Dell?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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.
We are 100% Linux based company. We develop software products and deliver services in Java (cross-platform), PHP and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/mysterious-call-from-microsoft-inquiring-about-windows-evil-nexus-with-dell/</link>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t Give Up On Vista</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Engadget and few other sites are sporting a creative Mac ad utilizing both the leaderboard and vertical sidebar space to make fun of Vista (again). Check the video.
Personally I have given up on Vista long ago.
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		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/dont-give-up-on-vista/</link>
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		<title>How To Install Windows msi Installers With Wine on Linux</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes windows installers come with msi extension instead of regular exe extension. Such software can be installed with the msiexec command which comes with wine. For example to install a file setup.msi you will run:
msiexec setup.msi
Did you know that even Adobe Photoshop runs in Linux using wine?
Wine can eliminate your migration pain from Windows (to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/how-to-install-windows-msi-installers-with-wine-on-linux/</link>
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		<title>Why Microsoft Vista is Bad &#038; BadVista Good (But FSF Bad)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I morally support BadVista campaign in as much as it helps educate people that:
1. Windows Vista is actually a downgrade (from Windows XP or Windows 2000) wherein you are forced to support DRM (for content producers) at your expense (CPU &#038; Memory) forcing you to upgrade your hardware just to get reasonable performance out of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/why-microsoft-vista-is-bad-badvista-good-but-fsf-bad/</link>
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		<title>Partimage: Free Norton Ghost / DriveImage Alternative</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Partimage is a Linux utility which saves partitions having a supported filesystems (see below) to an image file. It is a free and open source alternative to the popular software Norton Ghost or DriveImage. Most Linux and Windows filesystems are supported. The partition image file can be compressed with the gzip / bzip2 programs to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/partimage-free-open-source-norton-ghost-alternative/</link>
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