After upgrading to IE7 in Windows XP, we found that non-admin users were once again seeing the Open File Security warning dialog box. Once again, the issue can be resolved by visiting the group policy. Open up the appropriate policy file, and follow the path to: User Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > [...]

I hear that Microsoft didn’t take one of my BETA bug reports very seriously. Even after updating the drivers through windows update, audio is an issue. Sound is still stopping on my Analog Devices sound card, with no errors, just an absence of noise. Since Beta 2, I’ve adopted this method (which seems to be [...]

In IE7, adding your own custom search is beautifully simple now that Microsoft have added the Create Your Own to the ‘Find More Providers…’ link in IE7 So, it seems sensible that your blog would want a piece of the action. To that end, here’s a quick example of my own search provider. As IE7 [...]

Sometimes I find that it’s useful to save my Word documents as PDFs. After playing around with the Save As PDF plugin for Office, I decided that it would be cool if I could write a script to convert a job lot of Word documents. Prerequisites MS Word 2007 Save As PDF Office 2007 Plugin [...]

With IE7 on the prowl, I’m having to look at self-signing certificates again to make them work properly. I found a nice straight-forward how-to on Eric Longman’s blog, which keeps it simple using a Linux box and Windows Server IIS. Check it out Although I’ve fixed my certificates, there is still the problem with IE7 [...]