Stephanie Grima

Unhide / Show File Extensions in Microsoft Vista

2008-12-29T01:46:14-12:00:00

So I wanted to show the file extensions in Windows Vista... It doesn't sound so difficult, right?

Well - it took me a while to figure it out since I thought that I'd better do it myself than look it up on the internet, so I will familiarize myself a bit with Vista, since the laptop I bought cannot be downgraded to XP (I really do not love Vista).

Anyway this is what you should do:

Go to any folder you have on your desktop
Click on the button Organise (this is usually found on the top left of the folder)

Choose the View tab
UNTICK 'Hide extensions for known file types'

Enjoy!

:-)

[PHP] Declaring Sessions

2008-12-22T21:56:19-12:00:00

When declaring sessions in PHP, you need to declare it on the very fist line of the php file, with no spaces before it. Therefore, this means it has to be even before the DOCTYPE if you are making use of html in the same page.

The code to write is the following:

<?
session_start();
?>

With this code, you are now able to create sessions, read from sessions, check if a session is existing or not, and to destroy sessions.

Announcement: Windows XP

2008-12-22T21:51:53-12:00:00

It is said, that Windows XP can still be bought by pc builders and resellers until May 30, 2009. However, the last orders are going to be taken on the 31st January of next year.

However, May 30th is NOT the end of Microsoft XP. It has been announced that very bargained computers are still going to be sold with Windows XP until June 30th of 2010.

Reference: http://news.cnet.com/8301-10805_3-10128132-75.html?tag=mncol;title

Announcement: Major Update for MAC Messenger early next year.

2008-12-22T21:40:28-12:00:00

It has been discusssed and suggested several times, however the MAC team are finally working on a huge update for MAC Messenger. Users as from the early months of 2009 are expected to have a new feature in their MAC Messenger which is considered to be the audio and video chat.

"The new Windows Live Messenger for Mac with AV support should be available as a beta sometime early next year."

Download MAC Messenger from here:

http://www.download.com/Microsoft-Messenger-for-Mac/3000-2150_4-10203624.html?tag=mncol;txt

Announcement: Windows Vista SP2 Beta Version is up for grabs

2008-12-05T19:20:57-12:00:00

As from a couple of days ago, SP2 in Beta version for Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 has been up for grabs.

Those interested should go on the following:

32-bit SP2 Beta 2 for Vista and Windows Server 2008

64-bit SP2 Beta 2 for Vista and Windows Server 2008

Please note that before installing this, one needs to have SP1 on his computer/laptop.

Has anyone tried it yet?

Announcement: Microsoft signs major deal with Dell for Live Search

2008-12-05T19:16:24-12:00:00

Sorry for not blogging much lately but I have been and stil am - busy with college assignments.

I was surfing a bit on the internet and got to read some interesting news from Microsoft:

Microsoft signs major deal with Dell for Live Search

From the looks of it Microsoft and Dell made a deal for the latter company to have all the next computers shipped with a pre-installed Live Search Toolbar.
It is suggested that such deals are made in order for Microsoft to grow its search market share.
This is not only it, because Microsoft is thinking about changing this technology's name to a better term.

Wow: 49 Comments so far!

2008-11-21T23:24:01-12:00:00

I have been writing blogs over here for almost two months now! And so far I have 49 comments :-)

That's quite a good response! I am happy that I am managing to help and be of information to a good number of you!

Happy week-end!

Regards,
Stephanie Grima

[SharePoint] Out of the box Review and Feedback Collector

2008-11-21T22:12:30-12:00:00

SharePoint has an out of the box, collect feedback Workflow. Although that could be used most of the time, there is an option to create your own feedback workflow through wizards.

These are the steps one should follow:

Go to your document library you wish to use the customized feedback workflow
Click on Settings
Choose Document Library Settings
Then click on Workflow Settings under Permissions and Management Section
Click Add a workflow
Choose from the wizard according to what are you after.
Below is an example I made:

[SharePoint Designer] CONDITION: If title field contains keywords

2008-11-21T20:15:55-12:00:00

The Condition: If title field contains keywords

How is it used?

When adding this condition to a workflow, the workflow checks if a specific field is in the specific library / list. If it is, the condition is true and thus, the actions are then implemented.

Example:

My Life: On Twitter

2008-11-19T00:00:23-12:00:00

Lets follow each other!
Add me up: http://twitter.com/steffi87 and leave me your twitter link here for me to add you :-)
Lets keep in touch and update everyone on what we're up to!