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Quality Center Object Notes

April 11, 2020April 11, 2020

The attached article pdf is a document I provided several years ago to a mainframe-oriented audience, attempting to explain why

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loss of buildmypinnedsite.com services

April 28, 2019December 16, 2019
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Update – preventing Windows 10 upgrade

March 19, 2017October 14, 2020 Windows 10, Windows 7

This is an update to the earlier post on how to prevent Windows from constantly offering to upgrade to Windows

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Windows 7 Rollups and preventing Updates

October 14, 2016January 24, 2019

The following Windows Update Rollups have recently been made available in the Windows Update utility for Windows 7 SP1 and

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Code Signing after SHA-1 phaseout

February 14, 2016January 24, 2019

Comodo and Ksoftware have been generously providing replacement certificates to current customers, as a result of the SHA-1 phaseout. The

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Preventing update to Windows 10 from Windows 7/8.1

October 22, 2015October 14, 2020

Many Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 users will want to keep their current operating system. To disable the Windows 10

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DLL Registration – Win32 vs .NET

May 3, 2015January 24, 2019 .NET, DLL, VB6, Visual Basic, Windows

There are different methods for registering a Win32-based DLL, versus a .NET DLL. Win32 DLLs were typically created with legacy

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GetVersion API and Windows 10

April 13, 2015January 24, 2019 GetVersion, Manifest, Windows, Windows 10

This document addresses two problems that can be resolved by updating the Application Manifest file for programs that are distributed

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Windows SDK Downloads

April 10, 2015January 24, 2019 SDK, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1

Developers using older versions of Visual Studio, may need to download SDKs to author applications compatible with more recent versions

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Firefox Downgrade and Reinstallation

March 1, 2015January 24, 2019 Firefox, Windows, Windows 7

About once a year, I go through the steps of completely uninstalling Firefox, deleting associated folders, and reinstalling the browser.

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GetVersion API and Windows 8.1

February 8, 2015January 24, 2019 GetVersion, Manifest, Windows 8, Windows 8.1

This document addresses two problems that can be resolved by updating the Application Manifest file for programs that are distributed

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