Archive for 25 September 2005

Double negatives and online trickery

A classic example of online forms and the trickery involved at the PC Pro magazine awards.

Spot the last-minute change?
No doubt that by the time you get to the third category, most people will not be reading the fine print. It seems quite coincidental that the last two advertising methods happen to be the most direct.

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Creating a new default user profile

Changing the default user profile is not a particularly daunting task. In fact, my experiences show that in Windows 2000, XP and 2003, it’s a relatively painless experience.

Logged in as a local administrator, create a new user account.
Log out and log in as that user.
Log back in as an administrator.
Enable Show hidden files and folders
Go [...]

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