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Reasons Microsoft Vista Sucks

  • "search in files" is gone. Yes, people THINK it's there, but it's not. I can't get the search to find a simple string in an .aspx file (which I have ridiculously associated with Notepad, just in case Vista is only looking for files it knows how to read). I've changed a boatload of settings, and read some other pages that seem to indicate that people got this working, but following their instruction does nothing. Is it the file type? WTF?
  • Really there are a lot of these, but given how lazy I've been updating the rest of the site you probably won't see them here unless they REALLY bother me... like whatever I have listed so far

Reasons Microsoft Access (2007) Sucks

If you have a query that constantly asks you for a prompt for no reason, it could be that you've accidentally sorted by a column that you later renamed or removed. Access 2007 doesn't quite pick up on the change, so you have to do the following:

  • Open the Query in Design View (or SQL View)
  • Open the Properties Sheet (which by default is open and docked on the right -- if not, right click somewhere and highlight "Properties")
  • See if there's anything in the "Order By" Property that shouldn't be there
  • Delete it