Date: 01/02/07 (Computer Geeks)    Keywords: php, software, web, microsoft

Hi, I'm looking for some commercial software, more specifically, a calendar that can be hosted on a webserver, accessed and edited by multiple users, give the admin different control levels, and have a ton of room for customization. I'm doing web development for a non profit organization.

Here is the problem, everything that I've provided and shown my boss is either 1. not *pretty* or professional looking enough or 2. not what he needs (canned software that can't be customized enough to fit his organization's needs.

I've tried to tell him that other than having a small company develop the program entirely from scratch, there is not really anything else we can really do.

The closest thing I've come to his approval is the calendar available at http://www.mhsoftware.com, but he doesn't like the day view mode of the calendar.

I've told him instead of shelling out all kinds of cash for software to be developed specifically for him we instead could use certain elements of the calendar and the rest could be php scripts containing forms, tables, etc. Well he still has me looking so what I want to know is, has anyone seen a commercially available calendar application that can be hosted on the web and have a ton of room for customization?
Cost doesn't seem to be an issue either.

The example he gave me of what he wishes it to be like is his calender on...AOL. :(

The biggest problem is this is an exact copy of the email I get from this organizations office when I presented them with a letter similar to this.

"I THINK WE SHOULD GO WITH THE MICROSOFT - I FEEL SURE IT WOULD MEET OUR NEEDS FOR THE TIME BEING."

That was the email I got...wow. I'll call MS right up and have them get to work on the application...It's becoming a real problem trying to get them to understand anything.

Thanks for any help x-posted to a few other places.

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/computergeeks/1018291.html

Date: 01/02/07 (Computer Help)    Keywords: php, software, web, microsoft

Hi, I'm looking for some commercial software, more specifically, a calendar that can be hosted on a webserver, accessed and edited by multiple users, give the admin different control levels, and have a ton of room for customization. I'm doing web development for a non profit organization.

Here is the problem, everything that I've provided and shown my boss is either 1. not *pretty* or professional looking enough or 2. not what he needs (canned software that can't be customized enough to fit his organization's needs.

I've tried to tell him that other than having a small company develop the program entirely from scratch, there is not really anything else we can really do.

The closest thing I've come to his approval is the calendar available at http://www.mhsoftware.com, but he doesn't like the day view mode of the calendar.

I've told him instead of shelling out all kinds of cash for software to be developed specifically for him we instead could use certain elements of the calendar and the rest could be php scripts containing forms, tables, etc. Well he still has me looking so what I want to know is, has anyone seen a commercially available calendar application that can be hosted on the web and have a ton of room for customization?
Cost doesn't seem to be an issue either.

The example he gave me of what he wishes it to be like is his calender on...AOL. :(

The biggest problem is this is an exact copy of the email I get from this organizations office when I presented them with a letter similar to this.

"I THINK WE SHOULD GO WITH THE MICROSOFT - I FEEL SURE IT WOULD MEET OUR NEEDS FOR THE TIME BEING."

That was the email I got...wow. I'll call MS right up and have them get to work on the application...It's becoming a real problem trying to get them to understand anything.

Thanks for any help x-posted to a few other places.

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/computer_help/731319.html

Date: 01/02/07 (Web Development)    Keywords: php, software, web, microsoft

Hi, I'm looking for some commercial software, more specifically, a calendar that can be hosted on a webserver, accessed and edited by multiple users, give the admin different control levels, and have a ton of room for customization. I'm doing web development for a non profit organization.

Here is the problem, everything that I've provided and shown my boss is either 1. not *pretty* or professional looking enough or 2. not what he needs (canned software that can't be customized enough to fit his organization's needs.

I've tried to tell him that other than having a small company develop the program entirely from scratch, there is not really anything else we can really do.

The closest thing I've come to his approval is the calendar available at http://www.mhsoftware.com, but he doesn't like the day view mode of the calendar.

I've told him instead of shelling out all kinds of cash for software to be developed specifically for him we instead could use certain elements of the calendar and the rest could be php scripts containing forms, tables, etc. Well he still has me looking so what I want to know is, has anyone seen a commercially available calendar application that can be hosted on the web and have a ton of room for customization?
Cost doesn't seem to be an issue either.

The example he gave me of what he wishes it to be like is his calender on...AOL. :(

The biggest problem is this is an exact copy of the email I get from this organizations office when I presented them with a letter similar to this.

"I THINK WE SHOULD GO WITH THE MICROSOFT - I FEEL SURE IT WOULD MEET OUR NEEDS FOR THE TIME BEING."

That was the email I got...wow. I'll call MS right up and have them get to work on the application...It's becoming a real problem trying to get them to understand anything.

Thanks for any help x-posted to a few other places.

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/webdev/380589.html

Date: 01/06/07 (Java Web)    Keywords: microsoft

What does Paul Ellen (Fo-Founder of Microsoft) and Larry Ellision (Founder & CEO of Oracle) have in common with the crown prince of Dubai and Russian oilman Roman Abromavich (other than being super rich)? They are all proud owners of gargantum Yatchs. Paul’s 416 feet vessel, named Octopus, comes with a remote controlled undersea rover, [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/super-yatchs-of-technology-ceos/

Date: 01/08/07 (C Sharp)    Keywords: microsoft

I am trying to drag and drop an outlook contact into a form. No matter what I do it sees it as text. I am trying to make it work so the contact is dropped and the various objects within the contact (FullName, BusinessAddress, etc.) can then be assigned to a string and populate the form. I can grab the whole thing as one string and plonk that in a field but that really isn't much use. Using an array gets the same useless effect.

I know there are usually only a few types GetData knows how to work with (eg. text, gif, etc.) do I need to define a custom format using Microsoft.Office.Interop.Outlook.ContactItemClass ? Is there someway I can make it see what it is?

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/csharp/80210.html

Date: 01/10/07 (Security)    Keywords: microsoft

Spy agency provided input for a Microsoft document with tips on how to use the operating system securely in larger organizations.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6148850.html

Date: 01/11/07 (Security)    Keywords: security, microsoft

Following Microsoft's lead, Oracle has started tipping customers off in advance of upcoming security patches.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6149632.html

Date: 01/12/07 (Computer Geeks)    Keywords: microsoft

Tired of struggling with Microsoft Spy++?
Other utilities are supposed to be better, yet they're still not good enough?

We wrote Voyeur, a new spying tool which may be worth your attention.
It shows messages, lets you modify window styles and much more.

Anyway, find out more and download Voyeur at:
http://www.imagos.ru/mihon

This is a beta, so we need testers!
If you like our utility, please help us make it better.

Please let us know what you think of it (both praise and criticism are welcome).

(For now, Win98 is not supported, we're still testing it.)

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/computergeeks/1021947.html

Date: 01/15/07 (Computer Geeks)    Keywords: mysql, software, database, sql, web, linux, microsoft

I'm trying to find something that will do approximately what Microsoft Project does, without actually being Microsoft Project ... Things I'd be looking for (ordered approximately from most important, to least important...):

Date: 01/15/07 (Computer Help)    Keywords: software, microsoft

The other day I was on my computer and a blue screen flashed up, the PC rebooted itself too quickly for me to see what the blue screen said. Then once it had rebooted, as soon as I tried to log on to my Windows XP account, the blue screen came back up and said that there was a serious driver error (paraphrasing here) and that it could be something to do with a software or hardware fault. Windows refused to start because of this. It said to check any new software or hardware installed ( I haven’t installed anything new for ages, besides drivers for my video card).
So it kept doing the rebooting thing, until I started Windows in Safe Mode with Networking (for the internet) and luckily all my files etc were still there and usable. I could connect to the internet etc. About a week beforehand, I had downloaded drivers from Nvidia for the video card, as my Sims 2 game kept crashing and the report back from Microsoft said it was a problem with the video card drivers. So I uninstalled those completely and what do you know – no more blue screen when I logged into XP normally. I thought the problem was solved, but unfortunately now my internet isn’t working (I am posting this from work). I have broadband, and there is usually a little icon down in the corner of my taskbar with two little computers, showing my LAN connection to my ISP (I guess) and it is just not there anymore. If I try to get my ISP to connect, it just says that the local area network connection wasn't found. I thought it might be a problem with my modem, but I don’t think it is because before, when I was still on dial up, the icon was still there, only it just showed a red cross over it to say that it wasn’t connected. The lights and everything on the modem are working.

I reinstalled those Nvidia drivers, thinking that might solve the problem, but unfortunately not. The blue screen hasn’t come back though.

I really know nothing about video cards, (my last computer had crappy onboard graphics) so I’m taking a guess here that the card controls the networking for the computer? If so, would it be a hardware issue where a new video card would fix it? I have been wanting a new one anyway, but I don’t want to get one yet if that’s not the problem.

I tried doing a repair installation of XP but no dice. I’m hesitant to do a complete reformat because I have about 160 gigs of stuff I’d have to backup onto discs first, and that is a royal pain in the butt – especially if I did the reformat and then discover that a new video card would have fixed it all along!

I hope some of this has made sense to someone.

These are my specs from where I had the PC built:

AMD Athlon 64 4600+ Dual Core
• Nvidia Geforce 6600GT 128MB PCI Express Video Card
• 1024 MB DDR2 RAM
• Seagate 200GB Serial ATA Hard Drive

If someone could offer some advice, I'd be extremely grateful!

Cross posted.

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/computer_help/735911.html

Date: 01/16/07 (WebDesign)    Keywords: html, microsoft

http://www.campaignmonitor.com/blog/archives/2007/01/microsoft_takes_email_design_b.html

It's going to be fun launching pretty emails now, isn't it? The thought is that people will change to a new email client, but I have my doubts. We should have seen this one coming.

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/webdesign/1208931.html

Date: 01/17/07 (Computer Help)    Keywords: microsoft

I have two similar Microsoft Word documents that I never thought about tracking changes on. I want to merge them now and for Microsoft to tell me the differences between them. Is there a way to do this?

Prolly not but I thought I'd ask just in case

(Btw, these two docs are just my "address books" with a column for name, address, etc. It is now a 9 page document, each line a different person so I'd rather not go line by line to see the differences I made on the home one and the work one if I could)

Many Thanks as Always!!

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/computer_help/737253.html

Date: 01/19/07 (Open Source)    Keywords: microsoft

SCO is not going to emerge from the corporate dead. Microsoft is going to learn it must live with open source, because its customers demand that it do so.

Source: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/zdnet/open-source/~3/78056240/

Date: 01/22/07 (Security)    Keywords: security, microsoft

At a hush-hush security confab on Microsoft's campus this week, there'll be tough talk on beating botnets and keeping cybercrooks at bay.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6151860.html

Date: 01/22/07 (Java Web)    Keywords: microsoft, google

I am using Google Calendar, as an experiment, for my projects. I noticed 5 things, between unprintable curses, which make it seriously dysfunctional as an usable product. Inability to show details in longer than month view, a handy features in Microsoft Outlook. Fails to bring up event details in many occassions.The only thing you can do is [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/5-things-i-dont-like-about-google-calendar/

Date: 01/23/07 (Web Technology)    Keywords: microsoft

Wal-Mart CTO Nancy Stewart says Microsoft's Novell partnership important to long-term plans.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9588_22-6152247.html

Date: 01/23/07 (Open Source)    Keywords: linux, microsoft

Imagine if, in the proprietary era, Microsoft launched a major Windows upgrade while its main rival stood still. That would be advantage Microsoft. Under the present system it may well be advantage Linux.

Source: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/zdnet/open-source/~3/80364023/

Date: 01/24/07 (Code WTF)    Keywords: asp, microsoft

a volatile field cannot be of the type 'long'     WTF???

PS: C# Reference       http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/x13ttww7.aspx

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/code_wtf/65301.html

Date: 01/25/07 (Security)    Keywords: security, microsoft

A fourth yet-to-be-patched security vulnerability in Microsoft Word is actively being exploited in cyberattacks, the company has warned.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6153562.html

Date: 01/27/07 (Computer Help)    Keywords: html, microsoft

as posted to computerhelp: my parents computer has started getting this dialog box constantly: whether you hit yes or no, nothing happends,, except it reappearing after a random ammount of time. i have run scans with avg, adaware, and spybot, and nothing they find appears related or affects it. i had the task manager tell me what process created the box, and it points me to explorer.exe. and also if i end task the box, i get this: makes no sence for it to be from microsoft since they have that entire automatic updating system.. and there was no priority updates anyway other than ie7. anyone know what this might be and how to get rid of it? (and something happened to lj's html formatting, sorry if this is hard to read)

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/computer_help/740096.html