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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Ebay</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Jim Hale</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>-----Original Message-----</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>From: Charlotte Foust [<A HREF="mailto:cfoust@infostatsystems.com">mailto:cfoust@infostatsystems.com</A>]</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Sent: Friday, May 30, 2003 12:17 PM</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>To: accessd@databaseadvisors.com</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Subject: RE: [AccessD] MSDN cds online</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>I'd like to know where you could get it that cheap as well. We have the</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>action pack for our office, but for my own purposes, it doesn't compute.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2><g> I've never been able to bring myself to mortgage the farm for an</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>MSDN Universal subscription, but I might go for half the "discounted"</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>price.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Charlotte Foust</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>-----Original Message-----</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>From: John Bartow [<A HREF="mailto:john@winhaven.net">mailto:john@winhaven.net</A>] </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Sent: Friday, May 30, 2003 7:07 AM</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>To: accessd@databaseadvisors.com</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Subject: RE: [AccessD] MSDN cds online</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>OK Jim, where'd you get it that cheap?</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Every year for the last 4 years I've been hashing out around $1800 for</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>MSDN Universal but this year I broke the habit. My disk collection has</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>now stopped growing at exponential rates ;o)</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>For $800-900 I would do it again though.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>What's an Action Pack and how much is it?</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>JB</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>> -----Original Message-----</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> From: accessd-bounces@databaseadvisors.com</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> [<A HREF="mailto:accessd-bounces@databaseadvisors.com">mailto:accessd-bounces@databaseadvisors.com</A>]On Behalf Of Jim Dettman</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> Sent: Friday, May 30, 2003 7:47 AM</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> To: accessd@databaseadvisors.com</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> Subject: RE: [AccessD] MSDN cds online</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>></FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>></FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> You guys should just get a MSDN subscription. If you do a little </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> shopping around, a universal subscription can be gotten for $800 - </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> $900. And yes, it's legit and not an academic subscription.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>></FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> By getting that and a Action Pack subscription, I have access to </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> just about everything that Microsoft makes. The only thing excluded </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> is some of the higher end Enterprise stuff, which I don't get into.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>></FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> Jim Dettman</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> President,</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> Online Computer Services of WNY, Inc.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> (315) 699-3443</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> jimdettman@earthlink.net</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>></FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> -----Original Message-----</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> From: accessd-bounces@databaseadvisors.com</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> [<A HREF="mailto:accessd-bounces@databaseadvisors.com">mailto:accessd-bounces@databaseadvisors.com</A>]On Behalf Of Michael R </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> Mattys</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> Sent: Friday, May 30, 2003 8:40 AM</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> To: accessd@databaseadvisors.com</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> Subject: Re: [AccessD] MSDN cds online</FONT>
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<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> I did "a Google" on the first and second cds and found them on an FTP </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> site but the third one could not be found anywhere.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>></FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> Michael R. Mattys</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> www.mattysconsulting.com</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>></FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> ----- Original Message -----</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> From: "Arthur Fuller" <artful@rogers.com></FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> To: <accessd@databaseadvisors.com></FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> Sent: Friday, May 30, 2003 7:31 AM</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> Subject: RE: [AccessD] MSDN cds online</FONT>
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<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > I guess I wasn't quick enough. They seem to be gone now. I'm</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> getting page</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > not found.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> ></FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > Arthur</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> ></FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > -----Original Message-----</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > From: accessd-bounces@databaseadvisors.com</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > [<A HREF="mailto:accessd-bounces@databaseadvisors.com">mailto:accessd-bounces@databaseadvisors.com</A>] On Behalf Of</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> Keith L. Kovala</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > Sent: May 29, 2003 12:58 PM</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > To: accessd@databaseadvisors.com</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > Subject: RE: [AccessD] MSDN cds online</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> ></FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> ></FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > Must be something between you and MickeySoft..... 2.5MB/Sec here.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> ></FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > Keith Kovala</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> ></FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > -----Original Message-----</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > From: accessd-bounces@databaseadvisors.com</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > [<A HREF="mailto:accessd-bounces@databaseadvisors.com">mailto:accessd-bounces@databaseadvisors.com</A>]On Behalf Of John Colby</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2003 11:38 AM</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > To: accessd@databaseadvisors.com</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > Subject: RE: [AccessD] MSDN cds online</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> ></FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> ></FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > Thanks for this. I am downloading now.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> ></FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > For some odd reason I am only getting about 180 kbytes / sec</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> today! This</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > could take awhile.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> ></FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > John W. Colby</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > www.colbyconsulting.com</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> ></FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > -----Original Message-----</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > From: accessd-bounces@databaseadvisors.com</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > [<A HREF="mailto:accessd-bounces@databaseadvisors.com">mailto:accessd-bounces@databaseadvisors.com</A>]On Behalf Of John </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > Bartow</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2003 12:25 PM</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > To: AccessD</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > Subject: [AccessD] MSDN cds online</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> ></FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> ></FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > I saw this in Woody's Office Watch and I thought some of you might </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > be interested...</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> ></FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > from WOW 8.18:</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> ></FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > 6. BURNING MSDN CDS</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > Last month I told all of you programmers that Microsoft has posted </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > the</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> April</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > 2003 MSDN CDs, and you can get all three of them free for the</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> downloading.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > Those CDs include an enormous amount of information on Visual Studio</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> 2003 -</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > it's the required reference for those of you willing to make</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> the leap from</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > VBA to VB (or C) .NET.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> ></FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > The CD images are at:</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> ></FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> ></FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> <A HREF="http://download.microsoft.com/download/b/d/c/bdccea1b-96d9-4ad9-80" TARGET="_blank">http://download.microsoft.com/download/b/d/c/bdccea1b-96d9-4ad9-80</A></FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> 45-56619af</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > 95835/qtr40enud1.img</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> ></FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> ></FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> <A HREF="http://download.microsoft.com/download/b/d/c/bdccea1b-96d9-4ad9-80" TARGET="_blank">http://download.microsoft.com/download/b/d/c/bdccea1b-96d9-4ad9-80</A></FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> 45-56619af</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > 95835/qtr40enud2.img</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> ></FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> ></FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> <A HREF="http://download.microsoft.com/download/b/d/c/bdccea1b-96d9-4ad9-80" TARGET="_blank">http://download.microsoft.com/download/b/d/c/bdccea1b-96d9-4ad9-80</A></FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> 45-56619af</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > 95835/qtr40enud3.img</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> ></FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > One teensy-tiny problem. The CDs are in ISO image format -</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> so-called .IMG</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > files - and you may have problems burning those files to a CD.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> ></FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > WOWser TP writes: "To get the files to CD you need a program like</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> "undisker"</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > found at <A HREF="http://www.undisker.com" TARGET="_blank">http://www.undisker.com</A>. This software will open and view </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > the contents much like standard Zip file software and write the </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > contents to</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> the</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > CD drive. I only used the time limited shareware version of</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> "undisker" but</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > the software worked very well and I am considering the purchase of </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > the</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> full</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > version.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> ></FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > One thing you will need to know is the Volume label that needs to be</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>> > on</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> the</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > CD. I am pretty sure that it is the name of the file without the</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> extension.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > Without the correct volume name the CD's will not load."</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> ></FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> ></FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > from WOW 8.19:</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> ></FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > 7. BURNING .IMG CDS</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > Last week I told you about WOWser TP's travails trying to get the</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> downloaded</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > April 2003 MSDN CD images burned to CD. He used Undisker, and it </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > worked fine.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> ></FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > WOWser IW notes that he was able to burn the MSDN CDs by simply </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > changing</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> the</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > file name extension from .IMG to .ISO, and then using Nero (on a </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > Windows 2000 machine). WOWser RC did the same thing and had no </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > problem with</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> Windows</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > XP's native file burner.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> ></FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> ></FONT>
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