[AccessD] OT: My Friday RANT

Regarding searching the web. On Google if you include the term  -"free download" in the search then pages with "free download" will be excluded from the results.

Lambert

-----Original Message-----
From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Max Wanadoo
Sent: Friday, March 06, 2009 8:39 AM
To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'
Subject: Re: [AccessD] OT: My Friday RANT

What about installing them on your Virtual machine?  Would that work?  You could then blow them away and reload the VM after testing.

(Thinking laterally again..)

Max



-----Original Message-----
From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of jwcolby
Sent: 06 March 2009 13:34
To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
Subject: Re: [AccessD] OT: My Friday RANT

Unfortunately I have several machines that run Server 2003.  No restore points.

John W. Colby
www.ColbyConsulting.com


Max Wanadoo wrote:
> Yep, been there so many times....what i do now is a Set a Restore
> point first but i shouldn't have to jump through these loops.
>
> Max
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of jwcolby
> Sent: 06 March 2009 13:18
> To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
> Subject: Re: [AccessD] OT: My Friday RANT
>
> The one I hate is the "free trial" that doesn't tell you that it will
> only handle 10 records at a time or won't actually FIX the problem
> found etc. until AFTER you install it.  Tell me up front and I won't
> download.  Tell me after I install and I will IMMEDIATELY
uninstall
> without even touching
> the software.  Of course now my registry is gunked up with crap from
> the "free" software.
>
> John W. Colby
> www.ColbyConsulting.com
>
>
> Andy Lacey wrote:
>> Yep, happened to me only last night Max. What looked like free
>> software
> was
>> the usual free trial of limited features. Wish there was a quick way
>> to distinguish the truly free. Anyone got the magic key to this?
>>
>> Andy
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
>> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Max
>> Wanadoo
>> Sent: 06 March 2009 13:02
>> To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'
>> Subject: [AccessD] OT: My Friday RANT
>>
>>
>> Hi Guys,
>>
>> Do you, like me, get really irritated when searching for FREE
>> software to find that the search result is cluttered by Commercial
>> Software which
> offers
>> a FREE DOWNLOAD just so they can get the word FREE into the search
> engines!
>> It is really a time waster, grrrrr..
>>
>> My Friday rant.
>>
>> Max
>>
>>
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