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Microsoft shuts down utility monitoring service, proves you can't go Hohm again

Microsoft shuts down utility monitoring service, proves you can't go Hohm again

Is there anything more tragic than a broken Hohm? Microsoft announced this week that it will be shuttering its utility monitoring service at...

Why Does Microsoft Access Database Ask for a Password When Closing the Database?

Password security in Microsoft Access can create additional work.Password security remains one of the easiest and most popular methods of securing user databases in Microsoft Access. While not foolproof, it is convenient. Unfortunately, using a security password can require users to type the password multiple times. When a user secures her database with a password and has the Compact on Close option turned on, whenever the database is shut down, the user will be prompted to enter the password. If you would rather not use Compact on Close functionality in Access 2007, open the database you wish to change. Select the "Office Button" on the top left of the application window. In the bottom bar of the drop-down menu, select "Access Options."  In the options list menu on the left, select "Current Database." A new set of selections will appear on the right. Under "Application Options," uncheck "Compact on Close." Hit "OK" and then save. Users can manually compact databases by selecting the "Office Button" and in the drop-down menu choosing "Manage," "Compact" and then "Compact and Repair Database." Select the "Database to Compact From" dialog box. Pick the database you wish to compact and repair and then click the "Compact" button. Provide a new name for the compacted database in the "Compact Database Into" dialog box, then click the "Save" button.

Why Does Microsoft Access Database Ask for a Password When Closing the Database?

Password security in Microsoft Access can create additional work.Password security remains one of the easiest and most popular methods of se...

Symbian websites closing doors 17 December

<img src="http://cdn.mos.techradar.com/classifications/gadgets/phones/mobile-phones/symbianlogo-200-200.jpg"> The Symbian Foundation has announced it is shutting down its websites from the 17 December as it "transitions to a licensing body". The Foundation will continue to operate by licensing out software and maintaining intellectual property, but developers will no longer be able to get hold of the source code directly from the website. Instead, the source code, kits, wiki, bug database, reference documentation and Symbian Ideas will likely be available for a small fee on DVD or memory stick - but this won't be available until 31 January 2011 at the earliest. Still happy about apps The Symbian Foundation's Twitter feed and Facebook account will close too, although Symbian Signed, the application approval process, will continue to run. Nokia has "committed to make the future development of the Symbian platform available to the ecosystem via an alternative direct and open model", so it will be interesting to see just what that is. But for now, it looks like Symbian is slowly winding down, or at the very least, that it's going to be Nokia's baby from now on.

Symbian websites closing doors 17 December

The Symbian Foundation has announced it is shutting down its websites from the 17 December as it "transitions to a licensing body"...