Ridiculous Software Licensing

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One co-worker of mine recently bought a new bare-bone laptop. Since it’s a bare-bone, there was no operating system pre-installed. He came to me with a simple question “Can I install the Windows Vista I have from my old laptop onto this one?” I then told him he could but he has to call Microsoft [...]

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Implement an auto update system

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Auto update is widely used in modern software development. It simplifies and speeds up product upgrade to enhance features and fix problems. I have been working on an application which is still in alpha version and testers need to update it incrementally and frequently. The testers are not computer professionals, so I have to make [...]

Filed under: How-To, Programming