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Make a Word hyperlink UNC path

Dave Farquhar — Sat, 20 Feb 2021 15:02:19 +0000

I had an issue in a document with a hyperlink to an existing file. The file existed on a network drive, so the link worked fine… until someone with different drive mappings than me had to look at the document.

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When Linux is easier than Windows

Dave Farquhar — Mon, 24 Mar 2014 11:00:44 +0000

A few months ago I bought a Gigabyte GA-Z77M-D3H to learn computer forensics on, because at the time I thought that was the direction my career was going. I dropped it into a neglected Compaq case and installed Linux on

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Windows, ARM, emulation, misconceptions and misremembered history

Dave Farquhar — Sun, 22 May 2011 16:44:09 +0000

I keep reading stuff about Windows and ARM and, well, I think people just aren’t remembering history. I’m not saying that Windows 8 on ARM will save the world, or even change it substantially. It probably won’t, since Microsoft tends

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Why I dislike Microsoft

Dave Farquhar — Fri, 13 Dec 2002 03:28:00 +0000

"Windows 2000," I muttered as one of my computers fired up so my girlfriend could use it. "Must mean something about the number of bugs that'll be discovered tomorrow."

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