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Month: December 2008

Start a process on resume from S3

Published by Jan Penninkhof on December 29, 2008

When you want to run an application when resume your PC from stand-by, you can follow the following procedure: Open task sheduler [press windows key, type task, click on task scheduler at the top of the menu list] In Actions [menu or right pane] click ‘new task’ In General tab, give your task a name In Trigger tab, click ‘new’ Choose ‘on an event’ in the top drop-down list. Choose ‘custom’ radio button Click on the ‘new event filter’ button that now appears. For event level, choose ‘information’ In ‘event logs’ drop-down menu, choose windows logs > system. Put a…

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Car makers want $25 bln – Bad idea!

Published by Jan Penninkhof on December 4, 2008

The bosses of the three biggest US carmakers, Ford, GM and Chrysler, have asked Congress for a $25bn bail-out. They told a Senate hearing that without the rescue package, their firms risked collapse, and warned of broader risks to the US economy. Ford’s CEO Mulally has committed to reducing his own salary to $1/year IF Ford receives the requested $9 billion line of credit. The CEO’s claim that the credit crisis should be blamed for these companies having a hard time. But is that really true? Could it be that the American car companies have been badly run for decades?…

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