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Feb 20, 2008
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Wait a second, I thought we stopped doing this back in 2003

Raymond Chen
Raymond Chen

It looks like Verizon's default DNS server for their customers is redirecting all failed DNS queries to their own site, calling the feature Advanced Web Search. Fortunately, they have instructions on how to opt out. The short version: Go to your DNS settings and change the last octet from .12 to .14.

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Feb 20, 2008
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There can be more than one (or zero): Converting a process to a window

Raymond Chen
Raymond Chen

A common question I see is "How do I find the window that corresponds to an ?" This question comes pre-loaded with the assumption that there is only one window that corresponds to an , which is true for only the most rudimentary of Win32 programs. Even a simple program like Notepad has more than one window with the same , as Spy quickly reveals. ...

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