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Search inside text or XML file contents using Windows Explorer in Windows 10 and Windows 11

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If you want to search inside XML files in Windows 10 or Windows 11 using Windows Explorer this can be done easily. Firstly your XML file may look like this. Sample XML file Enter the search in the search box. Search results without the file shown If no results are found ensure that "File Contents" is selected in the "Search Options" drop down.  Search results with file contents enabled  While you're here - Why not check out our Windows Server Documentation and Audit Tool?

Furbo Dog Camera Review (vs iPhone Baby Monitor)

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I have a German Shepherd called Barkley  he's generally well behaved as long as he's had his day's exercise but when I was out in the evenings I'd be concerned about him being ok. Given that I have a spare iPhone that I use when I'm abroad so I can buy a foreign SIM and not pay EE's extortionate roaming charges I decided to use that. I downloaded a baby monitor from VIGI https://cloudbabymonitor.com/ This was a pretty good solution - you install on your spare phone and connect as the "baby unit" for the dog and install and connect as the "parent unit" on your normal phone. Now admittingly I didn't realise they also had a pet monitor at the time (or maybe they hadn't yet released it) but that's available here. I can't imagine there's much difference between the two. https://petmonitorvigi.com/ PROs You get to use your existing devices It's very cheap at around $5.99 (about £5.00) It has basic light functions (in that yo...

Windows Task Scheduler Error message: The following error was reported: 2147750704

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When you try and schedule a task on Windows Server 2012, Windows 8, or above you may see the error Error message: The following error was reported: 2147750704 This can occur if you enable the "Send an email" or "Display a message" actions as these have been deprecated.  While you're here - Why not check out our Windows Server Documentation and Audit Tool? I'm not sure Microsoft meant to use the term "deprecated" here given that they've removed the functionality out of the scheduled tasks engine on the target systems. I suspect that the user interface retains these options because the Task Scheduler UI can be used to connect to down-level operating systems such as Windows Server 2008 and create scheduled tasks that include the "Display a message" and "Send an email" actions. It's not clear why Microsoft removed these functions however I suspect it's because of the dated COM technology under the hood that it used for m...