{"id":242,"date":"2008-03-09T14:54:15","date_gmt":"2008-03-09T14:54:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/parkesy.wordpress.com\/?p=258"},"modified":"2008-03-09T14:54:15","modified_gmt":"2008-03-09T14:54:15","slug":"action-pack-changes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/andyparkes.co.uk\/blog\/index.php\/2008\/03\/09\/action-pack-changes\/","title":{"rendered":"Action Pack Changes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Not that long ago Microsoft made changes to the way we got desktop operating system in the action pack. 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