Probably like most people here I get the awesome task of looking after all my elderly relatives PCs, because 'you know about computers'. Right now I'm reinstalling XP on two of them, instead of doing useful work, because they are so infected with viruses and malware from general internet surfing ("you're our thousandth customer, click he...
For customer service week this year, I have the privileged task of creating a technology themed gift basket. I'm trying to keep the basket under $50 as I have a bluetooth keyboard/mouse combo that I'll be adding to it. Besides canned air and monitor wipes, are there any other recommendations for a PC based basket? I was thinking about a ...
I need to install some .NET software on several PC's. This software needs to check each time it is restarted to see if a newer version exists on the server. The end users will have basic user rights and therefore cannot copy files to the 'Program Files' directory. If a newer version exists, the application closes, an updater program c...
I would like to have the same editor available on all of the platforms I frequent. Emacs and Vi are not desired solutions. ...
I am buying a Tablet PC before the end of the year. I want to be able to use it for development work. Which one will give me the most Bang-for-the-Buck? I realize this is not truly a programming question, but, as I am going to use it for programming and I have been unable to find an answer elsewhere I thought I would post it here. ...
I'm looking for a benchmark (and results on other PCs) which would give me an idea of the development performance gain I could get by upgrading my PC, also the benchmark could be used to justify the upgrade to my boss. I use Visual Studio 2008 for my development, so I'd like to get an idea of by what factor the build times would be impr...
Is it possible to create iPhone apps using a PC? I'm running windows vista and I want to learn objective-c, what better way can you be motivated then the potential to create something that someone, somewhere might use. Edit: Are there any hacks that allow would allow me to make the apps? ...
I need to have a flash file be opened and viewed from a USB automatically on both Win and Mac. I read about various solutions depending on the format of the flash output: autorun.inf if Flash published as exe(Win)/app(Mac)) which seems to be working only on Win; html embedding if Flash is published as swf, but this turns into a proble...
-- All of the revised code still refuses to run well, please help -- When I compile my code in Windows, I get memory errors. However on the Mac, where I initially coded this code, it works fine. I need to get this working on Windows. It's something to do with the way I handle my char strings using strcpy that the Mac seems to be fine w...
Basically, I'm looking for an IDE for PC that's like XCODE. What I'm really looking for is the on line error highlighting, as seen here http://i45.tinypic.com/2h6srag.jpg So far I haven't been able to find anything with this. ...
I'm writting a small python program to send voice file to other telephone. The phone is connected to pc over usb. How to make phone calls using Python? ...
Well I'd like to create apps for the iphone, starting out with really really basic stuff and working up, but I don't have a Mac at the moment (well I do but it's a powerPC ibook G4, which you can't develop on) and before I invest I'd like to learn how to create apps. I also read an article in a newspaper about how a guy starting creatin...
No, I'm serious, Recently, I read that when the PC's Peizo buzzer is made to vibrate at a certain frequency the sound would repel mosquitoes. Is that true ? How do I programmatically access the PC buzzer (not the speaker) in C# preferably this is a Honest question folks :) EDIT: I don't know about mosquitoes , but my head hurts like...
Hi, I've started exploring XUL Runner as a potential tool for an upcoming app. I can get some good examples running using the command line xulrunner-bin myapp. How can compile it all in a native looking application, like SongBird does. I understand SongBird packages the entire xul runtime with it, and I'm happy with that. I'm just ...
I have a RefTables.pc file. when i type make command. This is my warning. RefTables.c:109: warning: type defaults to `int' in declaration of `sqlcxt' RefTables.c:111: warning: type defaults to `int' in declaration of `sqlcx2t' RefTables.c:113: warning: type defaults to `int' in declaration of `sqlbuft' RefTables.c:114: warning: type d...
im using c#.net..i want to get the files that are on the server PC to my PC..both the PCs are connected through network.. i have given IP address of that PC in the path...but its not copying the files to my folder. im using the following code ...but its not working..kindly help me out.. File.Copy(Path.GetFileName(sourceFile), Path.GetDi...
Is there any equivalent to a Flash projector for iPhone? Flash projectors basically seem to package script and Flash libraries into one executable file that can be run on a PC. I'm wondering if anyone has made a similar thing for iPhone where I can take my existing code and package it with the necessary iPhone stuff to make a PC executab...
I have 2 virtual hosts running on my Windows XP laptop. One is Ubuntu running inside vmware player. The other is MS virtual PC (so I can test with IE6 ). The Ubuntu virtual host is running my web application with apache. I can point my browser on my laptop at the Ubuntu IP and view my web app. I read this post http://stackoverflow.c...
Hi Guys, I need to know the effect of different platforms on the System.Random object (Silverlight). Is the sequence created the same on Mac, PC and across 32 / 64 bit? Regards Tris ...
I'm using a DSP to control a sensorless brushless DC motor, The DSP is on a board which has a parallel port and a jtag connection (it's an eZdspTMS320F2812). What would be the best way to communicate between a PC application and the DSP as it was running? Ideally I'd like to have a GUI program with buttons like start, stop, accelerate, d...