windows-7

Windows7 orb start button problem

I have a Authorize Use Policy probram i am trying to update for Windows 7. I am trying to hide/ disable the orb or start button, in the past it was a child of the taskbar so hiding the taskbar was the solution (old code below). I have found some c# code that seems to do it but have been unsuccessful at converting it. my old code (for xp...

windows script to detect and fix if the network adapter needs resetting

all, is there any script that I can put on a scheduler to auto reset adapter only if there is a network connection failure? I am running Windows 7 -Jeremy ...

c++ free Profiler

i need a free profiler that works in win7 and compabitly with vs2010 thanks ...

C# Splitting Multi-page Tiff into Single Tiff's on Windows 7 / .Net 4.0

I recently moved to a new development box from Windows XP 32 Bit to Windows 7 64 bit. Both machines are running .Net Framework version 4.0 for development with Visual Studio 2010. After upgrading to Windows 7 64 Bit, my code to split a multi-page Tiff image into separate images is now broken (worked fine previously on XP 32 Bit, except ...

Does Windows 7 Automatically Use Multiple Processors for Python 3 Code?

I have windows 7 and I wrote a python program that loops ("for loops", i.e., "for key in dict") over multiple databases, checks for various conditions (e.g., if x in dict, y += 1) and then tallies the results. I didn't do anything to parralelize the proceesing. I have 8 CPU cores on my computer. When I start Windows task manager while...

Missing Device Fonts - FontDialog

When I display an instance of System.Windows.Forms.FontDialog (C#), on Windows Vista / 7 printer device-fonts are unavailable (Roman CPI fonts for example). These fonts are however still available from MS Word. The same application displays the fonts correctly on a Windows XP machine. I have tried MethodInfo mi = typeof(Font...

Windows file attributes / version of file

I know for dll files you can read an Assembly version, but I was wondering if there's some way to mark or read versions from ANY filetype (jpg for example). I'm making an update program that only updates what's necessary and it'd be better if all files were versioned instead of keeping track of versions in a separate file. Oh and this i...

Ubuntu drag windows to top maximization

One of my favorite features on Windows 7 was how when a window is drug to the top it maximizes, then when it pulls down it restores. Is there any way to get something similar on Ubuntu? ...

mysql service stops while trying to alter a table

I have mysql 5.1 installed using this: mysql-essential-5.1.49-win32.msi. And also have Workbench installed using this mysql-workbench-gpl-5.2.26-win32.msi On Windows 7 Now my problem that anytime i try to create a new table or alter an exist table, the mysql service stops and workbench gives an error that it can't connect. But before ...

How to create a form with a border, but no title bar? (like volume control on Windows 7)

In Windows 7, the volume mixer windows has a specific style, with a thick, transparent border, but no title bar. How do i recreate that window style in a winforms window? I tried setting Text to string.Empty, and ControlBox to false, which removes the titlebar, but then the border also disappears: ...

Can't add Android under Eclipse-plugin on Windows 7 - Not visible.

I've tried to search for similar problems, but can't seem to find it. I run: Windows 7 Java SE Developement Kit x64 Eclipse Helios (downloaded here from Eclipses homepage --> Downloads --> Eclipse IDE for Java EE Developers --> 64 Bit) "Android SDK Windows" I've been following the guide from the Android Developers homepage. I can l...

Can't debug ASP.NET application stored in IIS

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Batch script to create folders based on filenames

I have a folder with a lot of PNG images that I want to create folders for based on their filenames. I would then want the files to be moved into their respective folders of the same name and renamed to 0000.png. Example: - abcd.png - efghi.png - jklm.png - nopqr.png - stuv.png - wxyz.png To: - abcd/0000.png - efghi/0000.png - jklm/...

Font issue : Controls text cutoff in Windows 7 machine

Hello I have a Visual Studio 2008 Windows Application which typically has menu items,textboxes and some buttons on almost every other forms. It looks great on my development machine which is XP SP3. I read my AppConfig file to set the font family and font size which is common to all forms. For ex: I use the Arial 10 font to be used t...

call an exe from within c++ (windows)

Hi, I'm using VS2010 and I would like to call an exe file which I've created in another directory. I've tried the following: int main(){ system("C:\\Users\\Li\\Desktop\\Debug\\modelExample_4pcs.exe"); return 0; }; but I get "The system could not find the file specified" error. I've tried to run the exe file directly from...

Making python files executable in Ubuntu

In windows to make one of my codes execute all I have to do is double click on the file. However, I can't seem to figure out how to do a similar task in Ubuntu. ...

Problem with SQL Express aliases under Windows 7 and Visual Studio 2010

Recently upgraded to Windows 7 Enterprise 64 bit and Visual Studio 2010. In previous versions, we set up an alias to SQL Express 2008 to use localhost instead of .\SQLEXPRESS, so that our config files don't need to change when checking into TFS before being deployed to staging or wherever. After the upgrade, I can connect to SQL Expres...

How to write files in c# as an administrator ?

Hi, I have c# program which writes an xml file to "C:" disk. I published my program as one click package because it's for test purpose only. But the problem is the one click package doesn't have "run as admin" option. So how can I solve this problem ? Any idea ? ...

Load Balance on Windows 7 Pro Desktop

For development and testing purposes, I'd like to install two "web heads" and a database on my Windows 7 Pro desktop, and then round-robin the incoming requests between them. The basic setup is easy enough, but I have no good solution for distributing the requests between the two web heads. Is there any load balancing solution that I c...

Error in opening Silverlight 4 application thorugh aspx page in XP

Hi, I created a silverlight business application on VS2010 in my Win7 virtual PC. I only added a button to home.xaml..rest everything else is untouched in the template's code. I deployed the application on IIS 7 and when I try access it on win XP machine..I get an error "Unhandled Error in Silverlight Application" code: 2105 After a b...