Windows Task Manager Columns - Handles
What is the Windows Task Manager "Handles" column a measure of? File Handles? Or Page File Pointers? Also is it bad for one program to have 8000 handles? Thanks! ...
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Redirecting sound in Windows Vista/XP
Hello, Is there any way to redirect the output sound back to recording input through C# without the use of any cable to do it? Thanks ...
How do I setup DiffMerge with msysgit / gitk?
I've just started using Git and it's possible I've missed something obvious, but here goes: I'm using msysgit 1.6.2.2 on Windows XP While installing, I picked option 1 to "Use Git Bash only" I'm trying to put together a wrapper script that I can use to replace the built in git diff with DiffMerge. Based on this thread on SO, I create...
Displaying Unicode characters above U+FFFF on Windows
Hi, the application I'm developing with EVC++ 4 runs on Windows CE 5 and should support unicode (AFAIK wchar_t uses UTF-16 on windows, so I'm using that), so I want to be able to test it with "more exotic" characters. Especially with characters that use 4 Byte in UTF-16 and not just 2. Therefore I'm trying to display such characters in ...
libxml-ruby on windows xp problem
About a month ago I installed libxml-ruby using gem install libxml-ruby and it worked fine. Then i went to install it on another machine today and it failed with this error: C:\Windows\system32>gem install -r libxml-ruby Building native extensions. This could take a while... ERROR: Error installing libxml-ruby: ERROR: Failed ...
Can you run Target Designer for NT 4.0 on an XP box?
I'm trying to run Microsoft Windows NT Embedded 4.0 Target Designer on a Windows XP system, but when I try to build, I get errors. Have you ever done this, and if so, is there a trick to getting it to work? The best clue I've found so far from Microsoft is that the Development System Hardware Requirements document includes "Windows NT 4...
How do I free my port 80 on localhost windows
I installed xampp 1.6.8 and for some reason it did'nt work. Later realized port 80 is not free or not listening. How can I release it or make it free? Thanks a lot! ...
how to run php file by double clicking from any folder like html files in windows xp ?
Is there any trick to run .PHP files in windows XP from any folder by double clicking like HTML file ? I use XAMPP but in this we need to put files ina special htdocs folder. I want to run file from any folder, desktop by double clicking. ...
About Direct2D and DirectWrite features
Is anybody know how to enable Direct2D and DirectWrite features in XP and Vista? Direct2D and DirectWrite were introduced in Windows 7. ...
Replace WinXP taskbar Tooltip for another program
Hi. I need to replace the common Tooltip from WinXP taskbar for another application. So, I need to run an application when the mouse hover a task button. Is this possible, programatically? If so, how? Thank you ...
Paged pool memory or Nonpaged pool memory ?? (windows driver development)
Hi all, I am newbie in windows driver development. I just want to know , a global variable in a driver will use paged pool memory or non paged pool memory ? Thanks and Regards Navaneeth ...
Using c# .NET 3.0 on a Windows XP machine, what is the most efficent way to record from multiple webcams?
I am trying to figure out what APIs to use to connect and record from a webcam. In al of my research, Google, I have found many OLD articles which discus Directshow and COM. I don't want to write code that is using an obsolete API. Any direction with this is greatly appreciated. ...
WTSRegisterSessionNotification doesn't work sometimes on startup with XP home
I'm using the function/message to check if the workstation is locked. Now my application is in the startup folder. It has worked without any problems on XP pro, but since I'm using the program on XP home WTSRegisterSessionNotification fails about 50% of the time on startup, but it never fails when the system is already booted up. Any ide...
Locking a specific command in cmd.exe
Can anyone recommend a way in Windows XP or later to make it possible for users to access cmd.exe while locking out the ability to use type? ...
Why does Ruby's Win32Console not work for me with Ramaze?
I have installed Ramaze (on Windows XP) and it suggested I also install win32console to get coloured log output when it is running. However, after doing so I get escape codes rather than colours as shown below: W [2009-04-29 09:02:55 $5064] WARN | : ←[33mNo explicit root folder found, assuming it is C:/Projects/Ruby/Ramaze/Conferences...
Roll 64-bit and 32-bit versions of an app into the same binary?
Hi, We have an application we're trying to deploy on both 64 bit and 32 bit platforms. Is there a way to put both compiled versions of the code in the same binary, a la Apple and NeXT's fat binaries? Ideally we could ship one .exe that decides upon execution which version of the code to execute. We're targeting Windows XP and later. ...
What versions of Windows are currently the most popular
Does anyone have a ballpark percentage breakdown of Windows versions currently being used out there? For example, 60% are using Vista, 30% XP etc etc. We are currently building an installer and we need to know what will give us the most coverage. What we are particularly interested in is the prevalance of .NET versions as our applic...
Remote Desktop just displays desktop background color nothing else
Once in a while I will connect to Windows XP Pro via RDP, I will be logged on but the screen will just go to light blue - the color of the desktop background. No windows are shown, no response to mouse or keyboard including ctrl-alt-end. If another user logs in forcing me to log out then the next login is fine. This seems to happen ra...
Automate interaction with a GUI interface
I am interested in writing a script that can automatically operate a program in Windows XP. I figure that I can use something like AutoHotkey to do the clicking. The obstacle I am encountering is that I need the script to be able to interpret information from the GUI interface of the program. There are only a few possible things that ...
How do I implement an SVN hook to know the filename of the file committed, etc.?
I am using Windows XP and TortoiseSVN, and I would like to know the filename, the path of the file, author, and other details about the revision committed to the repository by using a post-commit hook. Do we have to use a certain language to do this such as Python or is this possible to write even by using a batch file only? ...