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Please update your bookmarks, because the new url of this blog is http://khason.net/ (you have not update RSS feeds, it will be done automatically). Why I did it? Why I decided to go to “stand-alone”… Well. there are some reasons. Generally, I do not want to explain all those here, but trust me, there are some. The main reason is, that there is no responsible person in charge for this blog platform in Microsoft Israel. This why, if your blog is popular and you have a respect to your blog visitors...
[This blog was migrated. You will not be able to comment here. The new URL of this post is http://khason.net/blog/programming-for-windows-7/ ] Well, Windows 7 is going to be released by the end of next year. This is great news, because it seemed, that Microsoft finally understand how to get the best of Windows Vista and make it to work not only on monster machines . It even works on new brandy my wife's pinky machine. And if it works there and my wife is happy with it, this OS going to be very...
[This blog was migrated. You will not be able to comment here. The new URL of this post is http://khason.net/blog/vista-batter-saver-got-danish-locale-rc2-branch/ ] Great thank (how will it be in Danish?) to Bjarke Istrup Pedersen for Danish translation of Vista Batter Saver. Download public beta 2 r2 with Danish locale >> If you would like to take a challenge and test new RC2, you can do it also (no locale yet). It includes additional functionality and dozen bugs fixes. Download latest RC1...
[This blog was migrated. You will not be able to comment here. The new URL of this post is http://khason.net/blog/backup-and-restore-your-wireless-networks-settings-by-using-wirelessmigrator/ ] I had to reinstall my working notebook, so I begun to backup all it’s settings. I almost finished, when recognize, that Windows Vista has no tool for backup and restore wireless networks settings (tnx to Daniel Petri ). You can manually add or remove it. You can even change the priorities, but you cannot backup...
[This blog was migrated. You will not be able to comment here. The new URL of this post is http://khason.net/blog/openup-and-my-open-source-submissions/ ] Amir Shevat from Microsoft Israel DPE department started cool competition, named OpenUp . I decided to give hand to this initiative and posted sources of some of my applications on CodePlex and submit it to the competition. Currently, my submission includes (except old Vista Battery Saver and Windows Live Writer Plugins ): WebCam control for WPF...
[This blog was migrated. You will not be able to comment here. The new URL of this post is http://khason.net/blog/action-required-battery-tracker-download-new-version/ ] Less, then 12 hours and more then 2500 downloads - that's the verdict for this tool . Awareness, there are some critical bugs found in Battery Tracker. Please download the new version (from the same location) and replace the version on your computer. This is required action, due the version from August, 29th has number of bugs...
[This blog was migrated. You will not be able to comment here. The new URL of this post is http://khason.net/blog/battery-tracker-power-management-and-battery-tracing-tool/ ] A lot of people ask me about how to measure power charging or discharging rate. How to know the quality of your battery and power needs of operating system. How to be sure, that Vista Battery Saver really helps to prolong your battery life and detect exactly how it prolongs it. Two evenings and I wrote small utility, that helps...
[This blog was migrated. You will not be able to comment here. The new URL of this post is http://khason.net/blog/italian-locale-for-vista-battery-saver/ ] Grazie to Andrea Dellamonica from Tisource for Italian translation of Vista Battery Saver . Get latest installer from CodePlex (some minor fixes there) I want to purchase Code Signing Digital ID for VBS to sign code and pass Certified for Vista. There are more, then 500K installation of this software. All we need is 99$ (simple certificate) or...
[This blog was migrated. You will not be able to comment here. The new URL of this post is http://khason.net/blog/vista-battery-saver-beta-2-r1-refresh/ ] New minor release of VBS. In this release - fixes of grammar in English strings (tnx to John Guin ), German and French localization +bug with German version fixed (tnx to Muty and Vista french community ), changes in default power plans and installer. Thank you, contributors, keep doing great job - we're very close to RC1 - Features will be...
[This blog was migrated. You will not be able to comment here. The new URL of this post is http://khason.net/blog/german-locale-for-vista-battery-saver/ ] Vielen Dank to Muty . Now Vista Battery Savers speaks German.     Download MUI version of beta 2 with French and German locale >>
[This blog was migrated. You will not be able to comment here. The new URL of this post is http://khason.net/blog/vista-battery-saver-french-version/ ] Now you can get latest beta 2 of Vista Battery Saver in French. Great thanks to Vista french community (VistaRC) for this contribution. If you want to use Vista Battery Saver in french, just download VistaBatterySaverSetup-MUI.msi from current release location and if your locale is FR, you'll get french UI for this application
[This blog was migrated. You will not be able to comment here. The new URL of this post is http://khason.net/blog/vista-battery-saver-beta-2-is-available-for-download/ ] New version of Vista Battery Saver (beta 2) is available for download from CodePlex . Except bug fixes, there is a new feature - automatic power plan change, depends on power source you are working with. I'm really wondering,  why this feature is not available in Windows Vista out-of-the-box? For example, if you are...
[This blog was migrated. You will not be able to comment here. The new URL of this post is http://khason.net/blog/vista-battery-saver/ ] It's not a secret, that cool WDM (Aero user interface), announced in Windows Vista eat laptops' battery as hungry animal eats it's victim. But what, actually, "eat" your battery - mostly three things: Aero, Sidebar and your wide laptop screen. We have nothing to do with screen, but we can disable either Aero UI and Sidebar, while working on...