Browse by Tags
All Tags »
tools »
Vista (
RSS)
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/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/what%e2%80%99s-new-in-msdn-downloads/ ] Just look how many new releases those days in MSDN Download web site. Virtual PC 2007 SP1 – download and release notes Scriptomatic 2.0 - download (uses PowerShell 1.0) Windows PowerShell V2 CTP2 - download Office Live Update 1.1 - download .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 beta – download Visual Studio 2008 SP1 beta - download Microsoft Expression Blend 2...
[This blog was migrated. You will not be able to comment here. The new URL of this post is http://khason.net/blog/gas-price-windows-vista-sidebar-gadget-%e2%80%93-new-version-is-available-for-download/ ] This post is dedicated to some people in Microsoft and it’s subsidiaries. It begun about year ago, when I developed Gas Price information gadget (do not download it there). Before I started, I sent some personal email to those in MSN, who maintains it’s Auto section. I wait two days and got no response...
[This blog was migrated. You will not be able to comment here. The new URL of this post is http://khason.net/blog/a-couple-of-updates-mega-update-post/ ] Today, only updates Yahoo finally releases Yahoo! Messenger for Vista - this was one of very first prototypes, shown in Mix last year. I did not install it, however, here a couple of review Erik Burke , Tim Sneath and Ryan Stewart . As for me, they lost "wow effect" last year Microsoft Expression Blend 2 - December Preview . What's...
[This blog was migrated. You will not be able to comment here. The new URL of this post is http://khason.net/blog/find-similar-images-on-your-computer-with-duplicate-images-finder-alpha/ ] I wrote a lot of image (and not only image) processing algorithms. Most of them were for military proposes. Almost all of them are not secret, so why not to use war technologies for peace manners? Sitting one of those long evenings, I wrote a simple application, that seeks for similar (not by name of cause) images...
[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/how-to-test-localized-application/ ] You finished writing World-Ready application . It detects current system culture, or possibly, UI culture, or, even Region and change it's layout language to language, detected with those methods. Now, you want to test it on different locales. What to do? You can go to test PC or, if you're advanced user, install virtual PC images and test...
[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/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...
[This blog was migrated. You will not be able to comment here. The new URL of this post is http://khason.net/blog/how-to-set-your-mobile-modem-to-work-without-dialer/ ] So, all those happy owners of Orange GSM modem Novatel Merlin U740 and Windows Vista already paid their attention to bugs of it's software dialer MobiLink. Someone called to Orange customer service to get answers, and understand, that their are not officially support Windows Vista. Someone get new drivers (via YouSendIt.com -...
[This blog was migrated. You will not be able to comment here. The new URL of this post is http://khason.net/blog/good-icons-editor/ ] Lack of VS icon editor? You are not alone. Recently I looked for freeware program to create and edit icons and I found one. Let me introduce IcoFX . Sufficient features and useful interface. I was disappointed, that the program has installer, but it can run from Disk-On-Key as well (either open msi and pick it out or install-copy exe-uninstall) Here is the list of...