I might need this for some really old stuff, so here is a reminder: Unspecified Error in Delphi 2007 on Windows 8 | ACMer.
It does work on Windows 7: Problem installing Delphi 2007 on Windows 7 64 Bit Enterprise – Stack Overflow.
–jeroen
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Reminder to self: Unspecified Error in Delphi 2007 on Windows 8 (via: ACMer)
Posted by jpluimers on 2013/08/15
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Mouse Jiggler – MouseJiggle.exe will (virtually) move your mouse cursor so the screen saver does not start
Posted by jpluimers on 2013/08/12
Ideal to prevent unwanted screen savers: MouseJiggle.exe
- Required .NET framework 2.0.
- Commandline parameter -j or –jiggle will autostart it.
- Works on all Windows versions I tried (including Windows 7 and up)
- Does not prevent RDP/MSTSC idle detection imposed by the Session Time Limits group policy.
–jeroen
via: Mouse Jiggler – Documentation.
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Must Read: Penny Pinching in the Cloud: When do Azure Websites make sense? – Scott Hanselman
Posted by jpluimers on 2013/08/10
Scott Hanselman wrote a Must Read post on Penny Pinching in the Cloud: When do Azure Websites make sense?
The first comment says it all:
Nuts, maybe marketing should put out more stuff like this. I have looked at Azure in the past and learned more from this post than then reading through all the pages of pricing on the Azure site. Thanks
Be sure to also read the comments, for instance this one, as they cover some more in depth explanation.
–jeroen
via: Penny Pinching in the Cloud: When do Azure Websites make sense? – Scott Hanselman.
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How to access DSA.msc in windows 7: “Active Directory Users and Computers”
Posted by jpluimers on 2013/08/02
When you do not have DSA.msc installed in Windows 7, you cannot perform the “Active Directory Users and Computers”, which is a very valuable tool to browse/edit a Windows Active directory.
The How to access DSA.msc in windows 7 explains on how to install it, but when your Windows installation is not allowed to add/remove Windows features, you need to download it the .msu, then install it.
The download depends on your Windows service pack. For Windows 7 SP 1, it is here (it is about 230 megabyte):
Download Remote Server Administration Tools for Windows 7 with SP1 from Official Microsoft Download Center.
You can download both an x86 (32-bit) and x64 (64-bit) version.
–jeroen Install Group Policy and AD Tools on Windows 7.
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Windows XP SP3: fix when .NET updates do not install (error 0x643 / 0x80070643)
Posted by jpluimers on 2013/08/01
On an old Windows XP machine srunning SP3, the .NET framework updates provided by MicrosoftUpdate.
One of the affected updates was An update is available for the .NET Framework 2.0 SP2 on Windows XP and Windows Server 2003: June 2013.
It would throw errors 0x643 (also known as 0x80070643) when installing, even after a clean reboot. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tunngle – P2P VPN, now would this work over plain HTTP?
Posted by jpluimers on 2013/07/29
On my research list: Tunngle – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
I hope it works over HTTP, and does not require something like Your Freedom – Bypass firewalls and proxies, stay anonymous.
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Keyboard shortcut for resizing all columns in a listview control to fit – The Old New Thing – Site Home – MSDN Blogs
Posted by jpluimers on 2013/07/22
I always forget this one:
The keyboard shortcut for resizing all columns in a report-mode (also known as Details mode) list view control to fit the current content width is Ctrl+Num+. That’s the + key on the numeric keypad.
–jeroen
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PowerPoint high cpu usage
Posted by jpluimers on 2013/07/15
Every once in a while, a hidden POWERPNT.EXE consumes 100% of one CPU core (on a single core, that is deadly, on a multi-core system it drains your battery pretty fast).
This was the cause:
One reason is you have preview pane enabled and have selected a PowerPoint File. To preview it an invisible copy of PowerPoint is opened and may not close when you deselect. This doesn’t normally use much cpu though.
–jeroen
via PowerPoint high cpu usage.
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Mac OS X: disabled most Mission Control keyboard shortcuts
Posted by jpluimers on 2013/07/08
When doing a lot of remote desktop and VM work from a Mac to Windows machines, the Mission Control shortcuts (like Ctrl Up/Down) often get in the way.
Since I hardly use Mission Control anyway (I run VMs and remote machines to really cut dependencies: far stronger than multiple desktops), I just disabled all the Mission Control keyboard shortcuts you see here:
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#Fail: @SugarSync prompts me to install 2.0.27, but release notes only lists me 2.0.23. Time to skip a version.
Posted by jpluimers on 2013/07/03
On my MacBook Retina, SugarSync prompts me to install 2.0.27, and directs me to the SugarSync 2.0 Release Notes that only lists me 2.0.23. Time to skip a version…
–jeroen
via: SugarSync 2.0 Release Notes – desktop and web apps – current release.
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