Archive for the ‘Windows Vista’ Category
Posted by jpluimers on 2015/02/17
For Windows Vista and up, you need at least these icon resolutions:
- 16×16
- 32×32
- 48×48
- 256×256
For Windows XP / 2003 Server and earlier, you’d only need the 16×16, 32×32 and 48×48 resolutions, and if you support older video hardware, include them in 24-bit, 8-bit and 4-bit color depth.
For younger versions you might consider adding 20×20, 24×24, 40×40, 64×64 and 128×128 as well to support higher DPI modes.
You need to include and various other sizes for other operating systems.
Getting at them, I usually start with an EPS file, then downscale to the right resolution, and save the resulting files as PNG images, then assemble those together.
A while ago, I had some icons with nice long diagonal line, then I found out the hard way I should not have used ConvertICO.org. I often prefer on-line tools over off-line, especially for actions I rarely do (this is one of them). It saves you from installing software, and on-line sites usually get better over time.
In this case, I shouldn’t have gone online: Just look at the jagged edges in the 200% zoom below: the image on the right is from ConvertICO.org, on the left it is from IcoFX.
What you clearly see is that ConvertICO messes around with the 256×256 image (it doesn’t mess around with the other resolution), but IcoFX doesn’t mess around.
So now I switched to IcoFX. Not on-line, but a great free tool. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Development, Power User, Software Development, Windows, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows Server 2000, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Vista, Windows XP | 2 Comments »
Posted by jpluimers on 2015/02/16
Brillant!: Windows Alt Key Codes.
The page has both lists of four-digit ALT+#### codes, a how-to, and reference links:
- Letters with Accents – (e.g. ó, ò, ñ)
- Other Foreign Characters – (e.g. ç, ¿, ß)
- Currency Symbols – (e.g. ¢, £, ¥)
- Math Symbols – (e.g. ±, °, ÷)
- Other Punctuation – (e.g. &, ©, §)
- Using the Codes
- Other Accents and Symbols: Character Map Other Page
- Non-Numeric Accent Codes: Activate International Keyboard Other Page
- Links to Other References
–jeroen
Posted in Development, Encoding, Power User, Software Development, Unicode, Windows, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows Server 2000, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Vista, Windows XP | Leave a Comment »
Posted by jpluimers on 2015/01/30
More than 4 years ago, I wrote about the Windows filename search replacement: Everything. Since then, Everything has even gotten better: though the “stable” 1.2 version dates back to 2009, a new series of 1.3.x betas has appeared since early 2013 that are just as stable, are faster and have far more features.
Some new features I like a lot:
- Support for Recent Changes, for instance searching for rc:today gives you files that have changed today.
- The extended search syntax now includes the ability to search for attributes (even compressed, offline or encrypted) and timestamps (even relative ones like dm:last10minutes) for datecreated (dc), datemodified (dm) or recentchanges (rc).
- Allow for boolean operators ! (NOT), & (AND) and space (OR) and grouping them with < and >.
- These search prefixes: Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Everything by VoidTools, Power User, Windows, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows Server 2003 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Vista | Leave a Comment »
Posted by jpluimers on 2015/01/28
Thanks Shay Erlichmen for answering this on SO why the Beep function does not bell the speaker any more on x64 systems:
Beep has been removed as a native function from all x64 platforms (so no managed version of course), there is a connect issue that petition to return it.
We use a different trick to discover servers, we remote eject the dvd drive, and the drive with the tray open is the one were looking for :)
Larry Osterman has a great article about this: What’s up with the beep driver in Windows 7.
In the mean time, the connect issue has been removed as well.
The good news however (if your hardware still has an Intel 8254 compatible PIT in the South Bridge connected to a PC speaker):
Ludwig Ertl wrote the BEEPx / BeepXP driver that interfaces to the speaker through the 8254. Note it has a (German) changelog, but you can respond in English.
–jeroen
via: windows – .Net WinForm System Beep on a 64 Bit OS – Stack Overflow.
Posted in Development, Power User, Software Development, Windows, Windows 7, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Vista | Leave a Comment »
Posted by jpluimers on 2015/01/09
Process Hacker is on my research list:
A free, powerful, multi-purpose tool that helps you monitor system resources, debug software and detect malware.
–jeroen
via: Overview – Process Hacker.
Posted in Microsoft Surface on Windows 7, Power User, Windows, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows Server 2000, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Vista, Windows XP | 1 Comment »
Posted by jpluimers on 2014/11/28
Cool, I just found out that Wikipedia has a Screenshot topic, listing how to take screenshots (and often shots of the current window) on many platforms, where (*) means I verified them:
- Apple Mac OS X
(*) Use “⌘ Cmd+⇧ Shift+3” for the screen or “⌘ Cmd+⇧ Shift+4” for a part of the screen (as of Mac OS X Tiger, you can press the “Spacebar” to capture a Window in stead of part of the screen). You can press “Ctrl” with these shortcuts to the shot goes to the clipboard, otherwise it gets saved as a PNG file.
- Microsoft Windows
(*) Use “Prt Sc” for the screen or “Alt+Prt Sc” for the Window
(note that on my laptop and multi-media keyboards, you need to type the “Fn” key in order to press the “Prt Sc”)
- Microsoft Windows Phone
Press the “Sleep/Wake” button and the Startbutton at the same time.
- Apple iOS
(*) Press the “Home” and “Lock” button at the same time.
- Google Android
Hold the “Volume down” button, then press the “Sleep/Wake” button.
(*) Or press the “Sleep/Wake” and the “Home” button at the same time.
- HP WebOS
Press the “Orange/Gray Key+Sym+P” at the same time.
Or press “Home Key+Power” at the same time.
- X Window System
Varies with the installed tooling
- Maemo 5
Press “Ctrl+⇧ Shift+P” at the same time.
- Google Chrome OS
Press “Ctrl+F5” to capture the screen or press “Ctrl+⇧ Shift+F5” to capture a portion of the screen.
–jeroen
via: Screenshot – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
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Posted by jpluimers on 2014/11/07
While researching the manifest problem I will post about next week, I made a short list of free Windows Resource Editors:
All other resource editors I found were not free, and someof them not maintained for an even longer period than the free ones.
–jeroen
Posted in Delphi, Delphi 2, Delphi 2005, Delphi 2006, Delphi 2007, Delphi 2009, Delphi 2010, Delphi 3, Delphi 4, Delphi 5, Delphi 6, Delphi 7, Delphi XE, Delphi XE2, Delphi XE3, Delphi XE4, Delphi XE5, Delphi XE6, Delphi XE7, Development, Power User, Software Development, Windows, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows Server 2000, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Vista, Windows XP | 4 Comments »
Posted by jpluimers on 2014/10/31
When searching for powershell ise indent tab, I came across this very nice post by rpscripter:
If one selects multiple lines, then pressing tab will indent them all. Pressing shift+tab will un-indent them all.
Yes, I know the PowerShell is limited, so the indents are tabs (not spaces) and you cannot change the tab size: Powershell ISE – change indent/tab size + keep tabs.
–jeroen
via:
Posted in CommandLine, Development, Power User, PowerShell, PowerShell, Scripting, Software Development, Windows, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Vista, Windows XP | Leave a Comment »
Posted by jpluimers on 2014/10/10
Back when I wrote this mid 2013, this was the best Windows RDP overview article I could find: Best RDP client for Mac OSX Lion.
And it all got invalidated when finally (after years of silence), Microsoft released AppStore versions of the RDP client for both Mac OS X and iOS:
Microsoft Launches ‘Remote Desktop’ Apps for Mac and iOS – Mac Rumors.
So I tried the Mac App Store – Microsoft Remote Desktop that runs on OS X 10.6.0 or later for more than a year, and I like it a lot.
This is what the AppStore version improved over the classic Microsoft Remote Desktop Connection:
- It has more regular updates.
- It remaps the Mac Command key to the Microsoft Windows logo key.
- It uses the new RDP protocol version features which means fast response, even on slow network connections and better security.
- Full screen support is superb.
- Clipboard integration just works.
- It is really stable.
Just so you know about alternatives,
Posted in Apple, Keyboards and Keyboard Shortcuts, Mac, Mac OS X / OS X / MacOS, MacBook, MacBook Retina, MacBook-Air, MacBook-Pro, OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion, Power User, Windows, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows Server 2000, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Vista, Windows XP | 3 Comments »
Posted by jpluimers on 2014/10/08
I never realized you could overwrite the CD pseudo environment variable. If you do, the automatic value of the pseudo variable will not be udpated any more:
You have at some point set the CD variable explicitly. If you do this it will no longer automatically reflect the current working directory. To undo this, set it to empty:
set CD=
Thanks Jonathan and … for explaining this in both your answers.
Thanks to another answer by Endoro I now also know of the %=C:% pseudo variable (you have one per drive letter) that indicate the current directory per drive letter.
–jeroen
via: batch file – When is the CD environment variable updated? – Stack Overflow.
Posted in Batch-Files, Development, Power User, Scripting, Software Development, Windows, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows Server 2000, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Vista, Windows XP | 2 Comments »
The Wiert Corner - irregular stream of stuff 