ReactOS is an open source effort to develop a quality operating system that is compatible with applications and drivers written for the Microsoft Windows NT family of operating systems (NT4, 2000, XP, 2003).
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The tile template catalog (Windows Store apps)
This topic lists the tile templates available for use in a tile notification, with pictorial examples of each together with their XML content.
DailyJS: Windows and Node: Windows Performance Monitor
It’s time to take a look at a Windows-oriented Node module to see how it works. Before getting messy with C, C++, and all that native module stuff, let’s keep it simple by looking at something that communicates with Windows programs using Node’s streams.
Matt’s Webcorner – Direct3D 9.0 API Interceptor
This is a program that intercepts all Direct3D 9 (D3D9) commands issued by a running application. These commands are then dispatched to a separate program that interprets and responds to them. The commands can be forwarded to the operating system, discarded, or modified as desired.
Dependency Walker is a free utility that scans any 32-bit or 64-bit Windows module (exe, dll, ocx, sys, etc.) and builds a hierarchical tree diagram of all dependent modules. For each module found, it lists all the functions that are exported by that module, and which of those functions are actually being called by other modules. Another view displays the minimum set of required files, along with detailed information about each file including a full path to the file, base address, version numbers, machine type, debug information, and more.
Enhancing your applications for Windows 7
The Code Pack provides .NET developers a library exposing some of the new functionality in Windows 7, as well as features available in previous versions of Windows.
Tap into the power of the Windows 7 Taskbar
The task bar has some of the most visible improvements in Windows 7, so this article is going to get you started on how to enhance your .NET applications by supporting the new tabbed thumbnail application previews, thumbnail toolbars, and jump lists.
This is a .NET 2.0 Windows service written for XP and VISTA. The only purpose of XYWinService is to run other programs. The programs you want to run by XYWinService are defined in an XML configuration file. All programs run by XYWinService behave like a Windows service
Developing a Windows® Sidebar Gadget in Windows XP
In theory, developing software on one platform for a completely different (and new) target platform is something developers should be able to handle without difficulty. In practice however, there are many pitfalls that can await even the smartest developers. Justin Whitney discusses the challenges he faced (and overcame) in developing the Destination.NET Windows® Sidebar Gadget on Windows XP.
Selects and executes a command on a file or set of files. This command is useful for batch processing.
forfiles can be for instance used to periodically delete all files older than X days from a specific directory
This command will remove all files older than 3 days (-3) from directory c:tmp
It is not part of the normal distribution of Windows, but it can be downloaded from Microsoft Technet
The goal of the Ajax View project is to improve developer\’s visibility into and control over their web applications\’ behaviors on end-user\’s desktops.
The Ajax View approach is to insert a server-side proxy (or web server plugin) in-between the web server machines and the end-user\’s browser. This proxy captures the web application\’s JavaScript code as it is being sent to a browser and rewrites the code to insert extra instrumentation code.
Integrate Windows Live ID Authentication Into Your Website
Microsoft recently released an SDK that allows you to integrate Windows Live ID authentication into your Website (ASP.NET or any other).
Bill Higgins :: the Uncanny Valley of user interface design
we must ensure that we design our applications to remain consistent with the environment in which our software runs. In more concrete terms: a Windows application should look and feel like a Windows application, a Mac application should look and feel like a Mac application, and a web application should look and feel like a web application.
Bambalam PHP EXE Compiler/Embedder 1.21 – Free php to exe converter!
Bambalam PHP EXE Compiler/Embedder is a free command line tool to convert PHP applications to standalone Windows .exe applications. The exe files produced are totally standalone, no need for php dlls etc. The php code is encoded using the Turck MMCache Encode library so it’s a perfect solution if you want to distribute your application while protecting your source code. The converter is also suitable for producing .exe files for windowed PHP applications (created using for example the WinBinder library). It’s also good for making stand-alone PHP Socket servers/clients (using the php_sockets.dll extension).
Why Microsoft abandoned visual basic 6 in favour of visual basic .NET
Visual Basic was the most popular programming language in the world, yet Microsoft froze its development in favour of a new and different VB. Here’s why.
An attempt to explain the Biggest Mistake in History of Microsoft
Turn Off Unnecessary Windows XP Services
Unnecessary services don’t just subject you to security risk. They also slow down the operation of your computer. So, don’t get lazy here and think you can just deal with the infections later. Go ahead and turn that junk off and recapture your system from these resource hogs.
If you’re passing your old PC onto someone else, make sure you reformat the hard drive first. Review our tips for cleaning the hard drive.
Microsoft TechNet: Windows Sysinternals
The Sysinternals web site was created in 1996 by Mark Russinovich and Bryce Cogswell to host their advanced system utilities and technical information and Microsoft acquired Sysinternals in July, 2006. Whether you’re an IT Pro or a developer, you’ll find Sysinternals utilities to help you manage, troubleshoot and diagnose your Windows systems and applications. If you have a question about a tool or how to use it, please visit the Sysinternals Forum for answers and help from other users and our moderators.
MAKEMSI – Make MSI based installation files.
MAKEMSI is a freeware tool with utilizes simple XML like text files for the reliable creation (or updating) of MSI based installers. Once set up subsequent rebuilds are automated, reliable, quick and in general require no MSI skills. Not only does MAKEMSI build the MSI but it creates HTML documentation for it as well!
Windows XP/2000 Commands and Tools
Here’s the ultimate Windows XP/2000 command list that will make any Linux user feel at home at the command prompt. A lot of these commands are intended for administrating a network, but they are great for savvy home users as well. We even listed which OS you need for these commands.
A whole lot of CMD goodness.
I really didn’t know that there is a font editor called eudcedit packaged with WinXP
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