Wooden-Robot.net
Commonsense AI, NLP, interaction design, web apps
Home
About
Publications
Subscribe (RSS) | Assimilate!
Search
Categories
Accessibility/A11y
(4)
AI
(6)
Books
(2)
C#
(12)
C/C++
(3)
Coding style
(9)
DHTML
(28)
Digirati
(2)
Interaction Design
(12)
Java
(11)
MSWindows
(17)
Open AIM
(6)
Optimization
(5)
PIM
(8)
Prolog
(3)
Security
(4)
Source control
(5)
Tools
(18)
Uncategorized
(5)
Meta
Log in
Entries
RSS
Comments
RSS
WordPress.org
Archives - Posts tagged as 'MSWindows'
Open a page in the default browser following a schedule
The notification component of our wiki (plone) isn't useful enough to bother with, so as a workaround I view its "Recent Changes" page on a ...
[June 7th by david]
Portable Windows with/without admin privilege
Update: SORRY! It turns out that VirtualBox ties its configuration very closely to specifics of its host machine (such as through the MAC address), so ...
[May 26th by david]
How to sync Windows Mobile with both Exchange and Google
For Windows Mobile phones, Google suggests that you use the ActiveSync program on the phone to connect to one of their servers. This is problematic ...
[March 11th by david]
Going portable as an alternative to using a remote desktop
This tip is intended for people like me who: Often need to work outside the office but don't want to carry a laptop Happen not to use ...
[March 7th by david]
How to setup a data connection in Windows Mobile with a SingTel account
I wasn't able to find instructions online, but a SingTel rep sent me a PDF, and I've uploaded it to scribd.com so you can read the ...
[March 7th by david]
Prevent HTC phone from switching to Ulaanbaatar time from Singapore/Malaysia time
My HTC Hermes (AT&T 8525) keeps switching from the time and zone I set in Settings -- in particular, from Singapore/Malaysia's timezone to Ulaanbaatar's. I ...
[October 5th by david]
“There is no script engine for file extension .js”
If you are trying to execute a JavaScript file in Windows using the cscript interpreter, try adding //E:jscript to your call. for example: cscript //E:jscript foo.js
[December 3rd by david]
“Unable to detect the current startup project” in Visual Studio 2005
I got this error even after right-clicking on the project within my solution and choosing "Set as StartUp Project" (followed by "save all"). Quiting VS, ...
[November 16th by david]
“virtual directory not being configured as an application in IIS”
Parser Error Message: It is an error to use a section registered as allowDefinition='MachineToApplication' beyond application level. This error can be caused by a ...
[November 2nd by david]
“Failed to access IIS metabase”
Try reinstalling ASP.NET 2.0: c:\windows\microsoft.net\framework\v2.0.50727\aspnet_regiis -i Also make sure that the IIS console shows that, for Properties|ASP.NET of each of your web-shared folders, that v2.0 is shown ...
[November 2nd by david]
Trick IE into reserving a connection for Comet traffic
"Comet" is a dhtml technique for sending updates from the server to a browser client. One way to do it is to place a hidden ...
[November 2nd by david]
IIS fails to serve pages, although ping succeeds
After many failures to install VS2005 on my laptop, I got a second machine and reinstalled XP (and drivers) in order to bypass any app ...
[November 2nd by david]
“A project with an output type of Class Library cannot be started directly”
VisualStudio has forgotten your debug settings. Right-click on your project in the SolutionExplorer pane, and select "Set as startup project". In the context menu, you ...
[November 2nd by david]