June 2006 - Posts

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[.NET 2.0] Detecting Idle Time with Mouse and Keyboard Hooks by jdanforth

I thought I could share some piece of code I wrote a couple of years ago to detect if a user is idle or not. I used it on a chat client I developed because we were not allowed to use Messenger at the site. So the way to do it is to set up a coupld of...
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[Refactoring] Tools for Refactoring VB.NET by jdanforth

I've not been coding any VB.NET for a while now, but when looking into a pretty good sample of how to develop an Outlook style smart client (which is in VB.NET), the walkthrough recommended to use Refactor! for Visual Basic 2005 . It's a free plugin from...
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WinFX Renamed to .NET Framework 3.0 by jdanforth

Picked this up from Soma's blog : ...we have decided to rename WinFX to the .NET Framework 3.0. .NET Framework 3.0 aptly identifies the technology for exactly what it is – the next version of our developer framework. What a pack of good stuff developers...
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[Vista] Getting Daemon Tools to Work in Vista Beta 2 by jdanforth

Try this at own risk (see below) If you like me use Daemon tools alot and want to get it to work in Vista Beta 2 - Try downloading an older version 3.02 from the D-tools archives . It worked for me. You may have to disable UAP to install the drivers though...
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[Vista] ATI Drivers for Vista Beta 2 by jdanforth

Found this news article (and downloading as I write): ATI today released a major update to its first beta generation Windows Vista graphics driver. The Catalyst Beta package fully supports the Vista Display Driver Model (VDDM) and should deliver greater...
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[Vista] Some Things Work - Others Don't by jdanforth

I decided to be brave and installed Vista Beta 2 on my home computer. Because you have to format the C-drive, I made a huge, fresh backup of most of my files and went ahead with the install. Vista installed fine and started up OK with a few issues: My...
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