Some nifty SQL statements I made last week: Firstly, listing all databases on a server. -- Get Databases SELECT name FROM master.dbo.sysdatabases ORDER BY name Secondly, a way to get all the user-created stored procedures from a database. -- Get Stored Procedures -- Type = 'P' --> Stored Procedure...

This week I started playing around with Managed DirectX (MDX) and it's a really fun thing. I attempted it a couple of times a long time ago, but never quite understood it, but now I have a good feeling about it, a sense of order and structure has shown itself in DirectX code. I'll probably blog more...

A while ago I blogged about Alternate Data Streams and how they are hidden from the users. At that time, you could presume when an ADS was present, it was something special, because not many normal files have an ADS attached to it. But yesterday I got an interesting question about XP SP2 showing a Security...

Yesterday I gave a presentation about eID in .NET , if somebody is interested I have uploaded the presentation together with some sample code to my personal website: Cumps.be The purpose of this session is to give an idea about what's possible with the eID card in .NET and what is needed to get it working...

Lately I hear about a lot of people using VPC that their keyboard suddenly stops working inside VPC. There are a different number of keyboard issues I've heard of so far: Keyboard stops working all together. Keyboard freaks out. (CTRL key stuck) Keyboard and mouse lock up. The first issue is the one...

A long time ago, I talked about Differencing Disks in Virtual PC . Most people just have a base image and difference from that. A fairly basic technique by now. The next step however, is to think about differencing from a differencing disk. Using this technique you can set up the following collection...

Lately I hear about a lot of people using VPC that their keyboard suddenly stops working inside VPC. There are a different number of keyboard issues I've heard of so far: Keyboard stops working all together. Keyboard freaks out. (CTRL key stuck) Keyboard and mouse lock up. The first issue is the one...

A long time ago, I talked about Differencing Disks in Virtual PC . Most people just have a base image and difference from that. A fairly basic technique by now. The next step however, is to think about differencing from a differencing disk. Using this technique you can set up the following collection...

Some nifty SQL statements I made last week: Firstly, listing all databases on a server. -- Get Databases SELECT name FROM master.dbo.sysdatabases ORDER BY name Secondly, a way to get all the user-created stored procedures from a database. -- Get Stored Procedures -- Type = 'P' --> Stored Procedure...

This week I started playing around with Managed DirectX (MDX) and it's a really fun thing. I attempted it a couple of times a long time ago, but never quite understood it, but now I have a good feeling about it, a sense of order and structure has shown itself in DirectX code. I'll probably blog more...