Archive for the ‘Windows’ Category.

Registering Help System for Windows SDK Documentation with Visual Studio

It is explained on Windows SDK blog how to integrate the updated Windows SDK with Visual Studio. However, how about the documentation and help integration with Visual Studio or even the search for API references ? I was using the online SDK until I figured out a work around.
Here are the steps to enable the […]

Singularity Source Released

Lots of releases happening this week because of Mix 08. For Mix08 releases you might want to check Tim Sneath’s blog.
But beside mix conference a research operating system  from Microsoft Research, “Singularity” is released. The source code can be found in their CodePlex Singularity site. It comes with a research development license.
It will be […]

Compile LAPACK and BLAS as DLL on Windows

BLAS (Basic Linear Algebra Subprograms) is a library that provides standard routines for basic vector and matrix operations.

LAPACK is a library that provides functions for solving systems of linear equations, matrix factorizations, solving eigenvalue and singular value problems. LAPACK library have dependency to BLAS library because of the LAPACK functions using BLAS functions to work.

Both […]

Silverlight and DLR

Back to my previous post, WPF/Everywhere recently become Silverlight with the addition of new languages and new platform. Actually it’s not a new platform it’s a subset of IronPhyton programming language and it’s called DLR Dynamic Language Runtime. So more to .NET static typed languages, we have some new dynamic languages to be used for […]

Internet with GPRS over Bluetooth using Window Vista

Finally I moved, but I have a little problem “no internet connection”.

Let’s agree that we are addicted to online world (at least I am). It has been 2 days I haven’t got the connection. I was using my phone to check mails and than realised to use with my laptop. So I set up a […]

Secure Remote Desktop on Linux and Windows

Remote Desktop is one the great features added to Windows since XP.  From then many clients exists for connecting to remote desktops including linux, Mac OS X. Remote desktop connection uses Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) and the protocol has 128 bit encryption; however it is possible to decrypt entire connection because of its implementation.  We […]

Windows Sideshow and Gadgets

Windows Vista new features has been started to implement by many hardware manufacturers. One of the features that I want to use mostly is Windows Sideshow.
The Windows Sideshow site points that :
Wouldn’t it be great if you could read an e-mail message, confirm a meeting location, or check a flight reservation without turning on […]

Vista Developer Day at Microsoft UK

I just surprised when I see an event from Microsoft about Windows Vista. I was expecting it, but not before the real release of Vista. Anyway, it is a bit late for telling that, but Vista Developer Launch is this weekend at Microsoft Campus in Reading.
This is a 2 day event 19th and 20th […]

Google’s Malware Warning

My windows became unbootable, I was receiving and I logged to my linux partition. I was looking for the bootdisks for my flash drive because I don’t have an XP cd (Laptop gave only the ghost image of Windows CD), I needed to have chkdsk command at least, so I googled for “windows […]

.Net Framework 3.0

WinFX has been renamed to .Net framework 3. Although .Net framework 3 is simple and easy to remember, I get used to Winfx.
I liked WinFX. It was like Win32, Win16..
Just like the avalon case renames to WPF, new names will be remembered at last.
Apparently there is no new version come up […]