Archive for the ‘Computers’ Category

The first bug in Vista UAC?

Sunday, July 27th, 2008

(This post is moved here from the TweakUAC web site, were it appeared first on January 1st, 2007). I believe I've stumbled upon the first bug in Vista UAC (in the final release of Vista, not in a beta version). It's very easy to see the bug in action: Login to your computer ...

Making Vista play nice with XP on a network

Saturday, May 31st, 2008

While testing my software for compatibility with Windows Vista during the last couple of years I've noticed that Vista often does not want to play nice with other computers on my LAN. If there are only XP computers connected, everything was fine: they could see each other, I could move ...

How to create a shared clipboard and copy and paste text between computers with ease

Wednesday, April 30th, 2008

(It's been a very busy time here lately: the taxes, a new product that's almost done, but just can't quite get finished, and as a result, no spare time for this blog of mine. Dear Subscribers (both of you), I'm very sorry, please don't give up on me, I'll try ...

The Hunt For Blue Screen

Monday, February 11th, 2008

This story began about 15 months ago, in November 2006. That was the time when Microsoft was getting very close to releasing Windows Vista, and it was the time for me to start getting serious about making sure my applications were compatible with it. At that time I was using ...