Windows XP

Microsoft and other vendor Software Release Schedules

I’ve added a page to IC for recording details of release schedules for software used by iMIS – for example the next versions of Microsoft SQL Server or Microsoft Office.

http://www.imiscommunity.com/microsoft_and_other_vendor_software_release...

If you come across any information on release schedules for products that we use or integrate with can you update it here.

Error when trying to link to event registration

I am writing a custom asp.net application in C# for a client in Brisbane (REIQ). This application is integrated into iMIS and will be accessed from the Certification module.
One of the pages has a datagrid which has a hyperlink column. When you click on the link on this column, it should take you to that event registration.

The URL I am using is:
e.g.
imisnet:event/4010/b51192e0-332d-40c0-8c25-e777ffe750c0-key_event

Tweaking your machine's settings for improved high-speed bandwidth

For the last few weeks, I've been running with Windows registry settings tweaked by the TCP Optimizer program. The TCPOptimizer.exe program sets a collection of apparently widely-known registry settings that 'open up the pipe' on the client side.

I'm currently running with Windows XP Professional. If you are running Vista, I can't help you. ;)

Sysinternals.com moves to Microsoft

I've been a fan of the free Windows utilities from Sysinternals for a long time. Sysinternals was acquired by Microsoft in July 2006, but the web site was separate until fairly recently. It can now be found here: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/default.mspx

Some of my favorites are Filemon (real-time file system activity), Regmon (real-time registry activity), Process Explorer (see which process is using which files, registry keys, etc.), Autoruns (see everything that loads at startup), and DebugView (capture messages from OutputDebugString). And of course, there's the BlueScreen screen saver, and many, many more.

Handy utility for Windows XP users: Taskbar Shuffle

If you’ve ever wished you could change the order of your application buttons in the task bar, or have ever wanted to just drag and drop your taskbar buttons around so you could have them in the order you want, this utility is for you.

Also, if you’ve ever wished you could have control over taskbar button grouping and when/if they ever collapse into one button, this utility is for you.

Tip of the Day: Refresh Rates and ClearType

Staring at a monitor all day, or even part of the day, can be very hard on the eyes.

If you're using a CRT display, one of the easiest things you can do to relieve eye-strain is to up your monitor's refresh rate. By default, your monitor is strobing at you 60 times a second. Pushing that up over 70 times a second will ease the strain on your eyes enormously, even if you can't "see" the flicker. To change this in Windows XP, just do the following:

multiple monitors and remote access

Probably the biggest annoyance to using multiple monitors is that Remote Desktop will only pass through information on the default monitor. So if you have two (or more) monitors at work, and two at home, you can't get the benefit of the extra monitors if you're connected remotely. Sometimes, if there's a window that you want on your second monitor at work, you can right-click the taskbar icon and use Move; but sometimes that doesn't work, and the window isn't available at all. It's usually safest to move every window to your default monitor before leaving for the day, but that's easy to forget.