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Windows 7 Tip: Superbar Shortcuts

January 13th, 2009 · 155 Comments · Windows

Shift+Click a superbar button to launch a new instance of that program (even if one is already open). Ctrl+Shift+Click to launch a new instance as administrator.  Great for Command Prompt or a Task Manager replacement. 🙂 That is all.

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Superbar stuck on top? Nope.

January 9th, 2009 · 497 Comments · Windows

In Windows 7, the new Superbar is awesome IMO.  However the Taskbar Properties Control Panel has removed the “Keep the taskbar on top of other windows” option and made it on by default.  This also results in maximized windows not being able to cover the taskbar.  If you prefer to use the Win key to […]

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Software Picks: VirtualBox

December 18th, 2008 · 17 Comments · Software Picks

I should try to write a post everyday, and today I was messing around with VirtualBox. I also should write some new software picks, and I want to try out Windows Live Writer for this post. So here we go! Edit: Windows Live Writer totally broke all the HTML in my post. So yeah I […]

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WordPress 2.7

December 16th, 2008 · 17 Comments · Website

I’ve updated to WordPress 2.7. The Admin interface is much nicer and easier to use now! Also I hear WordPress can now update itself, so no more ssh -> wget -> tar -> cp -> rm loops for me! 🙂 Hopefully I’ll get some more content on here soon, the latest beta of Windows Live […]

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New EasyScreenshot.NET Release

December 1st, 2008 · 2 Comments · Programming, Windows

I have released v1.5.0 of my screenshot tool, EasyScreenshot.NET.

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Display the Path in the Command Prompt Title Bar

August 27th, 2008 · 19 Comments · Windows

Well I messed around a bit and came up with a rather nice solution. This emulates a feature of Linux’s gnome-terminal where you can set the titlebar to always reflect the terminal’s current directory.

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Remote Desktop Server on Windows XP Home

May 26th, 2008 · 2,190 Comments · Windows

First, I should mention that Remote Desktop Server is intended byMicrosoft to only be used as a part of the more expensive XP Pro and itis not intended to be used in XP Home. Despite this, all the filesrequired to use it seem to be included in Home. The downloadable termserv.dll mentioned below is normally […]

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