The paperless office is another one of those future promises that has yet to be delivered, just like the flying car. Enter GreenPrint. It's not the paperless office, but it's a step closer and a step in the right direction towards protecting our environment from the over-abundance of paper use and far too convenient 'Print' button. It also saves toner, protecting your wallet … [Read more...]
WiX
WiX does work with Visual Studio 2008 Professional. Download one of the latest weekly releases here. The latest SourceForge version available will give a message about requiring Visual Studio standard or professional, but will not work with the Express version. The weekly release, linked above, resolves this error message. I have WiX installed with Visual Studio 2008 … [Read more...]
Configuring HardCopy to do everything you want and more
The following can be configured to easily signal HardCopy to take a screenshot: Print Screen button Alt + Print Screen combination Ctrl + Print Screen combination Ctrl + Alt + Print Screen Shift + Alt + Print Screen Shift + Print Screen Scroll lock Pause button The Hard Copy icon in the System Tray (bottom-right corner by the clock) The printer button in the title … [Read more...]
Wubi – Windows & Ubuntu easy dual-booting
Windows and Linux dual-boots can be painful and tricky, and always lingering with the threat of wiping out your previous set-up if you step in the wrong direction. Beyond GRUB and LiLo, you can easily setup a Linux dual-boot with your Windows machine using the Windows Boot Loader with Wubi. Using my fully developed (full-production) Windows Server 2003 desktop, I installed … [Read more...]
nLite – Easily integrate drivers into Windows XP/Server 2003 install CDs
Using nLite, one can easily add drivers to the Windows installation CDs. This is particularly useful when installing Windows onto a RAID setup that requires a third-party RAID driver (press F6), but you don't have a floppy drive from which to load the drivers. _______________________________________________________________ Download nLite following the link at the bottom of … [Read more...]