Command Prompt Explorer Bar
OK, I admit it. I’m an old time command line junkie. Starting out in the old DOS days I still find it faster to do some tasks by pulling up a command window and This is a tool that’s been around for a...
View ArticleOpen Command Window Here Power Toy
If you liked the idea of quickly launching command windows, but want the window separate from your explorer shell you should look into Microsoft’s free “Open Command Window Here” Power Toy. You can...
View ArticleRuler
While my life is busy being turned upside down by the SSIS scripts I’ve been testing, let me take this chance to fill you in on a cool new tool I found for Windows (I promise to get back to the SQL...
View ArticleAL Tools
I found a cool suite of Windows tools I thought I’d tell you about. AL Tools (http://www.altools.net) has a suite of standard tools that have an attractive interface. They offer a ZIP tool, one for...
View ArticleArcane Combinations: MaxiVista and UltraMon Tip
Two of my favorite Windows add-ins are MaxiVista and UltraMon. I’ve already blogged about each tool, http://arcanecode.wordpress.com/2006/08/30/9/ and...
View ArticleAllowing Remote Desktop Access to Windows XP, Step by Step
Way back in October of last year (http://arcanecode.wordpress.com/2006/10/09/remote-desktop-connection/ or http://shrinkster.com/mvr) I wrote about using the Remote Desktop tool. A few people have had...
View ArticleArcane Tricks: Cut / Copy / Paste To and From Virtual PC
As you might guess from my various posts, I like using Virtual PC. It has one annoyance, you can’t cut / copy / paste between the Virtual PC and another machine, like the host operating system. This...
View ArticleArcane Software: TouchCursor – For us keyboard geeks!
I hate to sound like an advertisement, but I recently found some software that absolutely rocks and I just have to share. I have to confess that I’m a “keyboard freak”. I hate having to take my hands...
View ArticleIE Developer Toolbar Released!
After a long beta, Microsoft has released the IE Developer Toolbar. This toolbar allows you to look at the DOM (Document Object Model) in depth. You can delve into the CSS in detail as well. Take a...
View ArticleArcane Fun Friday
Just thought I’d share a bit of fun today, I’ve found a cool website called InterfaceLIFT. (http://interfacelift.com/). It has wallpapers, icons, themes, etc to enhance your system. You can specify the...
View ArticleArcane Holiday
Today in the US we are celebrating Memorial Day, where we remember all of the soldiers who fell in battle. So let me first start by thanking the families and those men who sacrificed themselves for...
View ArticleArcane Tools: Cropper
Well, the uber cool Scott Hanselman has done it again, found another gem. OK, he’s been using it for a while, but in watching his GrokTalk ( see my post on Tuesday ) I learned about Cropper. Cropper...
View ArticleArcane Portable Passwords
After a long time searching, I finally found a password manager I like. I’ve looked at quite a few, but for whatever reason never seemed to find one that suited me. Today I finally found KeePass and...
View ArticleDVD Burning Under Vista: Grab & Burn
As much as I’ve enjoyed Vista, the one area I haven’t enjoyed is the DVD burning capabilities. They require an amount of empty disk space equal to one DVD. Usually by the point I need to burn a DVD...
View ArticleArcane Links
Some miscellaneous topics to cover for today. First, I had the need to copy several thousand files from one machine to another, about 6 gigs worth. Explorer? No thanks, to slow and unreliable....
View ArticleTouchCursor 1.3 Released
If you’re not familiar with TouchCursor, it’s a great utility for turning the “home” keys (keys like i, j, k, l, etc) into up arrow, left, down, right, etc. For my initial review, see my post at...
View ArticleDo It Yourself Quick Launch Menu
One of my upcoming presentations at Alabama Code Camp 6 will be “The Developer Experience”. I intend to cover three aspects of the developer experience: physical, virtual, and mental. Falling into the...
View ArticleThe Developer Experience
In case you’re wondering why the slowdown in the blog this week, I’ve been spending all my free time getting ready for Alabama Code Camp 6. My first presentation of the day is “The Developer...
View ArticleDifferencing Disks in Virtual PC 2007
Yesterday I mentioned I was going to get SQL Server 2008 installed in a Virtual PC (VPC). Now, I could have setup a virtual machine from scratch, or copied an existing one. But there’s a better way:...
View ArticleBarCamp Birmingham 2 Presentations
At last Saturday’s BarCamp Birmingham, I gave three presentations. The first was on Virtual PC 2007. For more info on it just look to my previous post, which has the first video on VPC. I’m currently...
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