http://www.KudzuWorld.com/Blogs/Tech/ Kudzu's Technical Blog IntraWeb Studio Fri, 06 Aug 2010 20:38:25 GMT http://www.KudzuWorld.com/Blogs/Tech/20100221.aspx A batch file normally has its current directory set to the directory it resides in if executed from Explorer. However with Vista and Windows 7, the current directory is changed to the system directory when the "Run as Administrator" option is used. This creates a serious problem for many batch files. Sun, 21 Feb 2010 23:09:03 GMT http://www.KudzuWorld.com/Blogs/Tech/20100221A.aspx Previously I had blogged about a trick using Internet Explorer to save your Codeplex or TFS credentials so you don't need to provide them every time you launch Visual Studio. Unfortunately this trick does not seem to work with Vista or Windows 7. Sun, 21 Feb 2010 23:22:11 GMT http://www.KudzuWorld.com/Blogs/Tech/20100223.aspx In the usual weird way of releasing service packs for MOA, SP3 is out. Mon, 19 Apr 2010 01:47:23 GMT http://www.KudzuWorld.com/Blogs/Tech/20100226.aspx If you add a new user or use MOA from a new user, there is a small but annoying bug. Fri, 26 Feb 2010 15:13:06 GMT http://www.KudzuWorld.com/Blogs/Tech/20100307.aspx Hello Microsoft, this is just getting annoying. Microsoft SteadyState is not Windows 7 compatible, and there are not plans for it to be, nor is there a replacement. Sort of.... Sun, 07 Mar 2010 23:40:15 GMT http://www.KudzuWorld.com/Blogs/Tech/20100319.aspx If you mispell a customer name and try to fix it on an invoice, even after editing and saving the customer, MOA will continually revert it to the old spelling. Sat, 20 Mar 2010 03:45:19 GMT http://www.KudzuWorld.com/Blogs/Tech/20100319A.aspx If you change major features, change a model number. Its that simple. Sat, 20 Mar 2010 03:50:07 GMT http://www.KudzuWorld.com/Blogs/Tech/20100330.aspx I never thought I'd see this. Codeplex is supporting more than just TFS now. This is a great step, and I hope a big sign of how open Codeplex will continue to be. Wed, 31 Mar 2010 00:29:08 GMT http://www.KudzuWorld.com/Blogs/Tech/20100330A.aspx I always thought Open Office did not support formats such as .docx. It does, but here is why it apears to many it does not. Wed, 31 Mar 2010 00:32:04 GMT http://www.KudzuWorld.com/Blogs/Tech/20100404.aspx TFS Sidekick is a utility which gives a graphical interface to many admin TFS commands. Its free for non commerical use. The code review tool looks especially interesting to me! Sun, 04 Apr 2010 16:29:17 GMT http://www.KudzuWorld.com/Blogs/Tech/20100405.aspx Join us on #Indy-Dev on Freenode. Mon, 05 Apr 2010 16:08:51 GMT http://www.KudzuWorld.com/Blogs/Tech/20100418.aspx MinGW-3.1.0-1.exe seems to be in reasonable demand because later versions break compatibility with QEMU and many other utilities. For some reason, the MinGW developers have not only removed older versions such as this, but made it difficult to obtain them. Mon, 19 Apr 2010 17:14:43 GMT http://www.KudzuWorld.com/Blogs/Tech/20100421.aspx Thunderbird 1 was a disappoinement, but it was 1.0. Thunderbird 2 was a pleasant surprise. It is light, fast, and feature filled. Thunderbird 3 however is a slow pig, with unwelcome UI changes. Wed, 21 Apr 2010 18:50:37 GMT http://www.KudzuWorld.com/Blogs/Tech/20100503.aspx GDB and QEMU when using GDB have a critical bug on Windows Vista and Windows 7. Its a 2 second fix, one line of code. Well known even... but for some reason the QEMU team just has not fixed it although its been around for a few years now (yes we and others have posted on the forums, and we've also submitted a bug report). Worse yet, they don't build for Windows and the build process is complicated and relies on many older hard to find versions of Cywgwin, etc. But we've fixed it, and here is the binary distro of 0.12.3 for Windows. Fri, 04 Jun 2010 18:05:46 GMT http://www.KudzuWorld.com/Blogs/Tech/20100617.aspx Wow. Shows it pays to always investigate assumptions that may not be founded. Fri, 18 Jun 2010 04:02:46 GMT http://www.KudzuWorld.com/Blogs/Tech/20100721.aspx In the days of DOS, RAM disks were common. DOS even included support. Supposedly they are not useful under Windows, but that is not true. Sat, 24 Jul 2010 23:26:56 GMT http://www.KudzuWorld.com/Blogs/Tech/20100724.aspx Not is not mine. Sat, 24 Jul 2010 23:26:22 GMT http://www.KudzuWorld.com/Blogs/Tech/20100724A.aspx RamDisks seem to have been vilified over the past decade, or at least shunned. Most say they are not needed because of SuperFetch, etc. For the average user this is true, but for developers this is false. Developers can benefit greatly through the use of a RamDisk. Sat, 24 Jul 2010 23:51:39 GMT http://www.KudzuWorld.com/Blogs/Tech/20100724B.aspx My old Quad Core system was pretty hefty by most standards, but faster compiles means faster development. Here are the specs for my new system, and why I made each choice. Fri, 06 Aug 2010 20:30:53 GMT http://www.KudzuWorld.com/Blogs/Tech/20100726.aspx Since most commercial breaks are about 4 minutes long, how about a button to skip forward by 4 minutes? Tue, 27 Jul 2010 04:22:05 GMT