Visual Studio on Vista
Some hints on Visual Studio on Windows Vista.
Subversion as a Service
Looking for svnserve , I realized that the link is dead. Instead I found some hints that subversion from version 1.4 .x on supports to be started as a service out of the box. After running
sc create svn.local binpath= ""c:\program files\subversion\bin\svnserve.exe" --service --root c:svn" displayname= "Subversion Repository" depend= Tcpip
I just had to change the service settings to be automatically started.
More information on this topic can be found here.
Bluetooth ActiveSync Issue
Due to some unknown reasons, Windows told me synchronizing with my Windows Mobile device was not able anymore. The error message told me some issues with the COM port. For some reason the COM port in ActiveSync was rest to port 3. Using the Toshiba Bluetooth Manager on my m200 I have to reset the port to 7.
Afterwards, I had to update the partnership on my mobile device. After checking ActiveSync in the Bluetooth settings dialog for the specific device, the Bluetooth connection worked again.
Windows Vista Icon Guidelines
Windows Vista comes with a whole bunch of new, high-color icons. How to create own icons for Vista applications is explained in the Vista Icon Creation Guidelines. If I find some time I will purchase Axialis IconWorkshop. The tutorial for that tool look quite promising.
How many Downloads in Win XP
Why (and how) IE is restricted in simultaneous downloads is described in the knowledge base.
“WinInet limits connections to a single HTTP 1.0 server to four simultaneous connections. Connections to a single HTTP 1.1 server are limited to two simultaneous connections. The HTTP 1.1 specification (RFC2616) mandates the two-connection limit. The four-connection limit for HTTP 1.0 is a self-imposed restriction that coincides with the standard that is used by a number of popular Web browsers.”
Vista AHCI 1.0 Serial ATA Controller
Windows Vista beta2 does not want to upgrade to RC1 on my Toshiba m400 since there is no IDE controller driver available yet. Looks like I have to wait for another build or maybe the drivers will be available before.
Live Writer
Live Writer seems to be a quite nifty tool for offline blogging. The installations process is quite easy.
Also the handling of the tool is quite intuitive. And the support for adding images is awesome. Since I use shadows for all my images, I am quite pleased that Live Writer does support this feature which saves me some time while blogging.
MAPILab NNTP for Outlook
I was just looking for a new newsreader. I just found the MAPILab NNTP for Oulook plug-in. Now I am just trying the 30-day trial verison. Not to bad, yet. NNTP is managed the same way as any email account.
SVN Service
SVNService by Magnus Norddahl works great if you want to run subversion as a Win32 service. Just installing the service with
svnservice.exe -install -d -r c:\repository
It seems to be confusing that the service is not started and set to manual, but the svn server is running, even after a reboot.
