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HowTo: Use WSL2 with Docker Desktop instead of Hyper-V backend
25 Ιουνίου 21 07:18 μμ | Μπιρμπίλης Γεώργιος | 0 σχόλια   

At installation guide of Docker Desktop one reads: Containers and images created with Docker Desktop are shared between all user accounts on machines where it is installed. This is because all Windows accounts use the same VM to build and run containers. Note that it is not possible to share containers and images between user […]

Δημοσίευση στην κατηγορία: Security, Windows, Posts, Docker, Containers, Images, Docker Desktop, Hyper-V, WSL2

HowTo: Reboot remote Windows computer with unresponsive RDP
17 Φεβρουαρίου 21 02:31 πμ | Μπιρμπίλης Γεώργιος | 0 σχόλια   

I recently had an issue with an older Windows Server 2008 R2 server that couldn’t logout which had resulted to Remote Desktop not connecting to it anymore (not even with the “admin session” option). Luckily I had an admin go and physically cycle its power since it was a physial one without any lower level […]

Δημοσίευση στην κατηγορία: Windows, Posts, HowTo, Remoting, Computer, Shutdown, RDP, Reboot

HowTo: install multiple Corel Painter brushpacks silently
22 Ιανουαρίου 21 11:11 πμ | Μπιρμπίλης Γεώργιος | 0 σχόλια   

I got a nice expression software charity bundle with Corel Painter 2020 (current version is 2021) and a bunch of brushes in it and then noticed that the brush packs where available for download as separate installers than the Painter software. So I launched one of the brush pack installers from the command-line (can give […]

Δημοσίευση στην κατηγορία: Windows, Posts, Automation, Batch, HowTo, Installation, Foreach, Command-line, Corel Painter, Silent, Brushes, UAC, Humble Bundle

HowTo: Install Python, PIP and cx_Oracle on MSYS2 / Windows
23 Αυγούστου 20 03:12 μμ | Μπιρμπίλης Γεώργιος | 0 σχόλια   

Here’s how to install Python, PIP package installer and cx_Oracle extension module on MSYS2: $ pacman -S python warning: python-3.8.3-1 is up to date — reinstalling resolving dependencies… looking for conflicting packages… Packages (1) python-3.8.3-1 Total Installed Size:  108.66 MiB Net Upgrade Size:        0.00 MiB :: Proceed with installation? [Y/n] y … $ pacman -S […]

Δημοσίευση στην κατηγορία: Windows, Posts, HowTo, Installation, Database, Python, MSYS2, CXT, PIP, cx_Oracle, Oracle, libcrypt, Modules

Using cross-platform fswatch for monitoring file system changes
15 Αυγούστου 20 04:07 μμ | Μπιρμπίλης Γεώργιος | 0 σχόλια   

I was just looking for a way to monitor for file system changs in a cross-platform way. After searching the answers here and the ones at the other question mentioned as possible duplicate in that question’s comments, I think I’d go with fswatch since it is has cross-platform support. It uses different kinds of monitors […]

Δημοσίευση στην κατηγορία: Windows, Posts, Unix, Packages, OS-X, fswatch, ReadDirectoryChangesW, CentOS, FreeBSD, Linux, File Events Notification, libtool, Cross-platform, Ubuntu, Versioning, CXT, kqueue, libfswatch Monitoring, inotify, Debian, stat(2), File System Events, File-system

Python rstrip and whitespace
10 Ιουλίου 20 04:10 πμ | Μπιρμπίλης Γεώργιος | 0 σχόλια   

Was just reading https://www.w3schools.com/python/ref_string_rstrip.asp which says The rstrip() method removes any trailing characters (characters at the end a string), space is the default trailing character to remove. Notes: 1) the chars param was added at Python 2.2.3, can’t use it at older versions as noted at https://docs.python.org/2.6/library/string.html string.rstrip(s[, chars]) Return a copy of the string […]

Δημοσίευση στην κατηγορία: Windows, Posts, Compatibility, NewLine, Whitespace, Python, Files, raw_input, Portability, lstrip, Versions, prompt, rstrip, universal, Solaris, strip, MSYS2, Trimming, Mode, Open, Unix

HowTo: Use DISM and SFC tools to check+fix your Windows installation
14 Απριλίου 20 10:28 μμ | Μπιρμπίλης Γεώργιος | 0 σχόλια   

If you’re having issues with your Windows 7 or newer, you should consider whether its installation has become corrupted (due to malicious software or hard drive errors). After doing a disk check (say by right clicking the appropriate drive under my computer and selecting Properties, then Tools tab and Error checking) and a complete virus […]

Δημοσίευση στην κατηγορία: Security, Windows, Posts, Fix, HowTo, Scan, Updates, Installation, Windows 10, Corruption, DISM, SFC, Repair

Fix: make ownCloud installer display in English language
26 Μαρτίου 20 02:33 πμ | Μπιρμπίλης Γεώργιος | 0 σχόλια   

OwnCloud is an interesting solution for setting up a file sharing cloud for a group of people. However,one issue I’ve found with its Windows desktop client’s current version (which looks clean of any viruses since I always check first) is that if your Windows 10 is configured with a preferred language that the desktop client’s […]

Δημοσίευση στην κατηγορία: UI, Windows, Posts, Fix, Cloud, Sharing, Localization, Desktop, Client, OwnCloud, Sync

Fix: Buildbox activation issues on load
22 Φεβρουαρίου 20 09:51 μμ | Μπιρμπίλης Γεώργιος | 0 σχόλια   

Buildbox is a wonderful game authoring tool (that spans the whole nocode-code continuum, including the low-code aspect). It now has a free version too with nice templates and tutorials included. I had an issue with the Windows version (it also has an indentical MacOS-X version since it’s a Qt-based app) where it was complaining about […]

Δημοσίευση στην κατηγορία: Games, Windows, Posts, Authoring, Fix, Buildbox, Startup, Authorization

HowTo: Fix DVD/CD with Live filesystem (Packet/UDF) on Windows
10 Οκτωβρίου 18 09:33 πμ | Μπιρμπίλης Γεώργιος | 0 σχόλια   

The other day I found how easy it is to use a Live CD/DVD (where packet writing occurs when adding stuff) instead of a Mastered one (where all is kept to be written when you close the disk) on Windows. It feels more like using a USB flash disk and should be more safe regarding […]

Δημοσίευση στην κατηγορία: Windows, Posts, Fix, HowTo, CD, UDF, Packet, DVD, Command-line, Recovery, Live, chkdsk

Fix: Temporary or Local roaming profile message after Windows login
18 Αυγούστου 18 08:09 μμ | Μπιρμπίλης Γεώργιος | 0 σχόλια   

  Researching how to solve a “You have been logged on with a temporary profile” message on a system set up to use a roaming profile (and after I had first checked/fixed the filesystem for errors which is the classic cause for that when using local profiles) I came across this article: http://www.grouppolicy.biz/2011/07/how-to-reset-a-roaming-profile-in-windows-7 Near the […]

Δημοσίευση στην κατηγορία: Windows, Posts, Fix, Copy, profiles, Local, Roaming, Temporary

Fix: Windows Update 0x8e5e03fa, 0x800703fa errors
20 Νοεμβρίου 17 03:15 μμ | Μπιρμπίλης Γεώργιος | 0 σχόλια   

Sometime ago, I was receiving errors 0x8e5e03fa and 0x800703fa on several pending updates at Windows 10’s Update pane (found at Settings / Updates & Security / Windows Update from the Start menu). The updates history wasn’t showing many more details, but could see Knowldege Base article numbers (KBxx) for some pending cummulative updates. Trying to […]

Δημοσίευση στην κατηγορία: Windows, Posts, Errors, Fix, Updates, Database, 0x8e5e03fa, 0x800703fa, JET, Corruption

Gotcha: Calling a label in a batch file fails to redirect output to pathless file
24 Μαΐου 16 07:06 μμ | Μπιρμπίλης Γεώργιος | 0 σχόλια   

In case this bites you too with a "Path not found" error, note that calling a label in a batch file, fails if you redirect its output (useful to log the output of the batch file to a file) and not use a full path for the file to redirect to @echo off call :process […]

Δημοσίευση στην κατηγορία: Windows, Posts, Batch, Gotcha, trafilm, output, redirect

Suggestion: Add Fullscreen and Pin buttons on Titlebar of Windows
09 Δεκεμβρίου 15 05:53 πμ | Μπιρμπίλης Γεώργιος | 0 σχόλια   

Here are some suggestions I’ve sent via Windows Insider feedback app for Windows 10: 1) Add the Fullscreen button to titlebar of ALL windows, not just the ones of Windows 8.1 Store apps. UWP (Universal Windows Platform) apps don’t seem to show zoom button on their titlebar (to make it and any borders autodisappear and […]

Δημοσίευση στην κατηγορία: Windows, Posts, Suggestion, Pin, Titlebar, Fullscreen

Managed .NET Speech API links
24 Αυγούστου 15 03:11 πμ | Μπιρμπίλης Γεώργιος | 0 σχόλια   

(this is my answer at http://stackoverflow.com/questions/14771474/voice-recognition-in-windows) I’m looking into adding speech recognition to my fork of Hotspotizer Kinect-based app (http://github.com/birbilis/hotspotizer) After some search I see you can’t markup the actionable UI elements with related speech commands in order to simulate user actions on them as one would expect if Speech input was integrated in WPF. […]

Δημοσίευση στην κατηγορία: .NET, Windows, Posts, WPF, Links, Input, Smart Classroom, Recognition, Voice, Speech

Kinect for Xbox 360 and Kinect for Windows (KfW) v1 specs
28 Ιουλίου 15 05:01 μμ | Μπιρμπίλης Γεώργιος | 0 σχόλια   

1) 3D Depth sensor (IR Emitter + IR Camera / Depth Sensor) 2) RGB camera (Color Sensor) 3) Microphone array 4) Tilt motor (for detecting floor and players in the playspace)   Kinect Specifications Viewing angle Field of View (FoV): 43° vertical x 57° horizontal Vertical tilt range ±27° Frame rate (depth and color stream) […]

Δημοσίευση στην κατηγορία: Windows, Posts, Components, Microsoft, Hardware, Sensors, Input, Smart Classroom, Kinect, Specifications, Depth, Xbox 360, Camera, Microphone

Fix: How to remove Trovigo.com, SearchProtect, restore Internet Options
14 Μαΐου 14 09:35 πμ | Μπιρμπίλης Γεώργιος | 0 σχόλια   

Trovigo.com is an unwanted search engine hijacker that renders Internet Options of Windows / Internet Explorer inaccessible. To restore them on an older Windows XP installation, one way that I’ve found to work is to update Internet Explorer to a newer version, aka IE 8 (say via the embedded Windows Update facility or Microsoft Update […]

Δημοσίευση στην κατηγορία: Security, Windows, Posts, IE, Internet, Fix, HowTo, Settings, Trovigo, SearchProtect, Removal

HowTo: Drop files onto Silverlight controls
27 Μαρτίου 14 05:14 μμ | Μπιρμπίλης Γεώργιος | 0 σχόλια   

I was recently adding drop-files support to ClipFlair Studio, so I had to do some research on the related API that is available to Silverlight apps. Silverlight supports a limited set of Drag-and-Drop interaction with the operating system (supposedly for security reasons, but most probably because of the classic cross-platform implementation pains). For example it […]

Δημοσίευση στην κατηγορία: UI, Windows, Posts, Usability, Filesystem, Silverlight, ClipFlair, HowTo, MacOS-X, Mouse, Interoperability, Drag & Drop

HowTo: Take screenshot on Windows desktop, Windows 8 and MacOS-X
05 Μαρτίου 14 07:23 μμ | Μπιρμπίλης Γεώργιος | 0 σχόλια   

copying from an e-mail I received from Skype support: Taking a screenshot on Windows desktop 1. On your keyboard, press the Print Screen (Prt Scr) key to take a screenshot of your entire desktop. To take a screenshot of an active window, press the Alt+Print Screen (Prt Scr) key combination. 2. Save a copy of […]

Δημοσίευση στην κατηγορία: Windows, Posts, HowTo, MacOS-X, Windows 8, Screeshot

HowTo: find max ZIndex from a collection of UIElements with LINQ
06 Δεκεμβρίου 13 03:18 μμ | Μπιρμπίλης Γεώργιος | 0 σχόλια   

My contribution to http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1101841/linq-how-to-perform-max-on-a-property-of-all-objects-in-a-collection-and-ret Based on  another answer there, here is what I’ve just added to my enhanced version of SilverFlow library’s FloatingWindowHost (copying from FloatingWindowHost.cs at http://clipflair.codeplex.com source code) /// <summary> /// Sets the specified UIElement topmost. /// </summary> /// <param name="element">UIElement to set topmost.</param> /// <exception cref="ArgumentNullException">UIElement is null</exception> private void SetTopmost(UIElement element) […]

Δημοσίευση στην κατηγορία: UI, Selection, Windows, Posts, Silverlight, ClipFlair, HowTo, Max, LINQ, ZIndex

fix: Microsoft mouse right-click failure
28 Μαΐου 13 03:42 μμ | Μπιρμπίλης Γεώργιος | 0 σχόλια   

The other day my Microsoft Wireless Laser Mouse 6000 (was either a gift from Microsoft Hellas or had ordered it myself from Microsoft Company Store with the credit Microsoft used to give pro-crisis to MVPs) started behaving erratically, failing most of the times to right-click and sometimes doing left clicks instead with some delay, or […]

Δημοσίευση στην κατηγορία: Windows, Posts, Microsoft, Fail, Fix, Right click, Mouse, Hardware

Fix: remove ‘optimized for Bing and MSN’ from IE titlebar
20 Μαρτίου 13 06:39 μμ | Μπιρμπίλης Γεώργιος | 0 σχόλια   

Seems some Microsoft software (probably Bing bar) version is changing Internet Explorer title bar to write “optimized for Bing and MSN”. To remove this: Use Start/Run or Start/Find and type there regedit then press ENTER to launch the Registry Editor. At the tree on the left navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main At the right handside of [...]

Δημοσίευση στην κατηγορία: Windows, Posts, IE, Fix, Advertisement, Registry, MSN, Bing

HowTo: Remove Skype from Windows taskbar, keep as Taskbar tray icon
25 Νοεμβρίου 12 10:42 μμ | Μπιρμπίλης Γεώργιος | 0 σχόλια   

An annoying feature of Skype of recent Skype versions is that by default it shows an icon on the Windows taskbar apart from the one at the taskbar tray while you’re signed in. This also means it shows in the ALT+TAB key sequence when switching between open windows, which you might not always want to [...]

Δημοσίευση στην κατηγορία: UI, Windows, Posts, Usability, Tray, Taskbar, Icons, HowTo, Communications, Settings, Skype

Pinned tabs and Split-Screen
17 Φεβρουαρίου 12 04:12 μμ | Μπιρμπίλης Γεώργιος | 0 σχόλια   

Since widescreen format in monitors gets more and more common, how about a twist to the classic tabbed windows UI? Imagine being able to pin a tab and have it move to a side-view area in the same window. That are would keep the pinned tabs separated from the rest using a splitter / split-view [...]

Δημοσίευση στην κατηγορία: Suggestions, UI, Windows, Posts, Tabs, Splitter, Browser

broken .LNK files assignment (or how to destroy and fix Windows 7)
06 Ιανουαρίου 12 02:23 μμ | Μπιρμπίλης Γεώργιος | 0 σχόλια   

A friend just called me this morning that their notebook with Windows 7 Starter started today showing the same icon for every Start menu item and for shortcuts (e.g. on the desktop) and when trying to open them the same program would always try to open them. Seems he had right-clicked and done “Open With…” [...]

Δημοσίευση στην κατηγορία: Windows, Posts, Bugs, Windows 7, Vista, Filesystem, LNK, File Extensions, Assignments, Shortcuts, Start menu