December, 2009

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  • Nam, Seungho's Blog

    Default Input Language Setting

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    [Windows 7 Application Compatibility episode 7] Some application that one of my customers has has this problem when running on Windows 7. Well, this application is written in Visual Basic 6, which is not supported by Microsoft anymore. But I...
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    The minimum IE window size

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    [Windows 7 Application Compatibility episode 6] One of my customers came to me and asked why IE8 cannot open a 140px wide window. Well, if you drag IE border and resize IE window to the minimum, it can be as small as 250px wide x 100px tall. ...
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    Do you still use Visual Basic6?

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    [Windows 7 Application Compatibility episode 5] One of my customers is still using VB6 applications... And this caused quite serious problems... such as 'crash'... Well, I know VB6 is not supported by Microsoft anymore... so this article cannot...
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    Some application tries to install continuously (Virtualization)

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    [Windows 7 Application Compatibility episode 4] Someone brought me an application, an ActiveX application, oops... not the ActiveX itself but the application that the ActiveX control installs. Well, when the user goes to the web page, the ActiveX...
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    Some application tries to write files under system32 folder.

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    [Windows 7 Application Compatibility episode 3] Someone brought me an application complaining that it fails while installing MSVBVM60.dll... Well, I think this application tries to write this file under System32 folder before running the application...
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    Some web pages have larger margin

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    [Windows 7 Application Compatibility episode 2] I met customers saying that their pop up window got wider and taller after installing IE7 or IE8. Yes, as for getting taller (larger in height), IE7's window height accounts for the content area only...
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    An app runs well with Visual Studio debugger not by itself

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    [Windows 7 Application Compatibility episode 1] I've tested an application built for Windows XP on Windows 7 machine. The application failed silently on Windows 7 so I checked event log. There was no hint. So, I downloaded application verifier...
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