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December 2008 - Posts

I live in airplanes.
The end of the year is approaching, and I normally like to do a bit of a review. This year, there was one statistic that really stood out for me. I have a car that is a blast to drive, and I love to drive in general. So, I’m not sure exactly how this Read More...
You can’t fix application compatibility problems with dialog boxes.
Here’s an interesting story that I hope every developer internalizes: people don’t read what you have to say. Now, it used to be that people didn’t read the manual until they had no choice. Then it got to the point that people didn’t read the manual ever, Read More...
What does the MoveIniToRegistry Shim Do?
I’m still catching up with requests to talk about stuff – here’s one that came in back in June (and just came again today from somebody else): “MoveIniToRegistry clearly requires parameters, but there's no documentation defining what these are.  Read More...
How to Set Directory Permissions at Install Time using an MSI Created Using Windows Installer XML (WIX)
Here is a topic I have been saying “I’ll get to it” for a while now… We’ve talked a lot about UAC here, and I have really stressed the point that standard users shouldn’t be able to affect other users or the machine itself, and if you want to violate Read More...
Living the High (DPI) Life
There’s a big effort going on for Windows 7 to make High DPI more usable by the masses. ( You can read an article on the engineering aspect of that here .) You can even switch DPI with nothing more than a simple logoff, rather than the reboot required Read More...
Shimming Applications on Windows Vista 64-Bit
The same question came up two times in 26 minutes (on the same discussion list, no less), so I figured I’d answer it once here as that seems a reasonable indicator that others may have the same question. What is the deal with shimming on Windows Vista Read More...
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