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Thoughts on software complexity
02 June 06 09:06 PM | Peter Rosser | 1 Comments   

If you've ever tried to create a software application of any decent size, you have probably realized that what works with small tools more often than not does not scale well to larger sizes. There are whole books written about how to scale up and out, Read More...

Filed under: Coding, Musing

Using exported DLL functions
22 February 06 02:11 PM | Peter Rosser | 0 Comments   

Now and then it's necessary to use "private" or "internal-only" functions in DLLs that you did not write, don't have the source for, and/or cannot get public interfaces for. I recently had to do this again for a utility application, so I thought it would Read More...

Filed under: Coding, Windows

DVB Radio "No TV Signal" Workaround
22 January 06 08:50 PM | Peter Rosser | 9 Comments   

I am currently investigating a fix for two DVB Radio issues identified a workaround for those affected. If you are getting a "No TV Signal" blue overlay when tuning to a DVB Radio station, particularly a low-bitrate station like BBC World Service, or Read More...

Filed under: Coding, Media Center

Windows Insomnia: Why Won't My Computer Go To Sleep?
04 January 06 09:18 PM | Peter Rosser | 7 Comments   

One of the issues I am investigating for a fix relates to the auto-suspend feature in Windows. The way it's supposed to work is you set a time in the Power control panel (Control Panel --> Performance and Maintenance --> Power Options) that controls Read More...

Filed under: Coding, Musing, Windows

Visual Studio 2005 Shipping on my Birthday
31 October 05 10:14 PM | Peter Rosser | 1 Comments   

You know I'm a geek when something like that gives me even a little bit of a thrill. November 7th... not just an election day or my birthday, but also the VS2005 public ship day. ^_^. I'm installing it now on my primary and backup dev boxes at work now... Read More...

Filed under: Coding, Musing, Tools

Getting a QWORD from the registry using C# and P/Invoke
20 October 05 09:43 PM | Peter Rosser | 0 Comments   

From time to time you need to use really, really big numbers, like when describing, say, the time of day you need to download a certain set of data from remote servers. Well, you probably don't need that much granularity in the time, but that's what MCE Read More...

Filed under: Coding