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uTorrent Server Vista Gadget
Paul Marshall (12924 views)
uTorrent Server Vista Gadget
I've had loads of comments about my articles on creating your own Torrent Server, see the attached links. If you haven't configured uTorrent to work like this I can assure you it is excellent and you can access your torrents from anywhere if you have a static IP o
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A simple guide to creating your first Vista Gadget
Paul Hayman (7663 views)
A simple guide to creating your first Vista Gadget
Gadgets are simply HTML and JavaScript. The SideBar exposes a bunch of API's which are accessible from JavaScript and extends the HTML schema. In this short guide we will greate a simple "Hello World" gadget.
The four steps
*Create a dir
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Vista Beta 2 is missing boot.ini
Mark Page (5365 views)
Vista Beta 2 is missing boot.ini
The latest build of '''Vista Beta 2 (Build 5456)''' does not use boot.ini to store details of boot sequence, display times etc.
If you dual boot with XP on the primary partition you can see that Vista install has modified the boot.ini header.
#h#;Warning:
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Adding a transparent background to a Vista Gadget
Paul Hayman (5012 views)
Adding a transparent background to a Vista Gadget
Adding a transparent background to a gadget is easy Simply create a transparent .png file and reference it from your Gadget HTML.
Here is an example file (also attached to this article as a download):
[[background.gif]]
Here is the HTM
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Where is IIS 7.0 in Vista Ultimate Edition ?
Mark Page (4834 views)
IIS 7.0 is available in Vista Beta 2 Ultimate Edition but it is well hidden.
You can try to install all the 'parts' which make up IIS from the Control Panel under Programs, Windows Features. However, you will see a bewlidering array of items to install. Note that some of these tools still refer
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Problem With SQL Server 2005 on Vista Beta2
Mark Page (2857 views)
Problem With SQL Server 2005 on Vista Beta2
So you've been through the throws of building a Vista Beta 2 installation and boy it looks good. Maybe a couple of missing drivers to hunt down but otherwise all that Vista goodness.
So now you want to install some developer tools and start to play
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nVidia Graphics Drivers
Mark Page (2609 views)
nVidia Graphics Drivers
Having problems with nVidia display adapters running on Vista Beta 2. Well you are not alone.
Unfortunately at the moment Vista does not understand turbocache so it will only report on the adapters onboard memory. This means you will get lower than expected Performanc
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Disabling User Account Control (UAC)
Mark Page (1995 views)
Disabling User Account Control (UAC)
Annoyed by the Vista Beta 2 user account control (UAC) dialogs?
These are the prompts for authority to install programs, run applications and perform day to day tasks such as some file operations. Also you will notice the that the prompt drop the compute
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Getting on the Vista developers merry-go-round
Mark Page (1454 views)
Getting on the Vista developers merry-go-round
Trying to keep up with the various Vista Beta releases? Want to develop but not sure which version will work on your platform?
Here's a useful set of links to make sure you get the right version of the runtime, SDK, Orcas VS extensions and WCF l
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Great site for Vista WallPaper and more!
Paul Hayman (783 views)
Great site for Vista WallPaper and More
http://neosmart.net/gallery/v/wallpapers/Vista/official/
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