SVN Service

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SVNService by Magnus Norddahl works great if you want to run subversion as a Win32 service. Just installing the service with

svnservice.exe -install -d -r c:\repository

It seems to be confusing that the service is not started and set to manual, but the svn server is running, even after a reboot.

SVNService

Mac Essentials for using a Microsoft Wireless Mouse

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There are some Microsoft Mac essentials that need be on my Mac. Windows Media Player and IntelliPoint at least. I have also found but not tried yet an update for Virtual PC, which maybe can solve my previous installing issue.

Mac and other Platforms

I especially recommend IntelliPoint if you use any Microsoft Mouse. I became very frustrated by my Wireless Optical Blue Mouse on the Mac. It was slow and sticking; improving the speed within the Mac’s System Preferences did not improve the handling very well. However, the IntelliPoint software does support the devices very well, and by using the IntelliPoint pointer speed option instead of System Mouse Tracking the performance and reliability of the wireless mouse is improved dramatically.

Microsoft Mouse

It also has some additional information on the mouse, depending on the attached device. After replacing my Optical Wheel Mouse USB with the Wireless Optical Blue Mouse I got this additional tab showing the battery level.

Microsoft Mouse

CanonScan N650U

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One of the first things to fix was to bring my CanonScan N650U to work with my Mac. Canon offers a plug-in for the CanonScan N650U. I tried MSN Search and some Google Groups but I did not find any helpful solution. Actually I had no idea what to do with the package, so I started the CanonPI CS-U Installer in the package. After the installation, the system needed to restart. After reboot, it was possible to scan images in Office using the Canon plug-in Module CS-U 3.8.

Canon Plug-in Module CS-U 3.8

 

You can never have enought… Backups

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Actually, you can never have enough backups, but the original reason for getting Acronis’ TrueImage was to copy an image of my 60GB laptop HDD to a new 100GB HDD. This worked surprisingly well, connecting the new disk, using an external USB case, the tool reboots the system and copies a bootable image of the disk.

Beside this, the tool can perform backups while you work on your system. Very cool and helpfully if you backup to a server, which could take some time. In addition the tool provides a very great feature, which makes accessing files within your backup very comfortable. You can just plug an backup image as a virtual disk to your system and this way you can access the complete backup and access specific files you are looking for.

Pick a Task

PLug Image Wizard

Assign Logical Drive Letters

Plug Image Wizzard

Please Wait

My Computer

 

Recommended Software

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I am just spending some time re-installing my machine. I decided to drop some lines about the tools I do install on my Toshiba Portégé M200.

Tablet PC

Maintaining

  • DU Meter
    Provides an accurate account of the data which is flowing through your computer’s network connection at any given moment.
  • SyncToy v1.1 for Windows XP
    SyncToy v1.1 helps you copy, move, rename, and delete files between folders and computers quickly and easily.
  • Tweak UI
    This PowerToy gives you access to system settings that are not exposed in the Windows XP default user interface.
  • MSG iFilter Add-in to Windows Desktop Search
    Simply find all Microsoft Outlook MSG (.MSG) files and the contents within.
  • Adobe PDF iFilter v6.0
    Adobe PDF IFilter is a free downloadable Dynamic Link Library (DLL) file that provides a bridge between a Microsoft indexing client and a library of Adobe PDF files.
  • Windows Defender
    Unfortunately still beta2.

Developing

  • NDoc
    NDoc is an extensible code documentation generation tool for .NET developers.
  • FxCop 1.35
    FxCop is a code analysis tool that checks .NET managed code assemblies for conformance to the Microsoft .NET Framework Design Guidelines. It uses reflection, MSIL parsing, and callgraph analysis to inspect assemblies for more than 200 defects.
  • Subversion
    The goal of the Subversion project is to build a version control system that is a compelling replacement for CVS in the open source community.
  • TortoiseSVN
    TortoiseSVN is a Subversion client, implemented as a windows shell extension. The coolest Interface to (Sub)Version Control.
Information

Tools

  • SmartFTP
    My preferred FTP client.
  • WinZip
    Some basics…
  • ieSpell
    To correct the thousands of spelling mistakes while I am blogging.
  • Daemon Tools 4.0.3
    Runs ISO files and other disk images from a virtual drive.
  • Open Command Window Here
    This PowerToy adds an “Open Command Window Here” context menu option on file system folders.
  • Microsoft Time Zone Utility
    Microsoft Time Zone conveniently runs in the system tray and allows you to easily view the date and time in various locations around the world.
  • Alt-Tab Replacement
    Seeing a preview of the application window you are switching to.
  • CDex
    Creates WAV and MP3s from music CDs.
  • ISOBuster
    Creates ISO images of CDs and DVDs.

Office

  • Stampit and Stampit Updates
    It takes ages to find the update page for Stampit.

Media

  • Image Resizer
    This PowerToy enables you to resize one or many image files with a right-click.
  • SDP 2.0
    MMS streaming receiver for windows media streaming.
  • Media Player Classic
    Lightweight media player with WMP lok and feel.
  • <liPicasa
    Even if it’s from Google, it’s a great to get an overview of your local pictures and images.
  • DivX Coded

Communication

  • Skype
    callto://aheil.de/