dion - Windows http://blogs.codehaus.org/people/dion//archives/windows.html en-us 2004-04-19T10:20:03+10:00 Microsoft release free C++ toolkit http://blogs.codehaus.org/people/dion/archives/000686_microsoft_release_free_c_toolkit.html See this site which has more detail, but it's a command line set of tools from VS.NET

]]> Windows dion 2004-04-19T10:20:03+10:00 Subversion kills Windows XP http://blogs.codehaus.org/people/dion/archives/000663_subversion_kills_windows_xp.html I installed Subversion this arvo, and rebooted.

Bad move. The desktop would no longer come up on WinXP SP1a.

Uninstalled Subversion and my desktop was back, whew.

I couldn't believe it was Subversion, so I did it again, just to make sure.

Yep, no desktop again. Off to the tigris site....

]]> Windows dion 2004-03-25T23:20:41+10:00 Spy/ad ware on windows http://blogs.codehaus.org/people/dion/archives/000522_spyad_ware_on_windows.html One of the email lists I'm on mentioned Spybot-S&D a spy/ad ware removal tool for windows.

It found some interesting registry entries, set up hosts file entries to block known trackers and was very usable.

]]> Windows dion 2003-12-23T14:02:45+10:00 Windows Boot screen replacer http://blogs.codehaus.org/people/dion/archives/000266_windows_boot_screen_replacer.html Got my monthly Stardock newsletter today, and it mentioned BootSkin, a freebie boot up screen changer

]]> Windows dion 2003-11-24T13:01:53+10:00 Open Source Installer for Windows http://blogs.codehaus.org/people/dion/archives/000196_open_source_installer_for_windows.html Been using the Nullsoft installer for the recent maven stuff, and it's a pretty slick package once you combine it with an editor

]]> Windows dion 2003-10-10T16:40:23+10:00 SSHd on Windows http://blogs.codehaus.org/people/dion/archives/000187_sshd_on_windows.html Cygwin includes sshd.

Getting that running was reasonably easy thanks to some good docs.

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