If you encounter the following error when pulling a repository in SourceTree: VirtualAlloc pointer is null, Win32 error 487 it is due to to the Cygwin system failing to allocate a 5 MB large chunk of memory for its heap at the fixed address 0x68570000, while only a hole 2.5…
In the “2016 .NET Community Report” just released by Telerik, the answers to the question “What technology would you choose if building for Windows Desktop?” were as follows: So roughly half of new desktop developments would be based on Windows Forms, a technology declared dead multiple times. The Telerik report…
I have just released the new version of the AltaLux plug-in for IrfanView on GitHub, clone it now! There are some good reasons for taking a peek: having a look at how to write a plugin for IrfanView discovering how the AltaLux algorithm works comparing different ways to divide the…
We recently heard about two really far branches in our codebase. Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is finding the changes and merging them. So I try a GIT diff within Atlassian SourceTree, my GIT client of choice, and the result is unusable: the developers not only made…
PowerPoint presentations can arrive in different file formats: PPT is the default file extension for saving presentations in PowerPoint 2003 and earlier versions. PPTX is the default file extension for saving presentations in PowerPoint 2007 and later versions. PPS is the the show mode extension in PowerPoint 2003 and earlier…
When installing or uninstalling Visual Studio 2012/2013, the installer might get stuck right at the beginning:
After the map updates on mid-May, both the HERE Maps and Drive apps for Windows Phone 8 stopped working, even worse, launching them made the phone reboot. The obvious fix would be an hard reset of the phone, but that would mean a lot of work, backing up everything. Here…
After adding your kid, AskWatch will start grabbing data about your son for a few seconds, or a bit more depending on the speed of your internet connection. In the main window, a new tab with the name of your son will be added, and the new screen contains all…
You need the following to run AskWatch: a PC running Microsoft Windows 7 or 8 .NET framework 4.5 (already installed in MS Windows 8, requires installation in MS Windows 7) the AskWatch installer includes the .NET framework 4.5 web installer, if required Latest release: v. 0.6.4 Beta (October 13th, 2013)…
Start AskWatch from the Start screen (in Windows 8) or from the Start menu (in Windows 7). The following, mostly empty screen appears: