Archive for October, 2008
Install and use custom themes in Windows Vista – the easy way
If you ever wanted to change the look and feel of Windows Vista you know that it’s not possible to customize Windows Vista’s themes unless you patch Windows Vista to enable custom themes.
DemoGeek.com has an in-depth article on how to patch Windows Vista to allow custom themes. It’s very detailed and has screenshots to explain the steps better.
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )How to restore Windows Registry
DemoGeek.com has a nice article on how to restore Windows Registry from an earlier backup. Earlier on DemoGeek.com there was an article on how to backup the Windows Registry now they have put out an article on how to restore the backed up registry.
Check out the detailed article on how to restore Windows Registry at DemoGeek.com.
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )How To Backup Windows Registry
DemoGeek.com has a new article on how to backup the more important Windows Registry. Backing up Windows Registry becomes more important if you install more applications, freewares etc…and also would come in handy if you manually edit entries on Windows Registry.
Check out the detailed article on how to backup Windows Registry at DemoGeek.com.
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Generate Typed Dataset from an XSD file
Visual Studio 2005’s Typed DataSet is pretty cool. It gives you good control of what the relations should be and it pretty much mimics a table in the database. I love it. But one thing I hate about that is when you serialize your Typed DataSet your XML looks not up to the mark of what you want.
It does serves the purpose but it has all sorts of primary key/foreign key references that are serialized into the XML that at times we don’t want. Rather what we want is a nested XML structure that meaningfully makes sense if you wear that XML glass.
Adding an XSD file to your project won’t help right away as VSNET 2005 doesn’t directly generate dataset (.Designer.cs file) out of it. But, to our rescue, there is a work around to get VSNET 2005 generate typed-dataset from an XSD file. Here is what you should do,
- Select the XSD file you want VSNET 2005 to generate typed-dataset from
- Go into the XSD file’s properties
- Set the "Build Action" to "Content"
- Set the "Custom Tool" to point to "MSDataSetGenerator"
And that’s it. The next time you save the XSD file you should be able to see the dataset file, .Designer.cs (or .vb) file, for your XSD.
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How to disable error reporting in Windows XP?
DemoGeek.com has a great article on how to disable the awful error reporting dialog in Windows XP. There are detailed explanation of screenshots along with a more detailed explanation with screencasts.
Check out how to disable error reporting on Windows XP.
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )How to hide icons in Windows System Tray
DemoGeek.com has a great article on how to hide icons on the Windows System Tray. There are detailed explanation of screenshots along with a more detailed explanation with screencasts.
Check out how to hide icons on the Windows System Tray.
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