Friday, September 18, 2009

Workaround: Windows SDK Configuration Tool complains about missing Visual Studio

When trying change the default SDK…

Symptoms

Error Message:

"Your system does not have Visual Studio 2005 or Visual Studio 2008 installed"

Workaround

  • Option 1: Use the command-line version of Windows SDK Configuration Tool: e.g. “WindowsSdkVer.exe -version:v7.0” (no quotes)
  • Option 2: Change the OS Display Format to English (United States).

You can read the full story here.

Wednesday, September 16, 2009

How to set Windows Live Mail store folder

It’s a bit hidden, but You can save your Windows Live Mail folders to another drive Heinz Tschabitscher from About.com knows how:

  1. Select Tools | Options... from the menu.
  2. Go to the Advanced tab.
  3. Click Maintenance....
  4. Click on the Store Folder... button.

Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Control multiple computers with a single keyboard and mouse

Moving the mouse from one computer to the other (similar to multi monitor support)

What the author says:

“Input Director is a Windows application that lets you control multiple Windows systems using the keyboard/mouse attached to one computer.”

Link: http://www.inputdirector.com/