Showing posts with label windows. Show all posts
Showing posts with label windows. Show all posts

Saturday, 14 October 2017

Disabling a Laptop Keyboard

Ever run into that problem with a laptop keyboard where a key gets stuck down and just keeps repeating itself ad-infinitum? I have and it's extremely annoying plus the sound the computer makes while trying to deal with the constant keypresses is even worse. In the past I'd just bring up the Windows Device Manager and uninstall the keyboard drivers and continue using my USB keyboard, however after restarting my computer the Drivers would be reinstalled and the problem would start again.

There's an excellent article on TechTambayan which shows you how to deal with the problem, just by changing the installed Drivers for ones which are incompatible for your keyboard then disabling them.


As you can see in the above image, I've installed the Drivers for a Japanese keyboard and then I've disabled them.

Wednesday, 29 August 2012

SDL_gfx-2.0.24 Binaries

As usual I've compiled the newest version of SDL_gfx for any Windows Users who need it.

Shared and Static Libraries can be downloaded from here.

Recently I received a post about compiling a 64-bit version, sadly I'm still using an old 32-bit Windows XP machine but I hope to be upgrading soon.


Thursday, 26 April 2012

Installing Java 7

In the past I'd tried installing the Java 7 JDK but the Installer would never successfully complete.

I eventually got it to install by downloading the combined JDK & NetBeans Installer.

I still don't know why this installation problem exists. A quick search on the Internet doesn't provide many answers as most people who are encountering these problems are using Linux rather than Windows.





Friday, 20 January 2012

FreeGLUT 2.8.0 Binaries

I've compiled Shared & Static Libraries of FreeGLUT 2.8.0 for any Windows Users who need them. Simple Installation Instructions are included as is a Short Guide on how I compiled them for those who are interested. You can download the files by clicking here.

Tuesday, 4 January 2011

ruby-opengl & ruby v1.9.1p430

If any of you are having problems using ruby-opengl on Windows I suggest you read this post that I made on the ruby forums.

Friday, 31 December 2010

PyOpenGL & py2exe

In the past when I'd tried creating a bundled executable with PyOpenGL & py2exe I had always failed. Recently however I was successful & after spending a few more days understanding the build process I was able to create an application that was just 2.3MB in size.

Click here to download the file.

Saturday, 9 October 2010

SDL_gfx-2.0.22

I've compiled the latest version of SDL_gfx for any Windows users who need it. The lib & dll files can be downloaded from here & the Code::Blocks project can be found here.

Wednesday, 11 August 2010

Windows Audio Problems

Ever had this problem in Windows, where you can't hear any sound & you get the following message...
There are no active mixer devices available. To install mixer devices, Go to Control Panel and Other Hardware, and then click ADD HARDWARE.

Solving it is quite simple, just go to the Start menu & select Run... then type in services.msc.

In the Window which then appears on screen, scroll down & find Windows Audio then click start.

Wednesday, 4 August 2010

SDL_gfx-2.0.21

I've compiled the latest version of SDL_gfx for any Windows users who need it.

If you just want the DLL & library then download this. If however you'd also like the Code::Blocks project as well, download this.



Saturday, 1 May 2010

Advanced Windows Console

If you're looking for a replacement to the ordinary Windows Command Prompt then you should give this a try.

Sunday, 21 February 2010

Shared Library Dependencies

In Linux displaying such information is quite simple as you can use ldd, however in Windows MinGW doesn't come with ldd.

Two good alternatives in Windows are Dependency Walker & Process Explorer plus the former of the two will let you save the output in a text file.


Monday, 25 January 2010

GnuPG GUI

For sometime now I've been using the Command-line versions of GnuPG in Windows & Ubuntu for verifying downloads & encrypting emails.

Recently however I discovered there was a GUI version available, which makes it much easier to use.

The Windows version can be downloaded here & if you want to install the Ubuntu version just type the following in a Terminal...

sudo apt-get install gpa




Sunday, 7 June 2009

WMP Plugins

If you're looking for Plugins & Codecs for Windows Media Player, you can find them here.

Saturday, 30 May 2009

Audacity in Vista

If you're having difficulty making recordings using Audacity in Windows Vista you should check out this page on the Audacity Wiki.

Midnight Commander Win32

A version of Midnight Commander for Windows can be downloaded from here.




Thursday, 28 May 2009

Wubi

Is an Installer which will allow you to install Ubuntu in Windows & it's probably one of the best programs ever written.

I've been using a Windows / Linux dual boot since the beginning of 2006. Setting up such a system can be a pretty tedious process, what with defragging, partitioning & having to use chkdsk. Removing one of the OSes but keeping the other intact is even more hard work & involves using a program called MbrFix.

I'd been using XP & Mandriva Linux but decided to go back to using a Vista & Ubuntu system. But this time I decided to use Wubi to install Ubuntu & it was much easier than the previous installation method. In fact it was as easy as installing any other program in Windows.

Saturday, 2 May 2009

Rubygame 2.5.0 Windows Binaries

I recently found out that a new version of Rubygame had been released.

So I compiled a Windows version of it, which can be downloaded from here.

Friday, 1 May 2009

Eric Python IDE

Interesting thread here on the Ubuntu forum about different IDEs for Python. I'd never heard of Eric before so I thought I'd install it in Windows. Building & Installation was successful but I recommend looking at the list of prerequisites before trying yourself, to minimize any possible errors.

Wednesday, 22 April 2009

Rubygame-2.4.1 Windows Binary

It took me some time to do but after a few Weeks I finally managed to build the newest version of Rubygame for Windows. I made this post on the Rubygame forum which includes a download link for the various dlls. At some point I'll get around to uploading the various project files I had to create for the dlls.

Monday, 13 April 2009

Java HelloApp Program

I've recently been using Java again, so I thought I'd present some simple programs you can run in Java. Just type the following into a text editor but be careful because Java is case sensitive. Certain commands are expected to be entered using upper case letters.

public class HelloApp
{
public static void main(String[] args)
{
System.out.println("Hello, World!");
}
}

Save the file as HelloApp.java & compile it with the following...

javac HelloApp.java

Run it with the following...

java HelloApp

If you want to generate documentation using JavaDoc just type the following...

javadoc -d docs HelloApp.java

Finally, if you'd like to place your class in a Jar file, you must first create a Manifest file. Just place the following text in a file called Manifest.txt & make sure you place a newline at the end.

Main-Class: HelloApp


Then create the Jar file by typing the following...

jar cvfm HelloApp.jar Manifest.txt *.class

Run the Jar file with the following...

java -jar HelloApp.jar