Yesterday I blogged about SyncThing as an alternative to BitTorrentSync. Today a business partner asked me whether it is possible to run SyncThing as a service. The answer is definitely yes, but it requires an additional tool. As per this StackOverflow answer you can use NSSM - the Non-Sucking Service Manager to create a service … Continue reading Running SyncThing as a Windows service
Category: Windows
SyncThing as an alternative to BitTorrentSync (btsync)
A while ago I blogged about using BitTorrentSync as a privacy conscious alternative to the more popular cloud services like Google Drive or DropBox. BitTorrent recently released btsync version 2 which, apart from trying to sell you a so called PRO version, changed the user interface yet again and also changed the way you set … Continue reading SyncThing as an alternative to BitTorrentSync (btsync)
Windows annoyance number 3 gazillion and 4
We all know, that Microsoft software is great and that they are constantly striving to improve the user experience (best example: Windows 8 (Yes, that's sarcasm)). Windows 7, the best Windows of all times, has a great feature which is an improvement of the universally loved desktop cleanup we know from Windows XP. It regularly helps … Continue reading Windows annoyance number 3 gazillion and 4
Showing all parameters passed to a batch file
Sometimes you just want to know how a program gets called by another program or by Windows. In that case this little batch file might come in handy: @echo off rem This batch file shows its full filename and its parameters echo cmd file: %~dpnx0 echo Parameters: for %%I IN (%*) DO ECHO %%I pause … Continue reading Showing all parameters passed to a batch file
Avira Antivirus E-Mail “security”
The current Avira Antivirus has got a module it calls "Internet security" which in turn has an option for e-mail security. What it does is capturing all connections to POP3, IMAP and SMTP servers and scanning them for viruses. That sounds good until you find, that your e-mail client stopped working even though you haven't … Continue reading Avira Antivirus E-Mail “security”
Fighting Secure Boot
I have bought an Acer Extensa notebook after reading the under 300 Euros notebooks test in the latest c't magazine where it came up as the winner regarding battery life and the rest wasn't too bad either. I chose the 4 GB model so it won't thrash the hd all the time. The Extensa comes … Continue reading Fighting Secure Boot
Sabotaged by Windows Update
Microsoft released a Windows Update this week that caused quite a problem for Delphi developers still using Delphi 2006 to 2010. When starting a second instance of the IDE they now get the error Cannot create file C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\EditorLineEnds.ttr The update in question is a security update for all supported Windows versions and has the number … Continue reading Sabotaged by Windows Update
Using a bar code scanner? Watch out for your keyboard layout!
We are using a bar code scanner to scan the serial numbers of all hard disk drives we buy. This is supposed to make it easier and less error prone to put them into an Excel list for tracking their whereabouts (we use quite a lot of drives for storing video data). Of course, when … Continue reading Using a bar code scanner? Watch out for your keyboard layout!
Windows 7 Blue Screen Of Death with error 0x7B
If you ever had to change the motherboard of your computer and wanted to keep the Windows installation on it, you might have encountered the dreaded Blue Screen of Death with an unhelpful error code. In my case, this was a Windows 7 installation where the on board SATA controller started to misbehave. These problems … Continue reading Windows 7 Blue Screen Of Death with error 0x7B
Comparing INI files
INI files are a simple but powerful means of storing a program's configuration. They have existed since the 16 bit Windows times, where they were stored in the Windows directory, later on they were stored in the program's executable directory and nowadays they usually go somewhere into a user's home directory. Microsoft has tried to … Continue reading Comparing INI files