How to use JumpFolder to create multiple “start menus”

Even after Microsoft abandoned the stupid idea of the Windows 8 start screen and gave us back the start menu in Windows 10 there is still a lot to desire. Of course you can replace the the start menu with a tool like Open Shell (formerly known as Classic Shell) which improves it quite a … Continue reading How to use JumpFolder to create multiple “start menus”

Blocking the Windows Screen Saver in Delphi

Sometimes your program needs to block the screen saver from automatically kicking in. My use case was that the program was recording data and whenever the screen saver was active, the data was lost (No idea why, it probably had something to do with the way HID is implemented in Windows.) So I was looking … Continue reading Blocking the Windows Screen Saver in Delphi

Force “unidentified networks” to be private or public in Windows 7

Windows 7 has got an annoying feature that categorises network connections to be public, home or work networks. This might work for others but it has never worked for me. Even worse, for some reason the link that usually allows the user to change the network type sometimes is not available. Microsoft even has got … Continue reading Force “unidentified networks” to be private or public in Windows 7