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The Official Windows 7 Repository
Interesting: people are using loaders that emulate BIOS features to install unlicensed OEM versions of Windows.
windows  bios 
may 2011 by threedaymonk
busybox-w32
A port of Busybox to Windows. Provides a reasonably full POSIX environment with minimal forking.
windows  posix  busybox 
january 2011 by threedaymonk
Ninite
Unattended installer for a range of common Windows programs. Looks useful if you’re unfortunate enough to be stuck setting up Windows.
windows  software  installation 
august 2010 by threedaymonk
Tech worker testifies of ‘blue screen of death’ on oil rig’s computer
You used a desktop operating system to do WHAT now?
microsoft  windows  oil  wtf 
july 2010 by threedaymonk
Why the Windows Registry sucks … technically
windows  microsoft  software 
february 2010 by threedaymonk
Neopythonic: IronPython in Action and the Decline of Windows
Guido van Rossum on Windows GUI programming: ‘as tedious today as it was in 1995.’
windows  python 
june 2009 by threedaymonk
Fritzing
An open-source, cross-platform software tool that ‘allows users to document their Arduino and other electronic-based prototypes, and to create a PCB layout for manufacturing.’
electronics  diy  hardware  software  microcontroller  opensource  linux  windows  osx  arduino  pcb 
may 2009 by threedaymonk
Elisa, the free media player
‘Elisa is an open source cross-platform media center connecting the Internet to an all-in-one media player.’
linux  windows  opensource  free  video  htpc 
may 2009 by threedaymonk
Running IE6, IE7 and IE8 on your Mac
... Or on any platform with VirtualBox.
webdev  linux  osx  windows  ie6  ie7  ie8  virtualisation  virtualbox 
april 2009 by threedaymonk
Cross GCC on Mac OS X
Compile for Windows/Linux from OS X.
programming  compiler  crosscompiler  osx  windows  linux  gcc 
april 2009 by threedaymonk
Engineering Windows 7
Interesting.
microsoft  windows  software  development 
march 2009 by threedaymonk
Download all versions of Internet Explorer
Claims that even conditional comments will work.
webdev  ie  windows 
february 2009 by threedaymonk
How to uninstall Microsoft .NET Framework Assistant from Firefox
Microsoft is now installing Firefox extensions on the sly as part of system updates. Slimy.
microsoft  firefox  windows  security 
february 2009 by threedaymonk
GetIt - Installing Windows Applications just got Simpler!
Not quite apt-get, but it makes installing all that essential software on Windows a lot easier.
windows  software  automation  install 
january 2009 by threedaymonk
Capistrano 2.5.3
Jamis on not working to fix things on Windows: ‘Microsoft may be an 800lb gorilla, but it's not _my_ gorilla, and it's not in _my_ room. If you need to appease the gorilla, that is (with all due respect) not my problem.’ We need more of this.
capsitrano  webdev  windows  microsoft  ruby 
december 2008 by threedaymonk
Windows Refund from Dell
Dell doesn't sell computers with Linux in Ireland. Guy gets €154 back for unwanted bundled software via small claims court.
ireland  dell  linux  windows  windowstax 
september 2008 by threedaymonk
Full text: An epic Bill Gates e-mail rant
We should all use our own products. It’s the only way we'll find the flaws.
microsoft  usability  windows 
june 2008 by threedaymonk
Launchy
Launch URLs, email clients, and applications from Ruby on any platform.
ruby  linux  unix  windows  osx  browser 
may 2008 by threedaymonk
Fixing Windows Vista, one machine at a time
It's not so much Vista that sucks, more that the retailers supply it broken.
microsoft  windows  vista 
may 2008 by threedaymonk
From Win32 to Cocoa: a Windows user's conversion to Mac OS X—Part II
Excellent summary of everything that's wrong with Windows from a technical/UI perspective.
windows  programming  microsoft 
may 2008 by threedaymonk
SuperCollider
Cross-platform real time audio synthesis/algorithmic composition. Might have to have a play.
osx  windows  linux  audio  synth  forlater 
march 2008 by threedaymonk
Does Windows have a viable future?
He argues that it doesn't.
windows  computing 
february 2008 by threedaymonk
Hardware companies can’t write software
Hits the mark. As a smug Linux user, I particularly enjoyed the Schadenfreude.
windows  drivers  schadenfreude 
february 2008 by threedaymonk
Inside Vista SP1 File Copy Improvements
How optimisation can make certain cases slower and really upset affected users.
windows  algorithm 
february 2008 by threedaymonk
Wine-doors
Wine installer for Gnome.
gnome  linux  windows  wine 
february 2008 by threedaymonk
The 5 most annoying programs on your PC
Not on my PC, thankfully, but pretty amusing.
windows  software 
january 2008 by threedaymonk
Counterfeit rate of Vista half that of XP
Effective copy protection, or so bad you can't give it away?
microsoft  windows  marketing  drm 
december 2007 by threedaymonk
A Cost Analysis of Windows Vista Content Protection
How Mickey Mouse got to design your computer.
stupid  microsoft  windows  vista  drm  freedom 
october 2007 by threedaymonk
Color Oracle
Cross-platform colour blindness simulator.
colour  webdev  accessibility  osx  linux  windows 
october 2007 by threedaymonk
The Mnemosyne Project
Cross-platform flashcard learning tool combined with a long-term memory research project.
education  flashcards  linux  osx  windows  open-source 
october 2007 by threedaymonk
PC vs MAC
A brand new PC with Vista battles a twenty-year-old Mac II to see who can boot up and open a Word document faster.
computing  technology  progress  windows  mac 
october 2007 by threedaymonk
Confirmed: Microsoft is fiddling with system files without permission
That’s what you get for running a third-rate operating system from a convicted monopolist.
microsoft  windows  security  privacy 
september 2007 by threedaymonk
Terminal Server Patch
Allows two or more users to log into a single Windows XP Pro machine via terminal services, EULA be damned.
windows  software  patch  rdp 
august 2007 by threedaymonk
Texts Rasterization Exposures
Very interesting research on font rasterisation and sub-pixel anti-aliasing.
fonts  algorithms  windows  linux  graphics  typography  osx 
july 2007 by threedaymonk
BBC Ofcom complaint raised
The Open Source Consortium has written to Ofcom to complain about the Windows-only BBC iPlayer service.
bbc  drm  windows  open-source 
march 2007 by threedaymonk
Ballmer hints at tougher Vista antipiracy crackdown
‘We [will] really ferret through how far we can dial [the copy prevention features] up.’ Isn’t it unproductive and intrusive enough already?
windows 
february 2007 by threedaymonk
This is your Mac on drugs
Good explanation of how default gamma affects colour representation on Mac and Windows.
apple  osx  windows  gamma  graphics  photoshop  photography  design  colour 
february 2007 by threedaymonk
Schneier on Security: DRM in Windows Vista
Windows Vista ‘will make your computer less reliable and less secure.’
microsoft  drm  windows  security 
february 2007 by threedaymonk
Apple WWDC 2006-Windows Vista Copies Mac OS X
video  apple  microsoft  osx  windows  humour 
february 2007 by threedaymonk
Video: How to Install Windows Vista
video  humour  windows 
february 2007 by threedaymonk
Huh... Failure? On Times Square?
Windows error in a Windows ad. Oh, the delicious irony.
windows  humour 
february 2007 by threedaymonk
The cost of monoculture
Think Microsoft’s monopoly is bad? It could be worse. You could live in South Korea.
open-source  ie  windows  korea  security  monopoly 
january 2007 by threedaymonk
packetgarden.com
‘Packet Garden captures information about how you use the internet and uses this stored information to grow a private world you can later explore.’
osx  windows  linux  software  visualisation  graphics 
january 2007 by threedaymonk
Open-Source Cocoa (almost) for Windows
Build windows applications from OS X.
osx  cocoa  windows 
december 2006 by threedaymonk
Internet Explorer 7 running side by side with IE6
Test both browsers on a single installation of Windows.
ie  microsoft  windows  webdev  standalone  howto  ie6  ie7 
october 2006 by threedaymonk
Windows Noise
Decent music made with Windows default sounds and SNDREC32.EXE.
fun  windows  music 
september 2006 by threedaymonk
Good bye Microsoft; Pete has now left the building!
Long-time Microsoft developer and evangelist explains why he has left the Microsoft world.
microsoft  apple  programming  linux  ubuntu  osx  windows 
september 2006 by threedaymonk
Alkyproject.com
A new way to run Windows applications on other operating systems.
windows  linux  osx  emulation 
june 2006 by threedaymonk
CGSecurity
Cross-platform data recovery tools.
filesystem  recovery  tools  windows  linux  osx 
june 2006 by threedaymonk
Award for the Silliest User Interface: Windows Search
‘Who's been putting the mescaline in the Microsoft kool aid?’
humour  windows  google  usability 
march 2006 by threedaymonk
Ruby.NET
Resistance is futile.
windows  ruby  dotnet 
march 2006 by threedaymonk
Colline des taupes
The hill in Switzerland made famous by the Windows XP default background.
windows  photography 
march 2006 by threedaymonk
IE7 installation
How to install IE7 as an independent application, or on non-English Windows.
ie  windows 
july 2005 by threedaymonk
Context Free
An environment for editing and rendering CFDG design grammars.
graphics  programming  osx  windows  unix 
may 2005 by threedaymonk
MSH/Monad
Download New Command Line Shell
windows  programming 
january 2005 by threedaymonk
RealNetworks > Enterprise Solutions
Annoyance-free corporate version of RealPlayer
programs  windows  real 
january 2005 by threedaymonk

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