I found this nice command line tool of Microsoft's that will make a patch file by comparing two files which can be used with their command line patching tool to create the 2nd file.  This works great for patching an executable that is large.

The patcher works on Windows XP without the SDK installed.  But the SDK must be installed to get the command line tools you need.

The command line tools you will need from the SDK are called mpatch and apatch and are in C:\Program Files\Microsoft Platform\SDK\Samples\SysMgmt\Msi\Patching.

Here is the download:  Platform SDK


I found this by reading this blog entry.

I tracked down where the nightly builds are.  At one point I was downloading the source code and compiling it myself... but there's no need:

http://dasblog.info/dbftp/

This is a Visual Studio 2003 error that i have received.

To fix this...

1. In the Internet Explorer, select the "Tools" Menu, then select "Internet Options".

2. Select the "Security" Tab in the new window.

3. Select the "Internet" globe icon.

4. Click the "Custom Level..." button at the bottom.

5. Locate the "User Authentication" section (it is at the bottom in IE7).

6. Select "Automatic logon with current username and password".

7. Click "Ok" twice to complete.

Yahoo recently debuted it's thrid social bookmarking service... Yahoo Bookmarks

They already have My Web, Del.icio.us and the new Bookmarks beta will supercede thei standard Yahoo Bookmarks.

I'm not sure what Yahoo has up their sleeves for these three but it appears that the New Bookmarks has quite a bit of overlap with both My Web and Del.icio.us.

I had to turn off the trackback service in my blog today.  I am just getting too much trackback spam.

This is the best launch application I have found.  Simple, fast, and powerful.

 

You just tap Alt-Space to bring up a selection, type a few characters and hit enter.

 

I recently purchased a 1GB USB Flash Driver for $13 after rebates, including shipping.  I'm pretty happy about that.  However I already have desires for a larger drive.

I found that I can use TrueCrypt which is small app that sits on the flash drive along with a truecrypt volume file which can be mounted as a drive.

See traveler mode.   The only catch is that the user must have administrator rights.

It even can preconfigure teh flash drives autorun.inf file so that mounting the encrypted volume is automation (after entering the password of course).

This list is more for me than the masses.

This is an update to A list of Apps I often install 2005

Items that were removed from the 2005 list are marked with a strikethrough.

* Application is free.
* Application has a scaled down free version.

Anti Virus AVG Free Edition*
Web Browser Mozilla Firefox*
Desktop Wallpaper Rotator Panorama 32*
Drive Imaging Acronis True Image (Also Norton Ghost)
PDF Reader Adobe Acrobat
Photo Editor Adobe Photoshop
Photo Album Adobe Photoshop Elements
Password Manager AI RoboForm
Blog Editor BlogJet Windows Live Writer*
DVD Backup DVD Shrink*
DVD Player InterVideo WinDVD
Music Player Music Match, iTunes*
Office Productivity Software Microsoft Office, although OpenOffice* is an excellent free alternative.
CD Burner Nero Burning Rom
Media Player ZoomPlayer*, Apple Quicktime (comes with iTunes), RealPlayer, Divx Player  
Remote Desktop RealVNC*UltraVNC*
Hotkey Manager HotkeyControl XP*
File Comparer WinMerge*
Search and Replace InfoRapid Search and Replace*
Music Station Yahoo Messenger/Launchcast*
Find Filename Locate32*
Find Documents Window Desktop Search*
Notepad Notepad++*, Notepad2*
Task Switcher TaskSwitchXP*
Archiver WinZipTUGZip*
Binary File Editor Hex Editor*
Little Tools ClipName, SysInternals... Process Explorer, AutoRuns, Junction, FileMon, RegMon, Power Toys... Tweak UI, CmdHere, ImageResizer, Open Command Window Here
Explorer Replacement ExploreXP*, Explorer2, Directory Opus
Tivo Tools Tivo Desktop (Because I can't get Tivo HME to work)
Screenshots WinSnap*
Launch Bar Free Launch Bar*
Launcher Launchy*
Desktop Search Google Desktop* (Yahoo crashed too may times :()
Image Viewer FastStone MaxView*
Symbolic Links Winbolic Link*, Link Shell Extension*
Home Automation Software CQC

Developer Tools

DBMS Microsoft Sql Server
IDE Microsoft Visual Studio 6.0, Microsoft Visual Studio .NET
Microsoft DirectX 9.0 SDK*
Color Picker Nattyware Pixie*
Snippet Compiler
Regular Expressions Testing The Regulator*
.NET Class Browser Reflector*
HTML Editor Dreamweaver, 1st Page 2000* which is just like Homesite

Others that I have used and like

Encryption PGP Desktop or TrueCrypt*
Web Grabber WinHTTrack*
Remote Control PC Anywhere
Partitioner Partition Magic
Defrag O&O Defrag
Virtual Machine VMWare
Log File Analyzer AWStats using ActivePerl
Blog Engine DasBlog*

I use Windows Live Writer with DasBlog to post to my blogs.  Unfortunately Live Writer does not have seperate Ping settings per weblog.  I post to some "family only" weblogs that I don't really need others looking at, as well as public blogs. 

Instead of using Live Writer to ping, I use AutoPinger which pings a plethora of sites.

Here's a nice thread on how to get your Elk M1G announcements to play on your Greyfox/On-Q/Legrand inQuire intercoms ystem.

Elk M1G & On-Q inQuire Intercom

Looking to build your own custom pc? Skarky Extreme publishes several Buyer's Guides which give all the parts needed for a new computer. There is the High End Gamer's PC where price is no limit, and a Value Gaming PC for the $1000 budget, along with regular guides on video card, memory, and cpu prices.

I've been using these guides for years and thought I would share. :)

Here is the link for Sharky Extreme.
Monthly High-end Gaming System Buyer's Guide
Monthly Value Gaming System Buyer's Guide

What I love about Mozilla Firefox is all the great extensions for it. 

This list supercedes the original list at Favorite Firefox Extensions

Items in red are new to the list.

Adbloc Filterset.G Updater
Adblock Plus
AI Roboform Toolbar
ColorZilla
DOM Inspector
Dictionary Search
Download Manager Tweak
FireBug
IE Tab
Image Zoom
JavaScript Debugger
Map+
MeasureIt
Nuke Anything Enhanced
QuickRestart
Split Pannel
Tab Mix Plus
Talkback
View Cookies
Web Developer
wmlbrowser
Yahoo! Toolbar

IE View Replaced by IE Tab
Nuke Anything Replace by Nuke Anything Enhanced
Clone Window Replaced by Firefox 2.0
Adblock Replaced by Adblock Plus
Tabbrowser Preferences
BlogJetThis! Use Windows Live Writer
Greasemonkey Too many issues

This list is more for me than the masses.

This is an update to A list of Apps I often install 2005

Items that were removed from the 2005 list are marked with a strikethrough.

* Application is free.
* Application has a scaled down free version.

Anti Virus AVG Free Edition*
Web Browser Mozilla Firefox*
Desktop Wallpaper Rotator Panorama 32*
Drive Imaging Acronis True Image (Also Norton Ghost)
PDF Reader Adobe Acrobat
Photo Editor Adobe Photoshop
Photo Album Adobe Photoshop Elements
Password Manager AI RoboForm
Blog Editor BlogJet Windows Live Writer*
DVD Backup DVD Shrink*
DVD Player InterVideo WinDVD
Music Player Music Match, iTunes*
Office Productivity Software Microsoft Office, although OpenOffice* is an excellent free alternative.
CD Burner Nero Burning Rom
Media Player ZoomPlayer*, Apple Quicktime (comes with iTunes), RealPlayer, Divx Player  
Remote Desktop RealVNC*UltraVNC*
Hotkey Manager HotkeyControl XP*
File Comparer WinMerge*
Search and Replace InfoRapid Search and Replace*
Music Station Yahoo Messenger/Launchcast*
Find Filename Locate32*
Find Documents Window Desktop Search*
Notepad Notepad++*, Notepad2*
Task Switcher TaskSwitchXP*
Archiver WinZipTUGZip*
Binary File Editor Hex Editor*
Little Tools ClipName, SysInternals... Process Explorer, AutoRuns, Junction, FileMon, RegMon, Power Toys... Tweak UI, CmdHere, ImageResizer, Open Command Window Here
Explorer Replacement ExploreXP*, Explorer2, Directory Opus
Tivo Tools Tivo Desktop (Because I can't get Tivo HME to work)
Screenshots WinSnap*
Launch Bar Free Launch Bar*
Launcher Launchy*
Desktop Search Google Desktop* (Yahoo crashed too may times :()
Image Viewer FastStone MaxView*
Symbolic Links Winbolic Link*, Link Shell Extension*
Home Automation Software CQC

Developer Tools

DBMS Microsoft Sql Server
IDE Microsoft Visual Studio 6.0, Microsoft Visual Studio .NET
Microsoft DirectX 9.0 SDK*
Color Picker Nattyware Pixie*
Snippet Compiler
Regular Expressions Testing The Regulator*
.NET Class Browser Reflector*
HTML Editor Dreamweaver, 1st Page 2000* which is just like Homesite

Others that I have used and like

Encryption PGP Desktop or TrueCrypt*
Web Grabber WinHTTrack*
Remote Control PC Anywhere
Partitioner Partition Magic
Defrag O&O Defrag
Virtual Machine VMWare
Log File Analyzer AWStats using ActivePerl
Blog Engine DasBlog*