After Windows 10 upgrade it happens often with me that while watching videos on the Internet (not sure if only in the case of Adobe Flash Player), the audio just stops working. Rather than restarting the computer which also works, I found a workaround which is at least a little […]
Crazy circles is a nice visual illusion. “Loading…” windows tend to be boring. Combining both of them may keep your users entertained while waiting for data to load. Even best if it can be dynamically configured to fit your website 🙂 . Examples Crazy Circles Crazy Circles is a visual […]
Sometimes you may need to to find out when the machine was locked and unlocked (for time booking for instance). Unfortunately, there is no such a thing as lock/unlock Windows events. When the user locks or unlocks the workstation a special Logon or Logoff event is created in the Windows […]
Although log4net is most likely one of the most powerful logging libraries for .Net, it has some limitations when it comes to spreading the configuration among multiple files. The use case for it is very common: a set of services wants to share parts of the same configuration (i.e.: […]
For some days I’ve being haunted by this “error”. Everytime I opened the Task Manager there was no Menu Bar nor Tabs. The solution is simple: Just double-click anwhere in the border around the tabs (gray panel). It happens that the Task manager has a Tiny Footprint mode which […]
Quick Tip While using the remote desktop it may happens that the Windows key gets “stuck”. You will realize it when you start typing and while pressing m all windows are minimized or while pressing r the run window appears. You will get with almost 100% chance this behavior if […]
Quick Tip On Visual Studio if you suddenly get an error when pressing “Update Service References” : Custom tool error: Failed to generate code for the service reference ‘your service‘ Please check other error and warning messages for details Do the following: Close all instances of Visual Studio […]
During the conception and development of new applications, designers tend to do lots of styling trials. After some years the application will be trashed with unused resources. This effect doesn’t only pollute and difficult the development process but also increases the size of your delivery. The straw that broke the […]
If an IT architect needs some kind of secure connection in 99 out of 100 cases he will choose SSL. The standard is there, it is widely used, the implementation is trivial and the problem is solved. Being for ignorance or lack of creativity, SSL is overused in many of enterprise IT communication, which […]
