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Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 Source Code Released

Posted on August 31, 2008

I would have never known that this takes up these many calls to perform a simple Console.WriteLine operation unless Microsoft had released the source code of the .net framework. I am delighted that the source code for 3.5 sp1 is out. It is time to dive deep in the framework itself.

Find the link below:

http://blogs.msdn.com/rscc/archive/2008/08/28/net-framework-3-5-sp1-sources-are-available.aspx

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Run Commands for Windows XP

Posted on August 21, 2008

I found this incredible link to start most of the XP system apps from Run box.

Program Run Command
Accessibility Controls access.cpl
Accessibility Wizard accwiz
Add Hardware Wizard hdwwiz.cpl
Add/Remove Programs appwiz.cpl
Administrative Tools control admintools
Adobe Acrobat ( if installed ) acrobat
Adobe Distiller ( if installed ) acrodist
Adobe ImageReady ( if installed ) imageready
Adobe Photoshop ( if installed ) photoshop
Automatic Updates wuaucpl.cpl
Basic Media Player mplay32
Bluetooth Transfer Wizard fsquirt
Calculator calc
Ccleaner ( if installed ) ccleaner
C: Drive c:
Certificate Manager cdrtmgr.msc
Character Map charmap
Check Disk Utility chkdsk
Clipboard Viewer clipbrd
Command Prompt cmd
Command Prompt command
Component Services dcomcnfg
Computer Management compmgmt.msc
Compare Files comp
Control Panel control
Create a shared folder Wizard shrpubw
Date and Time Properties timedate.cpl
DDE Shares ddeshare
Device Manager devmgmt.msc
Direct X Control Panel ( if installed ) directx.cpl
Direct X Troubleshooter dxdiag
Disk Cleanup Utility cleanmgr
Disk Defragment dfrg.msc
Disk Partition Manager diskmgmt.msc
Display Properties control desktop
Display Properties desk.cpl
Display Properties (w/Appearance Tab Preselected ) control color
Dr. Watson System Troubleshooting Utility drwtsn32
Driver Verifier Utility verifier
Ethereal ( if installed ) ethereal
Event Viewer eventvwr.msc
Files and Settings Transfer Tool migwiz
File Signature Verification Tool sigverif
Findfast findfast.cpl
Firefox firefox
Folders Properties control folders
Fonts fonts
Fonts Folder fonts
Free Cell Card Game freecell
Game Controllers joy.cpl
Group Policy Editor ( xp pro ) gpedit.msc
Hearts Card Game mshearts
Help and Support helpctr
Hyperterminal hypertrm
Hotline Client hotlineclient
Iexpress Wizard iexpress
Indexing Service ciadv.msc
Internet Connection Wizard icwonn1
Internet Properties inetcpl.cpl
Internet Setup Wizard inetwiz
IP Configuration (Display Connection Configuration) ipconfig /all
IP Configuration (Display DNS Cache Contents) ipconfig /displaydns
IP Configuration (Delete DNS Cache Contents) ipconfig /flushdns
IP Configuration (Release All Connections) ipconfig /release
IP Configuration (Renew All Connections) ipconfig /renew
IP Configuration (Refreshes DHCP & Re-Registers DNS) ipconfig /registerdns
IP Configuration (Display DHCP Class ID) ipconfig /showclassid
IP Configuration (Modifies DHCP Class ID) ipconfig /setclassid
Java Control Panel ( if installed ) jpicpl32.cpl
Java Control Panel ( if installed ) javaws
Keyboard Properties control keyboard
Local Security Settings secpol.msc
Local Users and Groups lusrmgr.msc
Logs You Out of Windows logoff
Malicious Software Removal Tool mrt
Microsoft Access ( if installed ) access.cpl
Microsoft Chat winchat
Microsoft Excel ( if installed ) excel
Microsoft Diskpart diskpart
Microsoft Frontpage ( if installed ) frontpg
Microsoft Movie Maker moviemk
Microsoft Management Console mmc
Microsoft Narrator narrator
Microsoft Paint mspaint
Microsoft Powerpoint powerpnt
Microsoft Word ( if installed ) winword
Microsoft Syncronization Tool mobsync
Minesweeper Game winmine
Mouse Properties control mouse
Mouse Properties main.cpl
MS-Dos Editor edit
MS-Dos FTP ftp
Nero ( if installed ) nero
Netmeeting conf
Network Connections control netconnections
Network Connections ncpa.cpl
Network Setup Wizard netsetup.cpl
Notepad notepad
Nview Desktop Manager ( if installed ) nvtuicpl.cpl
Object Packager packager
ODBC Data Source Administrator odbccp32
ODBC Data Source Administrator odbccp32.cpl
On Screen Keyboard osk
Opens AC3 Filter ( if installed ) ac3filter.cpl
Outlook Express msimn
Paint pbrush
Password Properties password.cpl
Performance Monitor perfmon.msc
Performance Monitor perfmon
Phone and Modem Options telephon.cpl
Phone Dialer dialer
Pinball Game pinball
Power Configuration powercfg.cpl
Printers and Faxes control printers
Printers Folder printers
Private Characters Editor eudcedit
Quicktime ( if installed ) quicktime.cpl
Quicktime Player ( if installed ) quicktimeplayer
Real Player ( if installed ) realplay
Regional Settings intl.cpl
Registry Editor regedit
Registry Editor regedit32
Remote Access Phonebook rasphone
Remote Desktop mstsc
Removable Storage ntmsmgr.msc
Removable Storage Operator Requests ntmsoprq.msc
Resultant Set of Policy ( xp pro ) rsop.msc
Scanners and Cameras sticpl.cpl
Scheduled Tasks control schedtasks
Security Center wscui.cpl
Services services.msc
Shared Folders fsmgmt.msc
Sharing Session rtcshare
Shuts Down Windows shutdown
Sounds Recorder sndrec32
Sounds and Audio mmsys.cpl
Spider Solitare Card Game spider
SQL Client Configuration clicongf
System Configuration Editor sysedit
System Configuration Utility msconfig
System File Checker Utility ( Scan Immediately ) sfc /scannow
System File Checker Utility ( Scan Once At Next Boot ) sfc /scanonce
System File Checker Utility ( Scan On Every Boot ) sfc /scanboot
System File Checker Utility ( Return to Default Settings) sfc /revert
System File Checker Utility ( Purge File Cache ) sfc /purgecache
System File Checker Utility ( Set Cache Size to Size x ) sfc /cachesize=x
System Information msinfo32
System Properties sysdm.cpl
Task Manager taskmgr
TCP Tester tcptest
Telnet Client telnet
Tweak UI ( if installed ) tweakui
User Account Management nusrmgr.cpl
Utility Manager utilman
Volume Serial Number for C: label
Volume Control sndvol32
Windows Address Book wab
Windows Address Book Import Utility wabmig
Windows Backup Utility ( if installed ) ntbackup
Windows Explorer explorer
Windows Firewall firewall.cpl
Windows Installer Details msiexec
Windows Magnifier magnify
Windows Management Infrastructure wmimgmt.msc
Windows Media Player wmplayer
Windows Messenger msnsgs
Windows Picture Import Wizard (Need camera connected) wiaacmgr
Windows System Security Tool syskey
Windows Script host settings wscript
Widnows Update Launches wupdmgr
Windows Version ( shows your windows version ) winver
Windows XP Tour Wizard tourstart
Wordpad write
Zoom Utility igfxzoom

Link: http://www.adamsdvds.co.uk/run%20commands.php/

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Excellent Programming Quotations

Posted on August 20, 2008

While looking for an appropriate signature quote I stumbled across this website. I really liked a few of the quotes.

  • And the users exclaimed with a laugh and a taunt: "It's just what we asked
    for but not what we want."
  • If the lessons of history teach us anything it is that nobody learns the lessons that history teaches us.
  • The Six Phases of a Project:
    * Enthusiasm
    * Disillusionment
    * Panic
    * Search for the Guilty
    * Punishment of the Innocent
    * Praise for non-participants
  • Theory is when you know something, but it doesn't work.
    Practice is when something works, but you don't know why.
    Programmers combine theory and practice:
    Nothing works and they don't know why.
  • Learning is not compulsory. Neither is survival.
  • Any code of your own that you haven't looked at for six or more months might as well have been written by someone else
  • Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe
  • Good programmers use their brains, but good guidelines save us having to
    think out every case.

This is just a few of those which I liked from the entire list. Find time to visit the website and enjoy the quotes or to use them in your own email signatures.

Link: http://www.eskimo.com/~hottub/software/programming_quotes.html
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Generate Random GUID by script

Posted on August 13, 2008

I had a task in hand to read and update a few registry settings. Since the registry keys might change in future and some more changes might be required on the fly, I decided to go with script instead of a config driven executable. Also, one compelling reason was that it has been some time since I did some good amount of scripting so I wanted to brush my scripting skills again.

Initially I wanted to use Windows Powershell but I couldn't proceed far with it as the scripts require special privilege and security certificates to run. I don't want to trouble my client with these hassles and ask him to install PowerShell. I am still exploring easy ways to allow a PS script to run without previliges and certificate/signing frustrations. Finally I settled with JScript which I have used extensively for my own purpose.

One of the requirement was to generate unique GUIDs. I looked around for generating unique GUID values using JScript or VBScript but couldn't find something useful. I am not looking for re-writing a logic to generate a GUID with a specified pattern with all the scemantics. I just want a simple object which exposes the functionality to generate a new unique GUID and the object must be natively supported so that my client won't require to install something additionally.

As usual after exploring all the way I stumbled across Microsoft Scripting Guy and the solution was a piece of cake ! Following is the answer

var typeLib = new ActiveXObject("Scriptlet.TypeLib");
var newGuid = typeLib.Guid;

Isn't it easy ?

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SharpZipLib Decompression

Posted on August 8, 2008

Very often I require to perform (de)compression of archives programmatically. I use SharpZipLib for this purpose. After fiddling with several algorithms I found this simple piece of code that performs an elegant task of quick decompression of a zip archive.

internal void Decompress(string fileName,string extractPath)
{
FastZip fZip = new FastZip();
fZip.ExtractZip(fileName, extractPath, "");
}

Source

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