Clint Chapman

Snipping Tool Ctrl + Print Screen Hotkey Doesn't Work

2015-03-06T13:00:00.002-05:00

I was having trouble capturing right-click context menus. With the snipping tool included in Windows 8.1 (although this would like be a problem in Windows 7 too). I tried uninstalling Dropbox since it tries to use the Prt-Srn button as a hotkey for screen captures too. That didn't fix it.

The Actual Solution

Turns out my KVM was interfering because it uses the Ctrl key for switching. Plugged a keyboard directly into my machine and now I can open the Snipping Tool, right click to bring up a context menu in another application, press Ctrl + Prt-Scrn and a screen capture is triggered.

It took far too long to figure this out. I was sure it was a software problem.

Hope this helps!

Adding Shared Calendars to your Windows Phone

2014-04-17T19:11:00.000-04:00

I had a terrible time trying to figure out how to add shared (readonly) calendars from my google account to my windows phone. The fix is pretty easy. Just go to

https://www.google.com/calendar/syncselect

And select the calendars you want to sync with your phone. Assuming you already have your google account setup on your phone, the shared calendars you select should show up almost right away.

Hope that helps!

Setting up SIP Voip on Linphone for Windows Phone 8 with Voip.ms

2014-01-05T11:39:00.001-05:00

I use CSipSimple on my android phone all the time. One of the things keeping me from switching to Windows Phone was lack of support for a voip SIP client. Linphone for Windows Phone 8 seems like a step in the right direction. Here is how I setup Linphone on my wife's phone to work with my sip provider, voip.ms.

You can get Linphone to register directly with voip.ms but receiving incoming calls only seems to work when you use an account at Linphone.org so the first thing to do is:

Register at: http://www.linphone.org/eng/linphone/register-a-linphone-account.html
Install the Linphone app on your windows phone.
Enter your linphone.org credentials in the app:
Now, log in to your voip.ms account and add a SIP URI for your linphone.org account:

5. You can now add that SIP URI as a destination for a DID number or a ring group, etc.

Hopefully, Linphone will be updated soon so incoming calls work in the background without needing a linphone.org account.

Let me know if this helped you out!

Cheers,

Clint

Installing Lightscribe Template Labeler on Windows 8.1

2013-12-18T19:37:00.000-05:00

Unfortunately some companies are slow to update their installers for new operating systems even though the software runs fine. I'll explain how to get the Lightscribe Template Labeller installed

Step 1 - Download the installer

You can get it here: Lightscribe Template Labeller

Step 2 - Extract the MSI File

From the command line, in the folder where you downloaded LightScribeTemplateLabeler_1.18.27.10.exe, run it with a /A option. Something like this:

C:\...\Downloads> LightScribeTemplateLabeler_1.18.27.10.exe /A

This will extract the setup for a network install. You will find the Lightscribe Template Labeller MSI file where you told to extract the network image.

Step 3 - Download and install SuperOrca (or Orca included with a windows SDK from Microsoft, if you prefer)

You can get it here: http://www.pantaray.com/msi_super_orca.html

Step 4 - Open the Lightscribe Template Labeller in SuperOrca, find the Launch Condition with VersionNT restrictions and add 'OR (VersionNT = 603)' to the list of compatible versions:

Step 5 - Doubleclick the MSI

TADA! Hopefully this works for you :)

Software for Mitutoyo 264-007, RS232 Data Input Tool

2011-11-25T17:23:00.000-05:00

I've created software for the Mitutoyo 264-007, RS232 Data Input Tool so it can input into excel, word, or any program that accepts keyboard input.

http://mitutoyors232spc.codeplex.com/releases/view/77578

or you can install it straight from:

http://mitutoyors232spc.codeplex.com/releases/77578/clickOnce/MitutoyoRS232DataInputTool.application

Full source code is available on codeplex.

Enjoy,
Clint

Migrating One Gmail/Google Apps Mail Account to Another

2010-09-02T11:47:00.001-04:00

After trying to write my own IMAP tool to migrate google apps mail from one google apps account to another and getting hung up trying to apply the proper flags, I discovered larch - a ruby script.

So I downloaded ruby for windows:

http://rubyinstaller.org/downloads/

Ran 'Start Command Prompt with Ruby' from the start menu and issued the command

gem install larch

Ran 'larch --help' to discover the arguments and I'm on my way!

It failed once but I ran it again and it picks up from where it left off - sweet!

Ryan Grove is the man! Thanks Ryan!

Converting Models in Keycreator to xaml in Blender

2010-07-21T14:09:00.006-04:00

To prepare the model:

Export to STL from Keycreator
Open model in Blender
Select Model
'Tab' to enter edit mode
'a' to select all
'w,6' to remove multiple vertices
'alt+j' to convert to quads (from triangles)

To separate the mesh into parts:

Select the part you want to separate (b - border, shift - add, alt - subtract)
'p' to separate

To set object hierarchy:

Select all the child objects and then the parent
Ctrl+P to set the parent.

To set the names of objects:

Right click to select the object (in Object Mode and Edit Mode)
Set the name in the 'OB:' text box.

To export to xaml:

Download export script from http://xamlexporter.codeplex.com/
Put xaml_export.py in blender's script directory (one of the following)

C:\Program Files\Blender Foundation\Blender\.blender\scripts
C:\Documents and Settings\\Application Data\Blender Foundation\Blender\.blender\scripts

Select everything you want to export.
File > Export > Xaml

Shortcuts

Middle Mouse - rotate and zoom

Shift + middle mouse - pan

Tab - Edit mode

a - Select all

b - border select

FX6802 Recovery Test Update

2010-07-06T17:17:00.000-04:00

So, I got the recovery disks from Gateway and tried them out on a disk I had been trying the recovery on (I didn't remove the existing partitions) and ended up with the same result. I tried it again after deleting the existing partitions and it worked. I'm not sure if it was a fluke because I was pretty convinced it was a power supply issue after reading some forum posts like this one:

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/2064-63-windows-install-hangs-starting-windows-screen

Hopefully thats a good sign. I might try my original recovery disks that I burned to see if they work too. I'm pretty sure the disks were unpartitioned when I tried them the first time though.

Backups are Brutal

2010-06-24T16:12:00.002-04:00

So, my machine crashed last week. I started getting errors trying to start any program. I tried different restore points using windows restore and eventually windows stopped booting. It sucked but I thought, "hey, I've been using Windows 7 new scheduled image backup - that should save me". Only for whatever reason the restore media couldn't find the backup when I pointed it to the proper network location. I tried many things include converting the image backup (a vhd file) to an acronis image backup and restoring it with acronis. The conversion failed - so did trying to restore the vhd file directly with acronis. I was able to mount the vhd file in Windows 7 to recover my data (which I also had backed up on Mozy and was able to recover from there as well). There were suggestions that windows 7 image backup doesn't deal well with RAID drives. I did have a raid mirror setup so maybe that made things worse?

After a few days of messing around I had to give up on restoring the image. I bought a new gateway machine (an fx6802) since reloading my machine is a big deal and I didn't want to do it again in a year when I was ready to upgrade.

So I made the recovery disks from the gateway recover manager. Installed a new blank hard drive and attempted the recover process. It seemed to complete but when it rebooted after loading the 3 recovery disks, it would continually reboot while trying to start windows. I emailed gateway tech support and after they asked me a bunch of useless questions like "is my virus software up to date" (huh?), they were about to send me recovery disk to try but now they are suggesting:

Note: A patch CD must be loaded after loading the User Backup media.

Please download the ISO image of the patch CD through the following link:

http://support.acer.com/acerpanam/manuals/acer/0000/documents/FixUBKBoot_v1.0.0.0.iso

Note: a computer with CD "burner" software is needed to convert the ISO image into a physical CD

Please follow the steps below to properly install the patch disk.

1. Restore the system by user backup discs

2. After all user backup discs have been installed, insert the patch disc into DVD drive.

3. Reboot and press F10 and select to boot from CD/DVD drive.

4. A message will appear that says "Warning: A partition overlaps your system....."
Please press F10 to continue.
The patch CD will auto-download the missing files.

5. Once the download is complete, the CD-ROM will be ejected and reboot the system
(Please remove this patch disc from Optical Drive)

Fingers crossed...

Okay, so that didn't work. Now gateway has me testing my new drive with gwscan to make sure it's not a problem with disk...

ps - Windows 7 image backup and recovery sucks (at least for me)

IPersistComponentSettings

2009-11-24T09:39:00.001-05:00

private void TempControl_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    textBox1.DataBindings.Add(new Binding("Text", this, "MyText", false, DataSourceUpdateMode.OnValidation));
    if (!DesignMode)
    {
        DataBindings.Add(new Binding("MyText", settings, "MyText"));
        DataBindings.Add(new Binding("TestEnum", settings, "TestEnum"));
    }
}