I created regdelta to provide an automated way to produce .reg files of changes made when installing or running applications.

You can download the binary here and the binary with the source code here.

The program includes a complete test suite. Using it, I even discovered a few anomolies with the Microsoft tools regedit, and reg.

Here's the changelog:

For http://psp.connect.com, we found that Internet Explorer (both 6 and 7) was changing the name of files the user selected for downloading, based on the mime-type. For example, the file MAQ11905.MP4 was being saved as MAQ11905.mpeg. Unfortunately, the PSP device requires the .MP4 extension.

We didn't want to change the mime type on the server, as it is required by the PSP.

Therefore, we added the following to the .htaccess file on the server:

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
  RewriteEngine on
  RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ".* MSIE .*"
  RewriteRule ^(.*)\.(MP4|THM)$ - [L,T=application/octet-stream]
</IfModule>

Now IE saves the files using the correct name.

Automatically Slipstream Windows XP with SP2 and All Post-SP2 Security Hotfixes with a Single Command

eclipse_installer 1.9 (for Eclipse 3.2.1) has been released

nirsoft_installer 1.5 has been released

djgpp_installer 1.2 has been released

Binaries of Apache 2.2.3 for Windows with OpenSSL 0.9.8d (mod_ssl) and mod_deflate support

Binaries of Apache 2.0.59 for Windows with OpenSSL 0.9.8d (mod_ssl) and mod_deflate support

OpenSSL 0.9.8d for Windows Binaries

I have both Windows and Linux partitions on my system. I wanted to be able to run Linux via VMWare. To accomplish this, I created a VMWare instance using the raw disk support feature.

Then, I booted the Ubuntu Live CD from within this instance and determined what device the Linux / partition is on my hard disk (it's /dev/hda4).

Next, I added the following to the end of /boot/grub/menu.lst:

title		Ubuntu, kernel 2.6.15-23-386 (VMWare)
root		(hd0,3)
kernel		/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.15-23-386 root=/dev/hda4 ro quiet splash
initrd		/boot/initrd.img-2.6.15-23-386
savedefault
boot

I only have 2 Linux partitions, / as ext3, and a swap partition. I don't know if this trick would work if I had more than 2 partitions. I'd probably have to change /etc/fstab before booting inside VMWare.

The next step is to install VMWare tools inside Linux, so I can cut and paste between the OSs.

When I'm not running VMWare, I use EXT2 IFS for Windows to access my Linux partition.

Using these tricks, I'm never too far away from my preferred OS.

I've yet to try running my Windows partition virtually from within Linux, as I'm sure that Windows will want me to reactivate, when it sees the hardware changing. Even if that wasn't the case, Windows may crash when it sees a different environment. Who knows?!

Details here.

nirsoft_installer 1.40 has been released. Details at http://smithii.com/nirsoft_installer.

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lsdsk 1.5 has been released. Details at http://smithii.com/lsdsk.

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nirsoft_installer 1.39 has been released. Details at http://smithii.com/nirsoft_installer.

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nirsoft_installer 1.36 has been released. Details at http://smithii.com/nirsoft_installer.

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nirsoft_installer 1.37 has been released. Details at http://smithii.com/nirsoft_installer.

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