I’m currently using Vista x64 with a nVidia-based videocard with dual monitors and have run into the following issue: I work on my machine, then I lock it. Later I come back and type my password to unlock it and I get to stare at black monitors with only the cursor showing. Previously I would have […]
Author: John
John Rennemeyer is a software engineer that started his own development company MuvEnum, LLC in 2005. Born in Utah, he is a father of six, husband of one, and grandparent of none. His current programming passions include Xamarin, WPF, SharePoint, and their supporting technologies. His current non-programming passions include spending time with his family and hanging out with friends while enjoying food and fun. How's that for specific?
Daylight Saving Time Or Not
Not, Daylight Savings Time (look under Spelling and Grammar). For those of you that lost an hour last night, I apologize. The rest of us will lose it next week. Here’s a little newspaper clipping that should help you not feel so bad.
Vista – Explorer: Disable Full-Row Selection, Add Tabs
One of the changes from Windows XP to Windows Vista is the difference when selecting/deselecting items in Windows Explorer when using the Detail View. In XP, you can deselect all items by left-clicking any column that is not the name column. I love that it is this way. In Vista, good luck trying to deselect […]
Outlook 2007 Message Split View
When responding to a forum post, isn’t it nice to be able to have the original message scrollable separate from where you are typing your response? Do you wish there was a way to do this when replying to a horrendously long email in Outlook? The other day, I accidentally found out how to do […]
Showing different text (or elements) in a disabled ToolTip versus an enabled ToolTip in WPF
I originally started this post with a title of “WPF ToolTip Child Element Visibility Based on the Parent of the ToolTip IsEnabled Property… and you are not it with a dirty dirty dish rag on your toe reading behind a dirty magazine”, but I decided that in the best interest of my sanity (read: “what […]