If you want the speed of C++ and create modern GUIs, take a look at Delphi from CodeGear. There's a free version around too so you can experiment (google Turbo Delphi Explorer, too lazy too lookup the url myself rightnow)

It depends on the type of repository: an FSFS (FileSystem on FileSystem) repo will work via a network share. A BerkleyDB repo will give you problems. See also the great SVN-book: Repository Data-Store Comparison[^]

Maybe you should have a look at Steam from Valve www.steamgames.com[^] They have a lot of simple games from popcap, which are priced quite high individually, but they also have the option to buy several games in a pack. Games are easily downloaded and installed and run from one simple interface

I think this is what you're looking for: Synergy[^] It runs on Linux, Windows and MacOS X. It allows you to use 1 keyboard and mouse for all connected computers and it also allows copy/paste of text between the machines.

If you are going for InnoSetup (which I also recommend), I would suggest to download the Quick Start Pack. It also contains some other helpfull tools. Especially ISTool makes development a lot easier: it has a complete gui built around all the possible options. The support on the newsgroups is also very good and the PascalScripting is also quite powerfull.

Obsolete? Why? It is in my opinion the best tool for native win32 development. Nice community, lots of third party components. The devolopment with the VCL framework is really nice. I used to do native development with visual C++ 6 and MFC and that was just horrible compared to Delphi!

There's also GordianKnot http://gknot.doom9.org/[^] and it's easier (more automated) version AutoGK http://www.autogk.me.uk/[^] Especially AutoGK is really easy to use

I haven't used Vista yet and since my solution works on XP, I don't really have any other ideas. Maybe you can try on some of the blogs of people who have worked on Vista?

I believe I once read (on Raymond Chen's blog, here: http://blogs.msdn.com/oldnewthing/archive/2004/05/27/143042.aspx#143493[^]) that explorer only remembers the last couple of hundred folder custumizations. So if you have customized a lot of folders, the oldest custumizations will be lost. The solution I'm using consists of turning of per folder customization and setting all folders view to details. Go to Tools menu > Folder Options > View TabPage > "Apply to all folders" button Also uncheck the option "Remember each folder's view settings" in the list on that same TabPage Hope this helps [Edited to add a link and some extra info]

In Dutch it's better: It says "Show me some of the many benefits of using illegal software when I click finish" More info here: http://bink.nu/Article9588.bink[^]

Mike is right, the ip addresses given in the original post are public ip addresses, and these are not to be used in LAN/private networks.

This is a very small program that only shows which process is locking a file. It installs into explorer's context menu. So you can right click a file and do "Who Lock Me?" and you will get a small dialog with the results. http://www.dr-hoiby.com/WhoLockMe/[^] Process Explorer from SysInternals can also do it, but I find it a bit overkill for this functionality

Hz doesn't say anything about an LCD, because all the pixels are on all the time, so you don't get the tiring effect. Some qualities to check for: * Response time (in ms): how fast 1 pixel can change from black to white. I think anything lower than or equal to 16ms should be enough for working. * Contrast ratio: the difference between black and white. For lower end panels around 300:1, I think. * Light: measured in Lumens, this is the amount of light it gives off. Hope this helps

Firefox allows you to create multiple user profiles. Each profile contains its own settings (favorites, cookies, history, ...) You should be able to make 2 profiles and have the 'google' profile have all the pages as homepage See http://www.mozilla.org/support/firefox/profile#new[^] for user profile creation. Hope this helps

Check out mozy https://mozy.com/[^] It's mostly for backups. You can encrypt your data with your own private key, so it looks safe. I haven't used it though.

3ded. It works perfectly and has less clutter than the official client (No Ads for example :-D)

It seems that every post in this thread is getting voted at least one 5. Even mine and my post really isn't that special. It's weird.

Delphi would be a good choice to learn to program. It's based on Pascal language which was specifically designed to teach programming. The IDE gives you the nice drag-and-drop gui creation like VB, but it compiles to fast code like C++. You can download a free version here: http://www.turboexplorer.com[^] -- modified at 13:25 Wednesday 11th October, 2006 For the release of the new free turbo editions, they even did 30 video tutorials covering almost every aspect of the language, IDE and framework: http://blogs.borland.com/nickhodges/articles/26687.aspx[^]

Don't worry about having to consult the documentation, it's better to check the docs than to asume you know it and make mistakes. Windows is a really big and complicated system, it would be impossible to know it completely, even after years of working with it.

What about a file compare tool for binary files, since you already have a hex editor, it might be usefull to extend it.