Take a look at CACert.org. This community signer issues the certificates free. The only snag is that CACert is not a trusted party in Windows by default (like Thawte and Verisign), but it is pretty easy to add it as trusted. I'm not sure if the certificate can be used for code signing, but I would love an article by you about your findings. ;-) VictorV

Yeah, Synergy gets my vote! Amazing tool VictorV

Can you say www.xamlon.com[^] VictorV

I am doing both professional and hobbiest work, should I vote 3? :) VictorV

A business man flew to Austrialia to visit some clients. At the airport, Customs asked him, among other questions: "Do you have a criminal record?". The business man responded with: "Do you still need one to get into Australia?". :laugh: I think this guy got searched thoroughly.... VictorV

Check out FinePrint for printing many pages to 1 paper page and check out SnagIt, for printing an HTML page to 1 paper page. VictorV

Anders Molin wrote: AFAIK its not for download anywhere Not for download, no, but I've come across an excellent PHP port, but unfortunately the author is not releasing it... :( Anders Molin wrote: But take a look at David's forum, also quite nice Davids forum is modelled after phpBB or alike, and I'm not after that look... VictorV

Yes, but it's one of the first versions... :| VictorV

Well, you can find the SourceForge code on.... SourceForge! Another idea may be to set up a WikiWiki site (or its PHP port Tiki). For me, I'm looking for the CodeProject forum code... VictorV

With bluetooth? :) VictorV

The default should be that any connection must be authenticated and authorized to continue. The first connection between any two devices must be authenticated; a password must be typed and the devices are paired. Any next connection can be set to be authorized first. For example, if I want to use the dialup profile on my Nokia 6310 with my iPAQ with bluetooth (BT), my Nokia would ask if the connection is allowed (authorization); I can't have the Internet Explorer on the iPAQ calling to my ISP unwanted as soon as I display an incomplete HTML page. However, when BT made its debut, some phones allowed initial BT connection without authentication and authorization. Ouch. When I'm at the movies, I'd like to scan for BT devices, just being curious to see who's using BT and what device... And I bet I'll find a poor sob some day that has no security set... Although BT is the promise for short range inter device connection, there are still implementation differences among manufacturers, causing connection problems or failures. But so far, I can use ActiveSync to sync my iPAQ with my laptop with BT USB dongle and use my Nokia 6310 for dialing up. :cool: VictorV

Don't you know 0x0BADBEEF or 0xDECAFBAD? VictorV

Cool, I already knew VNC, but not Win2VNC. I'll stick to Synergy anyhow, because it can handle more than one PC, while Win2VNC seems to be limited to 1 co-PC! VictorV

If you like extended desktop, then you'll LOVE this: I have an external CRT monitor connected to my laptop and use the extented desktop of course. Left of my external monitor I have another desktop PC and monitor that I use for accidental Visual Basic (spit, spit) development (don't want VB on my laptop) and testing. On SourceForge I found Synergy2, a cross platform mouse and keyboard share utility. With my laptop being the mouse/keyboard 'server', I can now move my mouse from the laptop's TFT screen to the external monitor (extended desktop) to the screen of the OTHER PC!! This is so cool :cool:! I only need my laptop's (external) keyboard and mouse to control TWO PCs! It's not completely perfect, but very well workable. No hardware KVT switch needed. Check it out at http://synergy2.sourceforge.net/[^]. VictorV

Everybody is missing the best RSS reader: NewsCrawler (at www.newscrawler.com[^]). Ok, it's shareware, but I think its the best out there. VictorV

NewzCrawler[^] is an excellent reader as well. VictorV

Hint: search the MSDN Magazine site VictorV

I've seen this happening on my W2K box, mostly after copy-pasting files. Most annoying. I haven't found any solution than to reboot... VictorV

There are several distributions of Apache/PHP/MySql for Windows. I'm using the Firepages version, which is unzipping and GO! http://www.firepages.com.au[^] VictorV

Don't go with the Briefcase solution. The 'offline folders' is its follow up and much better. I have been using the 'offline files' scenario for years now and it works for me: my laptop always carries several directories with files which actually live on my home server. When I change either, just connecting the laptop in my home network synchronizes either way. I even have files from different servers in different networks! Too bad 'offline files' disables multi user logons... On the other hand, I do have some projects on my laptop's drive which don't live in an offline folder, for performance reasons. The offline files system uses its own storing scheme and grows slower over time. To synchronize these files with server versions, I mainly use Araxis Merge, an excellent directory and file compare package. If you want to do it for free, google for "Robodoc". It was part of a Microsoft toolkit long ago, but you may be able to find it someware. Written by a Microsoft employee, this commandline utility synchronizes files and directories. VictorV