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I'm trying to create a "virtual monitor" in Windows (XP & newer). For example, let's say my desktop looks like this:
I want to add a monitor virtually so it looks like this without any change in hardware:
How do I do this? Do I add a virtual driver? Or trick Windows into thinking there is new hardware?
Well, once upon I was in same problem and someone reccomended to me to override EDID data.
The EDID (Extended display identification data) data structure have all the info of your graphic card and other video sources.
You can see a tutorial for how modify EDID here.
The tutorial only applies to Win 7, Win server 2008 and Win Vista...
I don't try the following because I'm a bit afraid of manipulating these data, but... if you're average in these stuff you could try ;)
If you prefer a hardware solution, perhaps DVI Detective may help you. In his website they claim that DVI "provides a virtual EDID". Also, this hardware protects the EDID data, so, there's lower risk to do very much damage...
Hope this helps :)
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I wonder if it is possible to write a program which would limit the battery charge of a laptop. I know some manufacturers like Asus, Lenovo etc. have such build-in software, but I am curious if anyone had tried creating a universal software for that and if you would share some starting points. Not sure if that is even possible since I am unable to find such software. Thanks!
There is an almost generic tool for Linux: TLP. You find it's homepage (including a link to the source code) on https://linrunner.de/tlp/. It works as power saving utility and also can adjust the battery charge levels, BUT that feature is only for ThinkPads.
To my knowledge there is no universal interface to set the charge levels of laptop batteries, so a generic utility would have to know all that vendor specific settings probably.
A short research showed, that Linux supports more than Lenovo inside some kernel drivers, so maybe that code could help you to also write software for a different OS. My advice would be to research the possibilities for Linux to then think about a generic utility for another operating system.
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I don't understand that StackExchange, where I can post question about computers, so I think, this will be good.
Friend of mine wanted to reinstall windows and clear everything. He had windows XP. He don't know a lot of computers, so I decided, I will do that. I took his HDD to home and connected to my computer. Installation of windows XP started and everything worked well.
But when I bring HDD back to his computer and connected it, all I get after start computer is that (picture bellow). It is something like cursor, flashing on screen and never end. Does someone know, what could went wrong, when that worked well in my PC and its same windows, which he had before? (Sorry for bad english)
Windows is configured based on the hardware underneath. Installing windows in one system and then placing the HDD in another usually does not work. Use a Bootable USB to install Windows in the system as the DVD Drive isn't functional.
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I'm relatively new to the SNMP protocol and its imperative that I find a way to get details of the computers on my network. I need to get the following from each machine remotely:
Architecture
RAM
HDD Size
CPU Speed
Is this possible with to retrieve the listed variables with SNMP?
All of the machines have been modified at some point and have Windows XP Pro installed. Also, WMI is not an option. I have went through the RFC1213 and SNMPv2 MIBs however I may be overlooking these variables.
I have 1 machine that I'm using to test methods. It is Windows XP Home. It has the SNMP service installed.
First, please spend more time learning SNMP. That means at least you should go beyond RFC1213.
Second, Microsoft's SNMP support its own MIB documents. Try to install SNMP support on a Windows XP machine and then you can find them (*.mib) in %windir%\system32. From them you can find OID specific to Windows. It might not cover all objects you want, but it can be a starting point.
In all, Microsoft prefers WMI to SNMP, so you should convince your boss and other stakeholders that choosing SNMP might become a problem in the future.
Yes, this is possible. To do so you need to install the SNMP service for Windows XP. Follow the instructions from the MS official website
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I am C++/MFC/Qt/Win32 developer. I wanted to move towards device driver programming. Recently I have purchased Windows 7 Device Driver by Ronald D. Reeves. And then, when I looked at reviews at Amazon, I got discouraged. Can you suggest how should I proceed towards device driver programming.
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Make sure to start with Windows Internals (6th edition is out now) before getting deeper in Programming the Windows Driver Model. This last one might be out of print, but you can still find it used or available as an e-book. It is older, but the WDM is largely the same and it is a fantastic introduction into the theoretical bits as well as the hands-on kernel mode device driver development. After these 2 books, you can easily tackle the windows driver frameworks (KMDF and UMDF). Device driver development is a huge area. There are many classes of drivers you would want or need to develop and various frameworks to help you do that, but I would definitely start with these 2 books.
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We are doing kanban and have a whiteboard with colored stickers. As sometimes the team is distributed (like home office) we need to have another visual access to that board. We want to do this with stationary webcam everybody can access.
Our requirements:
good quality picture
making stickers notes readable (description etc.), either by physical zoom or enlarging parts through high resolution
access to the camera by browser-webapp, alternatively instant-messaging
hardware/software setup compatible with linux OS
Did somebody of you setup such a thing? What are your lessons learned?
Having a physical wall with real notes is important. Going for another project-management webapplication is not an option for us.
Have you considered using an electronic story board? I know it's not as good as the real deal, but with a distributed team that's the only viable option I think.
A good post about that:
http://agiletools.wordpress.com/2007/11/24/task-boards-telling-a-compelling-agile-story/
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