Monthly Archives: January 2012

Microsoft Expression Encoder cannot work with NVIDIA graphic card

Posted on January 30, 2012 by chanmingman

If you have NVIDIA PC or laptop like Dell E6420 that cannot work with Microsoft Expression Encoder then download the Microsoft Expression Encoder SP1. It should work most of the time.

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Create simple bar chart in Silverlight 5

Posted on January 27, 2012 by chanmingman

1. Create a Silverlight project. 2. Paste the following code to your Mainpage.xaml <chartingToolkit:Chart Title=”Typical Use” x:Name=”BarChart”> <chartingToolkit:Chart.Series> <chartingToolkit:ColumnSeries x:Name=”series1″ Title=”Population” ItemsSource=”{Binding PugetSound}” IndependentValueBinding=”{Binding Name}” DependentValueBinding=”{Binding Population}”/> </chartingToolkit:Chart.Series> </chartingToolkit:Chart> 3. … Continue reading →

System.Security.SecurityException: Request for the permission of type ‘System.Web.AspNetHostingPermission when running DotNetNuke installation wizard

Posted on January 25, 2012 by chanmingman

If you hit the error message when running the DotNetNuke installation wizard: ————————————————————————————————————————– Exception Details: System.Security.SecurityException: Request for the permission of type ‘System.Web.AspNetHostingPermission, System, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089’ failed. Source Error: An unhandled exception was generated during the execution of the … Continue reading →

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One of the parent hard disks is ‘Windows XP Mode’ is missing

Posted on January 21, 2012 by chanmingman

You might see the error “One of the parent hard disks is ‘Windows XP Mode’ is missing” when you move your Windows XP Mode image from one PC to another. Then when you click the setting -> click Hard … Continue reading →

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Get started with Xbox Kinect programming

Posted on January 21, 2012 by chanmingman

1. Xbox comes with Kinect but not the Kinect Power Supply. Without the power supply the SDK will not detect your Kinect. You need to buy the Power Supply. 2. Watch the Kinect for Windows SDK Quickstarts video and download … Continue reading →

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How do you know which process the window belongs to

Posted on January 17, 2012 by chanmingman

1. Download Process Explorer from Syssnternals. 2. Run the Process Explorer. 3. Right click the process that you need to know which window is using. 4. Choose Window. 5. Choose Bring to Front.

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How to call user32.dll API to do the mouse click

Posted on January 16, 2012 by chanmingman

1. Add reference to System.Windows.Forms. 2. Add reference to System.Drawings. 3. Create a MouseHook class like below. classMouseHook { //used for sending the mouse events like [DllImport(“user32.dll”)] privatestaticexternvoid mouse_event(UInt32 dwFlags, UInt32 dx, UInt32 dy, UInt32 dwData, IntPtr dwExtraInfo); //constants … Continue reading →

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Why are AMD GPUs faster than Nvidia GPUs?

Posted on January 14, 2012 by chanmingman

Firstly, AMD designs GPUs with many simple ALUs/shaders (VLIW design) that run at a relatively low frequency clock (typically 1120-3200 ALUs at 625-900 MHz), whereas Nvidia’s microarchitecture consists of fewer more complex ALUs and tries to compensate with a higher … Continue reading →

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Resolved the Acer 5560G Hardware Virtualization Issue

Posted on January 14, 2012 by chanmingman

Download the BIOS version 1.09 dated 26 Sep 2011 here http://www.acer.com.my/ac/en/MY/content/drivers. AMD A6 does support AMD-V hardware virtualization. Thank to my friend Rob T for the useful feedback. Somehow you cannot disable or enable it from through BIOS. Resource: … Continue reading →

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How to set the mouse position

Posted on January 12, 2012 by chanmingman

To mouse the pointer to the position you want then use the following code. privatevoid btnSetCursor_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e) { System.Drawing.Point pt = new System.Drawing.Point(100, 100); MouseHook.MoveMouse(pt); } Note: 1. btnSetCursor is Button control. 2. btnSetCursor_Click is … Continue reading →

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