Monthly Archives: March 2008

Download Vista 32 and 64 bit

Posted on March 23, 2008 by Kon

So did your OEM vista didn’t come with Vista install media?  Never fear, you can obtain media for free from these sources. Some claim that if you use your OEM license (say sticker off the bottom of your laptop with … Continue reading →

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Get Your Command Line Groove On

Posted on March 23, 2008 by Kon

Commonly forgotten Windows DOS prompt shortcuts Key What it Does F1 Fills in the letter from last command you entered, one letter at a time.  Useful for fixing a typo on a command you just entered.  For example, if I … Continue reading →

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Hard Links, Soft Links (Junctions) and Symbolic Links in Vista

Posted on March 22, 2008 by Kon

Ok, so mklink is now my favourite Vista command line tool.  Well not really, but I’m glad Vista comes with a tool out of the box that allows you to create symlinks.  This includes hard links (links to other things … Continue reading →

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More Hibernate Help

Posted on March 14, 2008 by Kon

Some simple but good tutorials (if you dont mind all the banner ads) available here:  http://www.roseindia.net/hibernate/  Lots of examples which is worth its weight in gold.

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Hibernate Synchroniser

Posted on March 14, 2008 by Kon

This article on OnJava.com demonstrates the use of the HibernateSynchroniser plugin for Eclipse that apparently keeps hbm mappings in line with Java code.   The page is a bit old but references Eclipse 3.2, so hopefully the plugin is still useful.  I’ve … Continue reading →

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