HOWTO: Windows Server 2003 CTRL+ALT+DEL Login

Windows Server 2003 comes with a feature where you will have to CTRL+ALT+DEL to login. This can be annoying if you want the server to sit without any I/O's. Here is a solution:

http://www.visualwin.com/Disable-C-A-D/

The microsoft solution to enable autologin:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/324737

cheers,

HOWTO: Version Control for the Solo Programmer

many solo programmers would love version control. instead of copying and pasting folder, renaming folders with time-stamps or description of what you did. here is a easier, efficient, how industry does it way...

download tortoiseSVN. great subversion control tool.
download here: http://tortoisesvn.tigris.org/

next, to run version control locally (ie. local on your machine, no servers required),
go here: http://www.schapendonk.org/blog/2008/01/local-version-control-with-just-tortoisesvn/

here it will show you how easy it is to run version control locally

cheers,

HOWTO: Java conversions

Always need to convert one type to another? Hard to find it in the java api? Well, here is a quick "cheat-sheet" that will help you convert common types from one to another.

http://www.rgagnon.com/javadetails/java-0004.html

cheers,