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Making TrueCrypt system favorite volumes stick in Windows 10
In the last paragraph of Upgrading a TrueCrypt-protected system to Windows 10 I wrote simply that you should re-add your secondary volumes to the system favorite volumes to have them mounted automatically. That turned out to be a bit too simple. Despite adding my data volume to system favorites, upon (re)boot the volume would sometimes […]
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Quickly connect to a VPN on Windows 10
All-in-all I am very happy with my upgrade from Windows 7 to 10. The procedure was smooth and almost (more on that later) everything still worked like a charm, out-of-the-box, despite having lots of not-so-obvious software on the machine. (Comes with the job as a developer, I guess.) However, one minor thing very soon annoyed […]
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Upgrading a TrueCrypt-protected system to Windows 10
I have protected my (Windows 7) development computer’s system volume with Truecrypt and pre-boot authentication. To upgrade a system like this to Windows 10 when it is offered to you, is almost as easy as any other system, but you need to plan ahead! Here’s a really easy how-to.
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First smiles with VS2015: clean solution folder
I have recently installed Visual Studio 2015, which was released last week, and plan to have it replace my current Visual Studio 2013 in my day to day workflow as soon as possible. If the first project I migrated proves to be indicative of the smoothness of the procedure, I’m all good. A fairly large […]
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Work faster in Delphi XE8 by using Castalia’s keyboard shortcuts
The new Delphi XE8 includes Castalia for easier code navigation and refactorings. The Castalia refactorings however are still separate from the ‘native Delphi’ refactorings and they partly overlap in functionality. They both have their pros and cons. A definite pro for Castalia is that most of the refactorings can be done ‘inline’, that is, there […]
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Delphi XE8 released, introduces Package Manager
Earlier I wrote about the new Delphi roadmap and mentioned some features I considered interesting for the upcoming XE8 version. Today, Delphi XE8 was released and in the New Features list, another one caught my eye that I think is potentionally even more promising: the GetIt Package Manager. Every time a new Delphi version is […]
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New Delphi roadmap shows IDE and VCL enhancements (next to all the iOS, Android and IoT goodies…)
Brian Alexakis has recently published some slides outlining the Delphi (and RAD studio) roadmap. I consider it very good news that, next to all the iOS, Android, Internet-of-things and other hot technologies, there are also some important VCL enhancements on there. Next to IDE feature and stability improvements, which are always nice of course. Take […]
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Bad Delphi upgrade experience (that was partly my own fault)
Latest update (11:45): I finally managed to install Update 1. Though I still think the update experience is not as smooth as it could be (most of the points I mention below are still valid), and the error message I was getting was in no way related to what was actually wrong, the original fault […]
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Solved occasional VPN RAS error 812
I had the exact problem Roger describes: occasionally a disconnect of my VPN and then unable to reconnect, with error message 812: The connection was prevented because of a policy configured on your RAS/VPN server. Specifically, the authentication method used by the server to verify your username and password may not match the authentication method […]
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