PAE patch updated for Windows 8
Note: An updated version for Windows 8.1 is available. This patch allows you to use more than 3/4GB of RAM on an x86 Windows system. Works on Vista, 7, 8, has b...
Month: December 2012
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Here is Problem 9-4(b) from Introduction to Topological Manifolds by John M. Lee: Let \(S_1\) and \(S_2\) be disjoint sets, and let \(R_i\) be a subset of the f...
The “both open and closed” trick for connected spaces
Here is a basic result concerning connected topological spaces. The only subsets of a connected space \(X\) that are both open and closed are \(\emptyset\) and ...
Asus UX31E – setting up the Elantech touchpad driver for Windows 8
I recently upgraded my Asus Zenbook UX31E laptop to Windows 8. Here I’ll show you what I did to update my Elantech drivers to get gestures (swipe from lef...
Formula for the circumference of an ellipse
It is well known that a circle with radius r has diameter 2πr. But is there a similar formula for the circumference of an ellipse?
AdSense on Process Hacker’s website
Today I finally enabled AdSense on processhacker.sourceforge.net with the following (somewhat aggressive) layout: Home page: Downloads page: Mini FAQ Why ads? (...
How to backup files in C++ using the volume shadow copy service (VSS)
If you’re writing a backup program, you need to be able to read and access files that are in use by other programs. The proper way to do this is to use th...
NiceVS makes Visual Studio 2012 usable again
OK, Visual Studio 2012’s new user interface isn’t that bad. But you need to get some serious work done, and you don’t want to be forced to hov...
EnumWindows no longer finds Metro/Modern UI windows: a workaround
In the final release of Windows 8, the EnumWindows function no longer lists Metro/Modern UI windows: Note For Windows 8 and later, EnumWindows enumerates only t...