Windows Performance Tools Kit

A tool to measure CPU load during the boot process. Below is from the product homepage.

The Windows Performance Tools (WPT) Kit contains performance analysis tools that are new to the Windows SDK for Windows Server 2008 and .NET Framework 3.5. The WPT Kit is useful to a broad audience, including system builders, hardware manufacturers, driver developers, and general application developers. These tools are designed for measuring and analyzing system and application performance on Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, and later.

Fortigate HA error codes

Have you ever had problems when syncing HA configuration? And have you ever had trouble understanding what is wrong?

This article from Fortinet knowledge base tells you what these codes mean!

Synful orchestra

Realism, Expression and Smart Articulation

Realistic instrument simulations depend on the transitions between notes, as much as on the individual timbres. Slurs with varying amounts of portamento, lightly tongued or bowed note transitions, fast runs, detached hard attacks – these note transitions are the connective tissue of musical expression. Whether you play live from keyboard or edit directly in a sequencer Synful Orchestra responds automatically with realistic sounding note transitions. There are no special buttons or phrasing tools. If you play staccato Synful Orchestra creates staccato attacks. If you play legato Synful Orchestra creates realistic legato transitions. Synful Orchestra models the way notes are sustained, the graceful onset of vibrato, breath sounds, the sound of the bow on the string, the change of tone color as a note becomes louder or softer. Using the innovate Synful Pitch Wheel mode, you can easily create natural string portamento. Synful Orchestra lets you make music like a musician not like a programmer.

This seems to be a very good orchestra use can use with VSTi technology.

Windows Server 2008: Access Based Enumeration

KEEPiNG iT REAL: Windows Server 2008: Access Based Enumeration: "ABE filters shared folders visible to a user based on that individual user’s access rights, preventing the display of folders or other shared resources that the user does not have rights to access."

Autorun.inf Editor - Create Autoplay CDs

Autorun.inf Editor - Create Autoplay CDs: "The Autorun.inf Editor is a program that can be used to quickly and easily create the files that tell an autorun (also known as 'autoplay') CD to automatically play upon insertion into a CD-ROM drive. This 'autorun.inf' file is required when creating an autorun CD, since it is the file which signals the computer that the CD is autorun-enabled. When a CD is put into the drive, the operating system looks for the autorun.inf file. If the file exists, it reads the file and then knows how to 'autoplay' the CD. There are a number of things you can do with an autorun.inf file."