random technical notes

• Windows User Experience Interaction Guidelines (UXGuide.pdf, 876 pages)
• Apple Human Interface Guidelines (OSXHIGuidelines.pdf, 394 pages) or web

• Windows Key + Tab = Aero Switch (keep holding Windows key and press Tab to cycle)
• Windows Key + E = Windows Explorer
• Windows Key + R = Run Command
• Windows Key + F = Search
• Windows Key + X = Mobility Center
• Windows Key + L = Lock Computer
• Windows Key + U = Ease of Access
• Windows Key + P = Projector
• Windows Key + T = Cycle Superbar Items
• Windows Key + S = OneNote Screen Clipping Tool (requires OneNote)
• Windows Key + M = Minimize All Windows
• Windows Key + D = Show/Hide Desktop
• Windows Key + Up = Maximize Current Window
• Windows Key + Down = Restore Down / Minimize Current Windows
• Windows Key + Left = Dock Current Window to the Left
• Windows Key + Right = Dock Current Windows to the Right
• Windows Key + ‘+’ = Magnifier
• Windows Key + Shift + Right = Moves Current Window to the Monitor on the Right
• Windows Key + Shift + Left = Moves Current Window to the Monitor on the Left
• Windows Key + [1-9] = Launches the corresponding program in the superbar (going left to right)
• Windows Key + Pause = Open System Info

Additional:

• Windows Vista hotkeys
• TechNet: Windows 7 Tips
• Navigate Windows Explorer More Quickly with These Keyboard Shortcuts

Disk2vhd is a utility that creates VHD (Virtual Hard Disk – Microsoft’s Virtual Machine disk format) versions of physical disks for use in Microsoft Virtual PC or Microsoft Hyper-V virtual machines (VMs). The difference between Disk2vhd and other physical-to-virtual tools is that you can run Disk2vhd on a system that’s online. Disk2vhd uses Windows’ Volume Snapshot capability, introduced in Windows XP, to create consistent point-in-time snapshots of the volumes you want to include in a conversion. You can even have Disk2vhd create the VHDs on local volumes, even ones being converted (though performance is better when the VHD is on a disk different than ones being converted).

Windows 7 may be Microsoft’s most anticipated product ever. It builds on Windows Vista’s positives, and eliminates many of that OS’s negatives. It adds new functionality, too—all in a package that is less resource-hungry than its predecessor.

And whether or not you’re upgrading from Vista or skipping it altogether and moving up from Windows XP, you’ll need to know how to make the most of it in your environment. Here are 77 tips and tricks to get you there.

Application Verifier is designed specifically to detect and help debug memory corruptions and critical security vulnerabilities.

This is achieved by monitoring a native application’s interaction with the Windows operating system, profiling its use of objects, the registry, the file system, and Win32 APIs (including heaps, handles, locks, etc), and indicating issues when and where they are discovered.

Application Verifier also includes checks to predict how well an application may perform under various account privileges. These compatibility tests are used in Windows Logo program.

Print verification tests are also available to verify your usage of the print subsystem.

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Additional links:

• Using Application Verifier Within Your Software Development Lifecycle
• Windows 7 Client Software Logo Toolkit (WSLK)
• Testing Applications with AppVerifier
• Application Verifier для программиста: тестирование Windows-приложений