Released Horodruin 2025.06.814.0
Released a new shiny version: – fixed rare crash in file deletions processing. – restored missing & forgotten ‘2 seconds tolerance’ in files’ comparisons. – minor fixes & enhancements. link
HOWTO install and setup a on demand MySQL-like DB on W11
I needed to have one or more MySQL-like DB instances ‘on demand‘ under Windows with minimal system modifications (like installing services, …) and baseline tasks. A good objective might be the ability to run it without any administrative access rights requirement. Installation After a short research, I chose the portable version of MariaDB (one of the best MySQL clones). Unzip and place the package where … Continue reading HOWTO install and setup a on demand MySQL-like DB on W11
HOWTO Upgrade to W11 on PC with Unsupported CPU
With Windows 10’s incoming end-of-support, I started to study the destiny of some of my old PCs. A good idea might be to run the MS PC Health Check for a detailed view of the situation. Without a maintained OS, I might consider installing some linux distribution, or even dismiss the asset. My preferred solution would be to find a way to upgrade to W11 … Continue reading HOWTO Upgrade to W11 on PC with Unsupported CPU
Released sys_minion 2024.12.98.1
– [ms store] fixed the empty list problem for background permissions settings. Home Page
HOWTO Enable Insecure Guest Logon on W11
After installing W11 24H2, I discovered that I cannot access to my home NAS because my organization has disabled insecure guest logon. The NAS is a reanimated ancient HP WD with a new 2TB SSD and OpenWRT, and I am not planning to add any personal access credentials up to now. I also verified that this behavior is different than W11 23H2 which seems to … Continue reading HOWTO Enable Insecure Guest Logon on W11
HOWTO integrate NASM with VS2022
updated 01/11/2024 Occasionally I use Intel assembler language to squeeze processing power from my programs. A cheap solution was C inline assembler sections, but VS2022 doesn’t support them in a 64-bits program. Other compilers use more or less complex solutions (IBM assembler, …). This forced me to consider including and linking .asm files in my projects. I can split them with 32 and 64 bits … Continue reading HOWTO integrate NASM with VS2022
Released sys_minion 2024.10.97.0
– [oem drv] fixed sporadic version comparison issues. Home Page
Released Horodruin 2024.09.801.0
Released a new shiny version: – fixed sporadic crashes when repeating the analysis of an invalidated source. – minor fixes & enhancements. link
Released Horodruin 2024.08.797.0
Released a new shiny version: – fixed & improved support for LFN (long file names). – [copy engine] fixed SetFileAttrs false-error reports. – [ui] fixed minor configuration problems for temporary files usage. – minor fixes & enhancements. link
Released sys_minion 2024.08.96.0
[oem drv repository] improved NVIDIA video drivers comparison minor fixes and improvements. Home Page