Seobiseu

When I turn on my computer, I like for it to turn on fast. This usually means disabling unnecessary services with SQL Server being usually the one that slows startup the most. However, few of those services get used through out a day. Until now that meant dealing with services MMC snap-in and UAC prompts. Well, not any more.

Seobiseu is application that, once installed, allows starting and stopping services from user account. For that you have simple window interface and nice tray (“notification area”) menu.

The way it is done is via system service that proxies all requests from user land to service controller. While this does lower security a little, I deem it worthy compromise since service isn’t able to do anything other than start and stop operation.

P.S. Name is Korean translation of word service (phonetically read). It sounds nice to me and I do like quite a few things about South Korea so it seemed like perfect choice.

VHD Attach 2.00

It took me a while but new version of VHD Attach is here. Although there isn’t much changed on surface, internals went through significant changes and quite a few bug-fixes.

Probably most visible change is adding auto-mount button directly on toolbar. It seems that lot of people were unaware of feature because it was buried in Options dialog.

Version is available at https://www.medo64.com/vhdattach/. Enjoy.

MagiWOL 3.00 (Beta 1)

Although MagiWOL is not program that gets downloaded the most from these pages, it is definitely one that generates most of feedback. Good feedback from loyal users forced me to continue development and it is directly responsible for this beta.

Changes are:

• No registry writes will be performed if application is not installed.
• Double-click now wakes computer instead of editing entry.
• Broadcast address now can be host name (useful for waking over Internet).
• Lot of bug fixing.

Beta is available for download at https://www.medo64.com/magiwol/beta/.

QText 2.32

New version is here.

This is just maintenance release with some bug-fixing. Major fix is speeding up of QText closing on some systems.

This will be last version for at least few months. Enjoy it. :)

Download:

• Installation
• Zipped executable

VHD Attach 2.00 (Beta)

VHD Attach was created to scratch my itch when it comes to working with virtual disks. As things go, that also meant that some corners were cut. As application went freeware, much of those corners were fixed. One that remained was DISKPART.

You see, attaching was done via API, but detaching of drive was done from command line via DISKPART and then results were parsed. This particular operation was very prone to error when it comes to localized versions of Windows. I will not even get into performance issues with it - let’s just say that DISKPART is not quickest program to initialize.

This version of VHD Attach finally replaces DISKPART with direct usage of Virtual Disk Service and thus it should handle LIP more gracefully (although program remains English-only).

Without further ado, download is available here.

VHD Attach 1.70

VHD Attach just got new version. It is mostly maintenance release with few bug-fixes and some internal rearranging. Without further ado, I will just tell that download is available.

QText 2.31

Of course I messed-up.

QText 2.30 could not be installed on clean system. Upgrade procedure worked just fine, but initial install would not create it’s directories.

This is sorted in this release. Sorry for any problems you had.

Download:

• Installation
• Zipped executable

QText 2.30

After more than a year, new version of QText is finally out of beta. That time was spent mostly on rearranging internals which is not really visible but I do have few changes that should make you want upgrade.

Probably most desired request was to be able to hide tabs. This is something that I postponed for quite a while, but time has come. Since QText tries to keep underlying files readable with any program, this change was done via flipping file’s hidden attribute.

Second big change is ability to detect changes in open files. It was implemented in different ways through-out beta until I finally settled on this implementation.

Additional improvement for those running QText in corporate environment is that, when QText is started without installation, no settings are saved to registry. Program should leave no traces on computer. Unfortunately this means that no settings can be saved but this is necessary trade-off.

Program can be downloaded as full installation and as zip archive (for no-trace setup).

QText 2.30 (Beta 3)

Although I was preparing for final version here goes another beta. I decided upon it since internals of QText were rearranged quite a bit.

Just to make it worthwhile, there is support for hiding tabs and lot of polishing. Download is here and soon (really this time) there will be final.

P.S. Since most of things that was asked for is now implemented, I am open for suggestions.

MagiWOL 2.20

After very long time (more than a year!) here is update to my Wake-On-LAN program.

This update consists mostly of bug-fixes with single new feature. One can define custom wait period between sending packets. This change will not be used much but for situations where you need to wake hundred of computers without burning fusebox it is definitely crucial.

Additional small tweak that may stop some frustration is change of console tool to wol.exe. This way one working in command-line can write only three letters instead of eight (it was magiwolc.exe).

Download is ready.