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Eclipse 3.4 Ganymede and Spring IDE 2.0.6

Posted by on 01 Jul 2008 in Techie
To install Spring IDE 2.0.6 into Eclipse 3.4 Ganymede you need to switch off the Mylyn integration (as per the instructions) and remove the Eclipse 3.2 dependency. From a clean install of Eclipse 3.4 Ganymede:
  1. From the menu: Help->Software Updates
  2. Click Add site…
  3. Enter the the Spring IDE update site url: http://springide.org/updatesite/site.xml
  4. Click Ok
  5. Check the box next to Sprint IDE Update Site
  6. Expand Sprint IDE Update Site
  7. Expand Dependencies
  8. Uncheck Spring IDE Dependencies (only for Eclipse 3.2.x)
  9. Expand Integrations
  10. Uncheck Spring Mylyn Integration (optional)
  11. Click Install
  12. Screen will show no unresolved dependencies
  13. Click Next >
  14. Select I accept the terms of the license agreement
  15. Click Finish

Switching off Windows XP "features"

Posted by on 26 Jun 2008 in Techie
When getting a new computer with a fresh clean version of Windows XP there are several really annoying “features” that just have to go. I have blogged them individually but for your convenience they a listed here. Built in compressed folder support for Windows Explorer. http://www.bigsoft.co.uk/blog/index.php/2008/06/25/switch-off-window-s-compressed-zip-folde Is your right mouse button taking ages to display the context menu? http://www.bigsoft.co.uk/blog/index.php/2008/06/24/right-mouse-button-takes-ages-to-display Turn on search everything (with unknown extensions): http://www.bigsoft.co.uk/blog/index.php/2008/01/29/searching-file-content-s-under-windows-x Text searching files with known extensions http://www.bigsoft.co.uk/blog/index.php/2011/01/25/text-searching-files-with-known-extensions Switch off “Advanced Text Services” (ctfmon.exe) http://www.bigsoft.co.uk/blog/index.php/2010/08/10/switch-off-advanced-text-services-ctfmon-exe

Switch off Window's compressed (zip) folder support

Posted by on 25 Jun 2008 in Techie
The feature allows you to view the contents of compressed files, as if they were normal directories. The problem is that when you use Windows Explorer to view the contents of your hard drive it catalogues the contents of every compressed file, in whatever directory you are trying to browse. In principle this seems like a really good idea, but in practice if your directory has one or more really large compressed files in there, then the CPU goes through the roof and you sit there for however long it takes to catalogue each one and draw them on the screen. It can take ages! Many thanks to Annoyances.org for helping to provide the solution. Turn it off:
  1. Open a command window, select Start Menu->Run.
  2. Type
    regsvr32 /u %windir%\system32\zipfldr.dll
    at the prompt, and click Ok.
  3. The change will take effect immediately, but you may have to restart Windows for all traces of the built-in ZIP support to disappear.