The Old New Thing

November 9, 2009 - The Old New Thing

Stories of anticipating dead computers: Windows Home Server

November 9, 2009 Nov 9, 2009 11/9/09
Raymond Chen
Like most geeks, I have a bit of history with dead computers. In the past, I used the "wait until it breaks, and then panic" model, but recently I've begun being a bit more anticipatory, like replacing an old laptop before it actually expires. Anticipating another future dead computer, I bought an external USB hard drive for backing up ...

How do I create a toolbar that sits in the taskbar?

November 9, 2009 Nov 9, 2009 11/9/09
Raymond Chen
Commenter Nick asks, "How would you go about creating a special toolbar to sit on the taskbar like the Windows Media Player 10 minimised toolbar?" You would look at the DeskBand API SDK Sample in the Windows Platform SDK. The magic word is DeskBand. This MSDN page has an overview. Bonus chatter: I've seen some online speculation as to ...