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It went down and I couldn’t find it the other day… thought I’d salvage it.

One gotcha from what I remember… you need SP2 on XP…

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Posted by paul at January 26, 2005 07:18 PM

Some say that you need a ‘Server’ version of Windows (e.g. Windows 2000, 2003 Server w/ Terminal Services) to allow more than one Remote Desktop Connection session to run at the same time.

My wife and I have a new computer. I bought it because it’s fast and can do everything I’ve thought of trying so far. It backs up a single 700mb CD in under 2 mins. It pulls in DV from my Sony Handycam. It burns DVDs in about 20 mins. And it runs faster than my thought processes (that’s fast, believe me, I develop software using at least two computers all day long).

So why can’t Windows XP Professional allow me to remote in and use my computer WHILE my wife uses it when she stays home? We should both be able to use it at the same time. It’s fast enough, however Windows XP is shipped with the limit of ONE Windows login session at a time.

Psh. Not neccessarily true.

So enough about my personal life. Here’s how to get Windows XP to accept multiple Remote Desktop Connections at one time.

THESE INSTRUCTIONS REQUIRE ADVANCED KNOWLEDGE OF THE WINDOWS REGISTRY AND ARE PROVIDED AS IS, WITHOUT RESPONSIBILITY OF DATA LOSS OR TECHNICAL PROBLEMS. DO NOT APPLY THE FOLLOWING SETTINGS TO SERVERS, COMPUTERS IN A PRODUCTION ENVIRONMENT, OR COMPUTERS WITHOUT FIREWALL PROTECTION.

Print this document before you start doing the following:
1. DISABLE REMOTE DESKTOP CONNECTION (RDC) AND TERMINAL SERVICES

a. Right-click ‘My Computer’ on the desktop and select ‘Properties’
b. Click the ‘Remote’ tab, and make sure that the ‘Allow users to connect remotely to this computer’ checkbox is UNCHECKED, then click ‘OK’.
c. Start Menu > Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Services
d. Scroll down the list to find ‘Terminal Services’, right-click and select properties. Change the ‘Startup Type’ drop-down to ‘Disabled’ (if it is not already), and close the ‘Services’ window.
2. DISABLE WINDOWS FILE PROTECTION (WFP) TEMPORARILY

a. Open the Registry Editor: Start Menu > Run > ‘regedit’
b. Navigate down in the tree to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon
c. Change the value of the ‘SFCDisable’ key on the right to ‘1′ and click ‘OK’
d. Close the Registry Editor
3. RESTART THE COMPUTER
4. REPLACE THE RELEASE VERSION OF THE TERMINAL SERVICES DLL (TERMSRV.DLL) WITH A PRIOR UNRESTRICTED VERSION OF THE DLL.

a. Save this replacement file to your desktop. This version of termsrv.dll is from Windows XP SP2 RC1, and I have not had any security problems with it personally.
b. Open Windows Explorer and type in the following location: C:\Windows\system32\dllcache
c. Rename termsrv.dll to something like termsrv1.dll
d. Copy the downloaded version of termsrv.dll into the above folder
e. In Windows Explorer, go up one directory so that you are now looking at: C:\Windows\system32
f. Delete the termsrv.dll file in this directory. Soon WFP will (most likely) re-copy the file even though we (think we) disabled WFP. If it does not re-copy it after about 10 seconds, go ahead and copy the downloaded version to the above directory just like you did in step D, only to the C:\Windows\system32 folder.
5. MAKE THE RDC SETTINGS IN THE WINDOWS REGISTRY ALLOW MORE THAN 2 REMOTE CONNECTIONS AT A TIME

a. Open up the registry editor: Start Menu > Run > ‘regedit’
b. Navigate down in the tree to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Terminal Server\Licensing Core
c. Add a DWORK Key called ‘EnableConcurrentSessions’ with a value of 1, then close the Registry Editor.
d. Open up the Group Policy Editor: Start Menu > Run > ‘gpedit.msc’
Navigate dow in the tree to: Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Termina Services. Double-click the item in the list on the right entitled ‘Limit number of connections’. Enable it, and set the number of connections to 3 (or whatever you need). Click ‘OK’.
6. RESTART THE COMPUTER
7. RE-ENABLE RDC AND TERMINAL SERVICES

a. Go back and check that checkbox we saw in step 1.b, check it, then click ‘OK’.
b. Go back to Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Services, find the ‘Terminal Services’ item, right click on it, and change the ‘Startup Type’ value back to ‘Manual’
8. RESTART THE COMPUTER.
Then you should be all set. Just remember that you have to explicitly ALLOW OTHER USER ACCOUNTS TO REMOTE IN. You can do this where you see the checkbox from step 1.b and above in step 7.a.

No need to thank me. Really. Even though I just saved you from having to buy a copy of Windows Server, wiping your computer, and reinstalling the Server version and all your apps. I’m not cocky, I just know how to use google and compile my findings…for YOU!

Posted by paul at January 26, 2005 07:18 PM

run this from the Terminal twice

defaults write com.apple.dock persistent-others -array-add ‘{ “tile-data” = { “list-type” = 1; }; “tile-type” = “recents-tile”; }’

defaults write com.apple.dock persistent-others -array-add ‘{ “tile-data” = { “list-type” = 1; }; “tile-type” = “recents-tile”; }’

then

killall Dock

when the Doc restarts right click one of the new folders on the right side of the doc and select “Recent Documents”

You should now see a “Recent Applications” and a “Recent Documents” icons in the Dock.

http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20071101055329470

To add spaces to the mac doc run this command…

defaults write com.apple.dock persistent-apps -array-add ‘{tile-data={}; tile-type=”spacer-tile”;}’

http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20071115133729552&query=mac%2Bdoc%2Bseparator

In Deepa’s talk @ 360 in Atlanta she also goes over MXML-G… which is really just a beautiful abstraction of Flash’s drawing API using XML.

It’s very cool. Very handy for rapid prototyping and skinning.

Thermo is essentially an eclipse plugin that heavily leverages MXML - G.

Update: I talked to Deepa… she mentioned that it actually includes “more” than the drawing API currently offers…

This is a awesome news… !!

Today at 360 Flex Deepa Subramaniam announced that Adobe is working on a mobile version of Flex.  They are taking into account the ramifications of creating a mobile framework for Flex 4.  This does not mean that it will be released at the same time as Flex 4 but they are accounting for it in the planning as they are for Thermo which is scheduled to be released on the same timeline as the Flex 4 release.

The items that Deepa said they were going to implement were…

•  Eclipse based
• ActionScript MXML / AS3 Editor
• Debugger
• Profiler
• Support for lower memory devices as well as higher memory devices

This is HUGE news for Flex developers to be able to create applications for Mobile Devices….

Next is AIR for Mobile??

Deepa also just announced that the next version of the Flash Player will support 3d transformations.

Right now 3D frameworks such as Papervision, and Sandy “fake” perspective transformations using ActionScript3. This will give them the ability to run that type of logic in C in the flash player whith significant performance enhancements

So I know this has been blogged about before… but I feel like it’s a relatively obscure little gem in the Flex/Flash world so I thought I’d throw it up on the wall again with the hope that it might give other people the desire to create useful Flex/Flash/AIR plug-ins.

One of the readers of my last post on my Flex Builder 4 wishlist commented that Flex Builder shouldn’t be built on Eclipse and Adobe should open it up to other vendors such as JetBrains (of IntelliJ/ReSharper fame). While I am a huge fan of ReSharper and IntelliJ… I believe the reasons for having the Flex Builder code base built on the Eclipse platform far outweigh the benefits of having it be built as an IDEA plugin.

The largest reason being that the Eclipse core is open source and according to the EPL any code derived from the Eclipse source must also be open source. This means the core of Flex Builder… the Eclipse code that was derived for Flex Builder… which includes editor code, debugger code, workbench code… must also be open source.

You can find the Flex Builder 2 source based on Eclipse 3.1.2 here: http://www.adobe.com/go/4b243413

Aside:

The flexibility of the Eclipse platform to adapt itself as development tasks evolve will be a cornerstone to it’s usefulness as an IDE and will act as a catalyst to propel the evolution of Adobe’s Flash/Flex/AIR tooling. Evidence of this can be found in an excellent plugin built by Stephen (Spike) Milligan (main contributor to the CFEclipse plugin) at http://www.yellowbadger.com/ which was targeted at the Flex 1.x/AS2 framework and built on the Eclipse platform. I had discovered and was using this plugin a full year before the Zorn (Flex Builder 2) release had been rumored. I was also using Eclipse for all my Java development at IBM and lately… I’ve been using it to teach myself Ruby. Having one editor with multiple perspectives for doing radically different development projects is my dream come true. Eclipse is not without it’s fault’s and does have some shortcomings (It can be a memory pig with a capital P1GB). But ram is cheap… Who doesn’t run 2 gigs?

The Flex Builder IDE is something I use for hours on end every day. Having used other IDE’s (Eclipse, IntelliJ, and VisualStudio) for various languages such as Java, C# as well as ActionScript… if Flex Builder was able to simply duplicate some of the features of these IDE’s and plug-ins then it could significantly increase developer productivity. Since the JetBrains (maker of IntelliJ) Resharper suite of extensions is the most intelligent list of IDE productivity enhancements… I’ll make use of it here to explain my wish list.

1. Code Templates : http://www.jetbrains.com/resharper/features/code_templates.html

2. Quick Fixes : http://www.jetbrains.com/resharper/features/code_analysis.html#Quick-Fixes

3. Better refactoring support : http://www.jetbrains.com/resharper/features/code_refactoring.html

4. Better Navigation : http://www.jetbrains.com/resharper/features/code_templates.html

5. Clickable stack traces in the console

6. Better Code Selection : http://www.jetbrains.com/resharper/features/coding_assistance.html#Extend/Shrink_Selection_full

7. Unit Testing Tool Support : http://www.jetbrains.com/resharper/features/unit_testing.html

8. Unit Test Code Coverage Tool: Alex Uhlman is developing one (Adobe Consulting)

9. TODO/FIXME Plugin: http://www.jetbrains.com/resharper/features/navigation_search.html#ToDo_List_full

a. One was written by Dirk Eismann (used to work on the FB team @ Adobe) you can find it here: http://www.richinternet.de/blog/index.cfm?entry=06D9E73F-BF55-CE91-017BD895EBAAD5CB

10.Integrated support for WebORB’s data services (.NET, Ruby, PHP, Java)

11.Edit and Continue.. almost forgot

12.And then all of the above… for JavaScript editing for AIR apps.

OK people… The Flex team has been busting it for us for 3 years… Let’s see if we can lend a hand and help them get it released to GA before MAX.

Flex 3 is an open source project and anyone can contribute to it. This is such an enormous plus for Flex I wanted to make sure everyone remembered.

Currently it’s limited to submitting code on a bug report but they have said they will open the repo to commits in the future.

Read this first: https://bugs.adobe.com/confluence/display/ADOBE/Home

Adobe has opened the bugbase here: http://bugs.adobe.com/flex/

Roadmap (What to help with): https://bugs.adobe.com/confluence/display/ADOBE/Flex+3+Planning

Submitting code in a bugreport:

When submitting source code with your bug reports please keep the following in mind:

1. Your source code should compile and run. Of course if you’re demonstrating a compiler error it doesn’t need to compile. But to demonstrate a runtime bug your code should execute at least to the point of failure. The less time an evaluator needs to spend creating the proper scenario the more likely it is to receive attention.
2. Smaller is always better. The less code you need to submit to demonstrate a bug the easier it will be for a developer to evaluate the issue.
3. If you need to submit a whole project attach a single zip instead of multiple files. Once again, reduce the project as much as possible so that only relevant code is included.
4. All users of the bug system can view your code, do not attach confidential source code to a bug.

Personally… if I get one line of code in the Flex 3 final release… that I can say I wrote… It would be like … a piece of the world to call my own.

I’ve been working with Flex non-stop since it was in beta in Feb 04′. I’ve written ActionScript for Fortune 50’s in Boston, NYC, Jersey, Oakland, Michigan and San Jose. I co-founded a company that was based on Flex consulting services. I haven’t had a home for the past 2 years. I’ve been roaming the U.S. building Flex applications. I’m helping to write a book on Flex 3 and AIR for Wrox press. I’ve met the Flex team. (Matt Chotin is really that nice and Deepa really is that cute.)

Flex has been my world.

To watch the technology grow… the process grow… how quickly it’s matured into a powerhouse web technology… has been a rocket ride. To be able to give back to the technology that’s basically transformed my life… Sign me up.

So this is the second time this has bitten me. I make sure I have everything setup properly so that I can transfer the DNS records from the primary DNS server to the secondary server. Everything is perfect right? I forget one last small detail. Not only do you need UDP port 53 open for DNS queries… but to do a zone transfer you also need TCP port 53 open as well.

Hopefully this post finds its way to another poor soul banging his head on his desk about the same thing.

So everyone is telling me I should post more… so I thought I would share this little pearl.

When adding a SWC to your project you can also add the ability to step in when debugging or F3 (or ctrl+click) into the class definitions contained in the SWC file by adding the directory where the source code lives to the SWC’s source attachment property. This also gives you the ability to step into the source code.

Here’s a screen-shot example of linking the Cairngorm 2.1 source with the Cairngorm.swc.

OK… no more excuses… love the swc…  embrace the swc.. they’re apart of flex too.