Software

Vista Flip 3D emulator in Window XP

HanaDaddy 1 Comment

Now you can experience that fancy Vista Windows Flip 3D (START + TAB) switch effect in Windows XP.

The program is called Shock Aero and can be run without any setups.

Of course , it is not exactly the same as Vista’s but it works for me.

The 3D windows are flipping when you scroll mouse wheel or ALT+TAB continuously.

Vista Flip 3D style
Vista Flip Style

Mac OS X style
Mac OS X style

Pros

  • Freeware
  • Very nice 3D effect . Very similar to the Vista Flip 3D effect
  • Macintosh OS X style can be selected instead of Vista Flip 3D style. But Mac style seems little bit slower than Vista Flip style.
  • No setup is required.

Cons

  • Slow loading the Flip screen compared to the original ALT+TAB

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PuTTY: Exporting Profile Data for migration

HanaDaddy 5 Comments

I was using the PuTTY with several profiles stored and was happy with it. One day, I got this new labtop and decided to migrate whole desktop system to this new labtop.

But for PuTTY,there was no menu for the profile export. So I spent some time to find out how to do it.

The solution was posted in the FAQ of the PuTTY Homepage.

A.5.2 Where does PuTTY store its data?

On Windows, PuTTY stores most of its data (saved sessions, SSH host keys) in the Registry. The precise location is

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\SimonTatham\PuTTY

Alright, you can extract Registry data by using regedit. Open regedit and browse the path in the left treeview upto HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\SimonTatham\PuTTY

Once you highlight the PuTTY node, click right mouse button and select the ‘Export’ Menu. A new Save Dialog window will be shown and you will be able to save the information into a file.

Export PuTTY Profile data from the Registry

After you copy the data file (*.reg) to the new computer, you can register it to registry by simply double clicking on the file.

Updated : 20070629
Here is a better way to do it

Create a batch file that executes regedit.

regedit /ea putty.reg HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\SimonTatham\PuTTY

Run it by double clicking. Then you will get putty.reg.

Then you can send it to your Gmail account and download the file from any other computer connected to the Internet and import it by double clicking again.

And here is the batch file if you are lazy enough to download one instead of creating one by yourself.
http://www.neox.net/w/wp-content/data/putty_export.bat

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