This procedure only works for program shortcuts on the desktop or start menu: Right click on the program shortcut Select "Properties" Focus on the "Shortcut key" field, press any key or combination of any two of SHIFT, CTRL and ALT, plus any key MS link: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310417

Windows XP has built-in capability for burning folders/files onto a CD ROM. Use the Recording tab in the CD-ROM drive properties dialog to configure the options: However, it doesn't have the capability to burn ISO images. On the MS site it was suggested that ISO Recorder would do the job. I tried it on two different machines and both failed with " generic error ". I'm running Windows XP professional SP2 on both. Update: Actually the above error for ISO Recorder was caused by a monitoring program the company installed to block CD-ROM write access. Although unsuccessful, ISO Recorder actually went further than other programs. cdburn.exe from the Windows 2003 Resource Kit died at 0% without emitting any error message.

Python version is 2.6 windows native build (not cywgin build). Download setup tools from http://pypi.python.org/pypi/setuptools . The download links are at the bottom of the page. Create symbolic link python26 and run setuptools-0.6c9-py2.6.egg as shell program. C:\local>bash bash-3.2$ cd /cygdrive/c/download... Add C:\python26\Scripts to PATH.

One of the first things you notice about Windows Vista is the annoying User Account Control (UAC) popup. It keeps nagging you to click a confirmation button whenever you try to install or reconfigure something. With UAC, you are working with normal user privileges even though you may be logged in with an administrator account. When the application requires administrator privileges, the UAC prompt pops up to ask for your confirmation. UAC compatible applications are packed with an application manifest to tell Vista that they need elevated privileges . For legacy applications needing elevated privileges , you can check " Run this program as an administrator " on the Compatibility tab of file properties dialog. Application manifest itself is not new to Windows Vista. In...

Command Meaning ./configure configure the package for your system make compile the package make install install the programs and man pages make clean remove the program binaries and object files make distclean make clean, but also remove the files that 'configure' created