Author Archives: wvdvegt

Debug Output in PHP

Posted on December 17, 2020 by wvdvegt

This blogpost is an update for a old (2012) post on using the Win32 OutputDebugString API method from within PHP. To view the output of this Win32 API call, download dbgview.exe from SysInternals.com. The solution presented takes another route (not … Continue reading →

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PHPUnit and Drupal8

Posted on November 20, 2020 by wvdvegt

Time to share some experiences with getting something up and running. This time getting PHPUnit to work under Drupal8 on Windows. PHPUnit I started reading PHPUnit in Drupal and the PHPUnit manual, downloaded the PHPUnit phar file and performed some … Continue reading →

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DISM repairs for (old) updates still requiring reboot

Posted on September 3, 2020 by wvdvegt

The reason for this post is to share my ‘solution’ for getting around an old cumulative windows update still needing a reboot that was obstructing a newer cumulative update. Clearly something gone wrong during install and corrupted the windows installer … Continue reading →

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Moving WhatsApp from WM10 to Android/iOS

Posted on December 16, 2019 by wvdvegt

Today I made an attempt to move my WhatsApp messages from WM10 to an Android Phone. If the journey is TL;DR; jump to the end of this blogpost for a download link and some remarks on limitations. In it’s greater … Continue reading →

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WdFilter.sys & boot loop

Posted on May 30, 2019 by wvdvegt

Today my computer decided to start a boot loop where it claimed that WdFilter.sys was missing or damaged. The file looked ok when inspected from the command prompt option of the Windows Recovery Environment (WRE). However in this same environment … Continue reading →

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Double precision issues

Posted on April 26, 2018 by wvdvegt

Due to some interaction with a Swagger related project and a simple yet fast and easy to use C# JSON library SimpleJSON I used in the code generated by my swagger parser and code generator, I stumbled upon some issues … Continue reading →

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WHS 2011 Client Backup Drive Full

Posted on December 21, 2015 by wvdvegt

This week I had that dreaded message for the second time. Probably due to modern GB games that patch themselves regularly and entering the Windows Insider program (so a new Windows 10 version every now and then). The last time … Continue reading →

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Reindexing WHS 2011’s DNLA Server

Posted on July 19, 2015 by wvdvegt

Searching for this subject reveals a couple of links of which each has some issues. So I started combining code and testing in so I would be able to rebuild the index without restarting the server. The reason for rebuilding … Continue reading →

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Using a Denver AC-5000W with Windows (or OS X)

Posted on October 18, 2014 by wvdvegt

Some weeks ago, the Denver AC-5000W action camera’s where for sale for around € 50. So a lot cheaper than a GoPro and thus nice for testing. As it comes with a underwater housing up capable of withstanding water pressure … Continue reading →

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WP8 LongListSelector and not correctly updating ContextMenu’s

Posted on August 13, 2014 by wvdvegt

These last days I have been working on a simple WP8 app that uses TvDb.com to keep track of the next/upcoming series episode to watch. I made extensively use of the LongListSelector combined with a ContextMenu from the WP8 Toolkit … Continue reading →

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