Re-coding all my previously released software from scratch. Due to data lost caused by an accident which burn my harddisk. I know, to start it all from the beginning will need more time spent by designing and coding. Absolutely, unless I have had finished my these and reached my scholar degree, I will unable to do it in this short time…

Through this post I also would like to bid my apologize to all those who had sent me e-mail requesting ShutterDownXP v1.4 and TOYD (Text On Your Desktop) v1.2 registration code. I’m sorry I can’t provide you the registration code nor doesn’t reply your e-mails at this time. Why? The answer is relatively simple: I also lost the registrator which sorely needed to generate the registration code. And to re-code the registration routine isn’t an easy job for me. That’s a routine I have had made for about one year by doing such a trial and error and make a numb clone to my ShutterDownXP and TOYD codes to act as a guinea pig. It combines various encryption algorithms to generate an appropriate registration code based on your name and unique computer code. Maybe the routine is just a lame routine for those experts in programming and algorithms, but not for me

Known Bug In ShutterDownXP v1.4

There’s one known bug in ShutterDownXP v1.4 as reported by one of ShutterDownXP v1.4 user while running it under Windows XP with its default Luna theme. The bug caused by the use of GUI manifestation which proposed to make ShutterDownXP v1.4 GUI appearance looks better and nicer by adopting current Windows XP’s theme controls.

Unfortunately the code were lacking and it doesn’t do its job well which drive some ShutterDownXP’s v1.4 controls in the ‘Change Execution Settings’ dialog box, turn into black. However, it doesn’t affect in Windows Vista.

To avoid the black colored controls, you can try changing your current Windows XP’s Luna theme into classic theme or use other third party theme.

Why Don’t You Open and Spread The ShutterDownXP’s Source Code?

One of ShutterDownXP user once throw me those question. In my opinion, to open ShutterDownXP’s code at this time will remain such a rubbish. Why? Yeah, the main code isn’t special enough, I know you can find the snippet to shut down your computer, elsewhere in the internet easily and build your own version of shut down manager instead of using ShutterDownXP. I planned to open the code once it completed and the all lines well neated :)

Back to Topic, When Will You Start Re-coding Your Software?

I don’t know. But, I’ll do it step by step if I have enough free time to do it. And maybe, I will change the name of the software to express the re-born of its new generation. And still, I will use Visual Basic as its programming environment. Why don’t you try using another programming language? Hmm… I would but I couldn’t. Why? Because, the only desktop programming language familiar to me is Visual Basic :P