Author Archives: Peter Meinl

About Peter Meinl

IT Consultant, Digital Nomad

Global Error Handling for UWP-Apps

Posted on July 9, 2016

[ Für Details zur Fehlerbehandlung in .NET im Allgemeinen, unter Berücksichtigung von von multi-threaded Programmierung (insbesondere mit Task und Await)  siehe meinen Artikel “Lass da mal was sein” im dotnetpro Magazin 3/2013. Für Details zur Fehlerbehandlung in UWP-Apps siehe meinen … Continue reading →

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Tracing for UWP-Apps

Posted on July 9, 2016

There are several tools available for tracing in UWP Apps: MetroLog PortiLog Event Tracing for Windows (ETW) via Diagnostics.FileLoggingSession I wanted to use ETW via Diagnostics.FileLoggingSession but it proved to be unstable and there was no way to convert the … Continue reading →

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Quirks with date and number formats in UWP Apps and Windows 10

Posted on June 6, 2016

In Windows 10 users can configure several languages, a region, a Regional format and additionally several on-screen keyboards (OSK) in different languages. How to switch between OSK and their handling of region-specific decimal separators is not immediately obvious. UWP apps do … Continue reading →

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Good Gear and Tools for Digital Nomads (with DE shopping links)

Posted on April 11, 2016

[ April 11, 2016: created ] Für einige Überlegungen zum digitalen Nomadetum siehe meinen Artikel “.NET unter Palmen” im dotnetpro Magazin 3.2016. [ Jan 22, 2018: Digital Nomad 35 backpack added ] Digital nomads need robust and flexible gear to … Continue reading →

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Good Gear and Tools for Digital Nomads (with US shopping links)

Posted on April 11, 2016

[ April 11, 2016: created ] Für einige Überlegungen zum digitalen Nomadetum siehe meinen Artikel “.NET unter Palmen” im dotnetpro Magazin 3.2016. [ Jan 22, 2018: Digital Nomad 35 backpack added ] Digital nomads need robust and flexible gear to … Continue reading →

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Thoughts and Experiments on Cloud Encryption

Posted on March 25, 2016

[ Dies ist ein Auszug aus meinem Artikel “Wolkentresor” im dotnetpro Magazin 9.2015 mit einigen ergänzenden Abbildungen ] Private files should only be stored in the cloud being encrypted via a key controlled and known by the user solely (= end-to-end … Continue reading →

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How to completely clean install Windows 10 on a UEFI PC

Posted on September 6, 2015

With Windows 10 I generally do recommend to simply upgrade which preserves your apps (modern and desktop), data and settings. In contrast to previous Windows versions the Win 10 upgrade is robust and has worked fine for me on several … Continue reading →

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