Disable Firefox Update Prompt

run in cmd

reg ADD HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Mozilla\Firefox /v DisableAppUpdate /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f

or run ff_update_dis.reg

Disable Windows Keys

reg ADD HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer /v NoWinKeys /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f

or run win_key_dis.reg

So exciting that even after 13 years of introducing to Qt by my great teacher, Mani Monajjemi there’s still a lot to learn.

I was trying to use WinRT with Qt today and now after so long time sticking to MinGW, I’m switching to MSVC. Here are the 4 reasons

1. MinGW is opensource but deep down if you are in Win32, their compiler always offers better API compatibility
2. WinRT is available only on MSVC
3. If you ever get around to some dll that simply doesn’t work with your project, it’s because MinGW and MSVC ABI are not the same. and probably that DLL was compiled by MSVC not MinGW. Same OS and still a different ABI, sounds too Windowsy to me
4. Because you are on Windows, show some support to the closed-source community!

On the way to develop a driver for Scarlet Solo Gen3 to harness the power of Shure SM57 Dynamic Microphone.

Useful links to preserve:

1. Microsoft – Universal Audio Architecture: Guideline to for Sound Card Without Propriety Driver

2. Microsoft – Introduction to Port Class

3. Microsoft – AVStream Overview

4. Microsoft – WDM Audio Terminology

5. Microsoft – Kernel Streaming
6. Microsoft – KS Filters

Update 1: Finished developing! Here is the link to the released driver

GitHub – BijanBina/BAudio Windows 7 x64

I use AutoHotkey  in almost all my application but I notice some Qt applications (Like ADS) had some difficulty interpreting the AHK keys correctly. The problem turns out to be affiliated with UAC and Admin rights rather than the Qt library. To solve the issue simply add following lines to the top of your AHK scripts that you want to be applied on the specific app.

#SingleInstance Force
SetWorkingDir %A_ScriptDir%
if not A_IsAdmin
   Run *RunAs "%A_ScriptFullPath%" ; Run Script as admin

This problem arises when you open a software instance with the admin rights while the AHK script doesn’t spawn with the same permission level. The above script simply run AHK with admin rights too so whether application is with or without admin right AHK script will always be able to set the key bindings.

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