Innobec SideWindow Officially Released

[Darius Wey]

<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.innobec.com/en/index.php' target='_blank'>http://www.innobec.com/en/index.php</a><br /><br /></div><i>"Fresh off the presses: SideWindow v1.01 has now officially been released! After weeks of anticipation, it's time to break out the champagne and tell your dog, you can now extend your desktop onto your Pocket PC, and drag yor favorite picture viewer, media player, or instant messaging software on your PDA while you use your desktop real estate for more important tasks."</i><br /><br /><img src="http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/images/web/2003/wey-20050714-SideWindow.jpg" /><br /><br />A little over a month ago, I <a href="http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=40422">posted</a> on the beta release of Innobec SideWindow. The response was huge and it seemed many users were eager to put it through its trial run. If you were one of those people, then good news for you! You'll soon receive a registration key from Innobec to register a copy of SideWindow 1.01 - now out of beta, and officially released into the market. A trial version of SideWindow 1.01 is available from <a href="http://www.pocketgear.com/software_detail.asp?id=18675&associateid=204">PocketGear</a>, and can be purchased for $14.95. [Affiliate]<br /><br /><b>Update:</b> Innobec has just dropped the price of the product to $14.95.

[signothefish]

I've been looking for something similar to this... something that would enable you to move your mouse over to your Pocket PC from your regular PC and you would see a mouse pointer on your Pocket PC. I imagine something like this could be set up by running a VNC server on your Pocket PC and some app like "Desktop2PocketPC" on your 'puter.

Anyway, I'd still like to try the SideWindow software, but we have stinking Windows 2000 on our laptops here at work, and SideWindow requires XP. :(

[Sven Johannsen]

something that would enable you to move your mouse over to your Pocket PC from your regular PC and you would see a mouse pointer on your Pocket PC.

?? you understand it doesn't let you operate PPC applications on your PPC. It gives you a 240 x 320 extra monitor for your PC.

I've been using dual monitors for years and it is great. IM can be on the other one, Things that have tool bars you can undock, like graphics programs, can have the tools on one monitor and the drawing area on the other, unclutterred. I'm not sure I see the point of a 240 x 320 second monitor. That's just me though.

[signothefish]

something that would enable you to move your mouse over to your Pocket PC from your regular PC and you would see a mouse pointer on your Pocket PC.

?? you understand it doesn't let you operate PPC applications on your PPC. It gives you a 240 x 320 extra monitor for your PC.

I've been using dual monitors for years and it is great. IM can be on the other one, Things that have tool bars you can undock, like graphics programs, can have the tools on one monitor and the drawing area on the other, unclutterred. I'm not sure I see the point of a 240 x 320 second monitor. That's just me though.

Yes, exactly, I understand that. I see SideWindow as a neat utility. I'd lke to try it out, but it doesn't serve the purpose I'm really longing for.

[hdsalinas]

this is exactly what I have been waiting for.

I work with seve4ral design programs and I always wanted to be able to drag my tool bars to my Pocketpc.

This is great! I will give it a try.

[powder2000]

If you drag a window onto your pocket pc, can you maximize that window on the pocket pc screen? This seems like a cool idea if you don't want to invest in dual monitors.

[Raphael Salgado]

This product seems to fall under the category of "Because It Can." It may truly serve a few people and/or only for a few moments in a day, since many of us have a mobile device because we're actually mobile and not tied down to our desktop PCs. It may be "neat" to those who'd want to put Winamp on the side while having all the free real estate on their screen for other work.

I like the idea and the fact that it can be done in the first place, but this is definitely for a niche market.

[szamot]

In a day and age where one can get a decent 19 inch LCD, 1200 x 1600, for less than $400 US, how pixel-bankrupt must you people be to be jumping up in joy over 320x240 pixel screen real estate.

There is a strange phenomenon at play here and it goes like this:

Something new announced for the PPC

- Hurray lets all jump for joy, heee, haaaa – want one, want one, what does it do?
- Nothing really – just wastes time and resource,
- Oh, OK, lets wait for the next announcement, perhaps it will be something useful


Yes, this about sums up my “short review” of this app. Sorry I fail so see what the excitement is all about.

[CESkins]

Looks like an interesting application but like szamot I am not certain that I see its value based on my needs. For those of us with 640x320 VGA screen PDAs this software may be of some benefit (assuming its VGA aware) in freeing up some desktop space but would not have a significant impact in decluttering my workspace. A cool tool for some :) but definitely a niche product for those who don't want to or can't invest in a 2nd monitor.

[powder2000]

Yes, this about sums up my “short review” of this app. Sorry I fail so see what the excitement is all about.


WBIC, WBIC my friend. :lol:

[Kowalski]

i tested the software and i dont think i will use it. there may be a very small user group, firstly you cant fit anything 320x240 screen, and if you have a VGA, the fonts will be too small.


Something new announced for the PPC

- Hurray lets all jump for joy, heee, haaaa – want one, want one, what does it do?
- Nothing really – just wastes time and resource,
- Oh, OK, lets wait for the next announcement, perhaps it will be something useful


totally agree with you on this.

[Jason Dunn]

I think this is damn cool, and even with dual 20.1" LCDs I can see myself using my Pocket PC screen for a media player, or even a few Konfabulator widgets. In fact, for many years I've envisioned small, secondary LCD panels attached to the side of a regular LCD monitor just for specific purposes: media player, weather, stock tickers, etc. This is a variation on that, and all of you people criticizing it as being useless are just being short-sighted. ;-)

[Sven Johannsen]

I think this is damn cool, and even with dual 20.1" LCDs I can see myself using my Pocket PC screen for a media player, or even a few Konfabulator widgets. In fact, for many years I've envisioned small, secondary LCD panels attached to the side of a regular LCD monitor just for specific purposes: media player, weather, stock tickers, etc. This is a variation on that, and all of you people criticizing it as being useless are just being short-sighted. ;-)

I can see some cute uses for it. One that makes a lot of sense is sticking your Media Player controls over on it. Especially if it responds to touches on the screen like a mouse click. Wouls be nice if someone made a desktop media player skin that fit nicely in 320 x 240 though, regardless of what media player. Same with the IM client. Not sure how well current desktop clients would scale to fit in the PPC window.

[Dyvim]

It works fine in VGA mode on my Toshiba e830.

If fonts appear too small in 640x480, you can use the settings to resize the viewing area to some virtual intermediate size like 480x360. The same trick can be used to effectively get more than 320x240 pixels with a QVGA device although just as with NYDITOT's Virtual Display Driver the image quality suffers some - I tried this with my iPAQ 5555 and it also works fine.

One thing I like about the settings is that changes take effect instantly so you can see the effect of changing the viewing area slider on your PPC display.

Too early to tell if it will be at all useful for me, but I'm giving it a try today. For now I just have MSN Messenger over on my PPC. Useful or not, it is cool. :D

[Felix Torres]

Basically this is an opportunistic application.

You won't buy a pocket PC just to gain an extra QVGA or VGA window.
But if you already have the PPC hooked up to the desktop, why not use it for something worthwhile?
toolbars on image-editing software; note-taking and messaging apps, clocks and widgets.

Its an enhancer, not a killer-app that makes you rush out and buy the PPC just to run this...

I do think the price is a wee bit high for what it does, though. ;-)

[Darius Wey]

I think this is damn cool, and even with dual 20.1" LCDs I can see myself using my Pocket PC screen for a media player, or even a few Konfabulator widgets.

I agree. This isn't just a W?BIC! product. With thought, you can find many practical uses for it. Personally, I think it's great having Trillian (my IM client) or even a compact media player in a side window, as opposed to having to juggle interfaces by periodically wearing out my Alt-Tab keys just so I can see what's hiding behind another window.

Looks great in QVGA. Even better in VGA. Well worth a shot for those interested in this program's functionality. :way to go:

[Jonathan1]

Don't think I will need it what with my DAAAAAAAAAMMMMMMMNNNNN 24" Dell widescreen on order. The thing dropped to $900. Just too good a deal to pass up. Mmmmm widescreen goodness. Of course this could still be useful to put your IM list on while you are gaming away on your main screen. May have to look into this software. The only question I have. Prob answered on the site. Is: does it scale the app window in any way? I have one heck of a long contact list. Hmmmm :confused totally:

[Jonathan1]

even a few Konfabulator widgets.

8O I never even thought about that. OK. I definitely need to get this software now.

[Tierran]

Why might I not buy an extra monitor even if I can afford it?

1) $400 is $400. The times I would use dual monitor would hardly justify it.
2) I don't exactly have the room on my desk for another montor...so I suppose I'll just have to spend a couple hundered bucks on a new desk while I'm at it.

Now, I own a pocket pc already, it's already on my desk and I can see this being useful for when I'm using a full screen ap like World of Warcraft and I want to chat on IM or IRC. Chatting on IM while playing a game is worth $20 to me. It's not worth $600+.

[szamot]

Yes, this about sums up my “short review” of this app. Sorry I fail so see what the excitement is all about.


WBIC, WBIC my friend. :lol:

You are right - WBIC. But consider this. You could also take a garden hose and fill up a dried up water well, then you could use a small garden pond pump to pump it out and claim that you have running water?! WBIC! There are some WBIC things which are actually useful and some are otherwise. At worse the WBIC should have at least some semblance of logic to it.

[Jason Lee]

Why might I not buy an extra monitor even if I can afford it?

1) $400 is $400. The times I would use dual monitor would hardly justify it.
2) I don't exactly have the room on my desk for another montor...so I suppose I'll just have to spend a couple hundered bucks on a new desk while I'm at it.

Now, I own a pocket pc already, it's already on my desk and I can see this being useful for when I'm using a full screen ap like World of Warcraft and I want to chat on IM or IRC. Chatting on IM while playing a game is worth $20 to me. It's not worth $600+.

$20, no.. $5-10 maybe. I couldn't pay $20 for a cool toy app.

[[Cruzer]]

$20, no.. $5-10 maybe. I couldn't pay $20 for a cool toy app.

I totally agree. This is a cool app. would love to use it. But not worth it
to me for $20 bucks.

JMHO

Richie

[PPCRules]

I've been looking for something similar to this... something that would enable you to move your mouse over to your Pocket PC from your regular PC and you would see a mouse pointer on your Pocket PC. That would be VirtualDisp ...
How it works ?
When you move your mouse pointer off the screen in a direction of your choosing, the pointer will appear on the screen of your pocket pc instead.
When the pointer is moved back towards the opposite edge on the other screen, the mouse is then released again.
Keyboard &amp; clipboard are also shared.

SideWindow requires XP. :(
Deal killer for me, also.

[Tierran]

Why might I not buy an extra monitor even if I can afford it?

1) $400 is $400. The times I would use dual monitor would hardly justify it.
2) I don't exactly have the room on my desk for another montor...so I suppose I'll just have to spend a couple hundered bucks on a new desk while I'm at it.

Now, I own a pocket pc already, it's already on my desk and I can see this being useful for when I'm using a full screen ap like World of Warcraft and I want to chat on IM or IRC. Chatting on IM while playing a game is worth $20 to me. It's not worth $600+.

$20, no.. $5-10 maybe. I couldn't pay $20 for a cool toy app.

You realize you're disagreeing with me of what the value of the software is to me, right? I will probably buy this after I try it to make sure it works as advertised.

[signothefish]

I've been looking for something similar to this... something that would enable you to move your mouse over to your Pocket PC from your regular PC and you would see a mouse pointer on your Pocket PC. That would be VirtualDisp ...

Wow, really? Would that be Nyditot Virtual Display? What kind of havoc does this wreak on the performance of your device? Does it take up a lot of memory, or can it be installed to a storage card? If so, would installing it on a card really slow your system down (due to the fact it's running from the card)? Can I just run it at will and exit at will, or is this one of those memory-resident programs that is always running on your device? Does it leave one of those icons in the bottom right tray while running? Tell me more! 0X

[gibson042]

Man, this software is exactly what I was hoping for... but it's not worth upgrading from Windows 2000. :(

[Jason Lee]

Why might I not buy an extra monitor even if I can afford it?

1) $400 is $400. The times I would use dual monitor would hardly justify it.
2) I don't exactly have the room on my desk for another montor...so I suppose I'll just have to spend a couple hundered bucks on a new desk while I'm at it.

Now, I own a pocket pc already, it's already on my desk and I can see this being useful for when I'm using a full screen ap like World of Warcraft and I want to chat on IM or IRC. Chatting on IM while playing a game is worth $20 to me. It's not worth $600+.

$20, no.. $5-10 maybe. I couldn't pay $20 for a cool toy app.

You realize you're disagreeing with me of what the value of the software is to me, right? I will probably buy this after I try it to make sure it works as advertised.

No, I was simply stating what the value of this software is to me and quoting you as reference to a comment on pricing.
:mrgreen:

[Leon]

A trial version of SideWindow 1.01 is available from PocketGear, and can be purchased for $19.67. [Affiliate]

That's quite expensive for a trial version. It makes me wonder how much the full version will cost.

:wink:

[Tierran]

Why might I not buy an extra monitor even if I can afford it?

1) $400 is $400. The times I would use dual monitor would hardly justify it.
2) I don't exactly have the room on my desk for another montor...so I suppose I'll just have to spend a couple hundered bucks on a new desk while I'm at it.

Now, I own a pocket pc already, it's already on my desk and I can see this being useful for when I'm using a full screen ap like World of Warcraft and I want to chat on IM or IRC. Chatting on IM while playing a game is worth $20 to me. It's not worth $600+.

$20, no.. $5-10 maybe. I couldn't pay $20 for a cool toy app.

You realize you're disagreeing with me of what the value of the software is to me, right? I will probably buy this after I try it to make sure it works as advertised.

No, I was simply stating what the value of this software is to me and quoting you as reference to a comment on pricing.
:mrgreen:

Alright, I'm a reference! :lol:

[Ed Hansberry]

even a few Konfabulator widgets.

8O I never even thought about that. OK. I definitely need to get this software now.
I am so out of it. I have never even heard of the Koncatenator.

[indiekiduk]

When I first saw this I thought it was similar to an idea I had a year ago but then I realised this software isnt quite the same. My idea was to let you drag files out of an explorer window on the desktop past the edge of the screen onto the pda. And similary show the desktop mouse pointer on the PDA screen and be able to drag files from pocket file explorer over to the desktop. So its basically a more user friendly way of moving files off and on the device. The idea pretty much came from Minority Report...perhaps these guys could implement it?

[Darius Wey]

A trial version of SideWindow 1.01 is available from PocketGear, and can be purchased for $19.67. [Affiliate]

That's quite expensive for a trial version. It makes me wonder how much the full version will cost.

:wink:

Yeah, yeah. No need to play semantics now. ;)

[anti]

this apps could be good extension for roadwarriors working on their laptops who want to monitor net traffic, stock quotes, Skype chatbox.. surely I want to give it a go.

[Jonathon Watkins]

I have never even heard of the Koncatenator.

There's a good review over at ArsTechnica (http://arstechnica.com/reviews/apps/konfabulator.ars).

"Konfabulator manages little programs called "widgets" that do little tasks that you probably perform frequently and should be all but completely automated."

I tried using it for a while but it did not really appeal to me. I can really see the benefit of running them on a PPC screen however.

[Darius Wey]

Just an update that Innobec has dropped the price of SideWindow down to $14.95.

[foldedspace]

It sounds neat, but I tried several times to get it to run with no luck...

[PPCRules]

I've been looking for something similar to this... something that would enable you to move your mouse over to your Pocket PC from your regular PC and you would see a mouse pointer on your Pocket PC. That would be VirtualDisp ...Wow, really? Would that be Nyditot Virtual Display?
No, nothing to do with Nyditot Virtual Display.

Just do a search for 'VirtualDisp'. By Kyuran. $9.99/free 15 minute demo.

[Jason Lee]

No, nothing to do with Nyditot Virtual Display.

Just do a search for 'VirtualDisp'. By Kyuran. $9.99/free 15 minute demo.

Wow, that is a cool program also. It works more like the MS Dev power toy activesync remote display control except that it's not a little window on your computer where you control your pocket pc it is the actual pocket pc screen. Nifty. I don't think the MS remote can share the clipboard either. Would be cool if you could copy/paste or even drag files back and forth like indiekiduk mentioned. :)

With reguard to SideWindow, does it install anything to the pocket pc? I would assume just a dll to allow the desktop to access the video hardware on the ppc. It doesn't do anything like Nyditot and replace the default video drivers does it? Nothing kills your performance better than video through proxy drivers. :lol:

[Tierran]

Nothing installed to the PPC...and it works as well as advertised. A must buy for me :)

[Mbai2]

Doesn't work for me. The program keeps crashing and giving an error everytime I try to run it.

[Innobec]

To all those who are having problems, please contact us directly at "sw at innobec dot com" to report issues.

We'll need the following info:
- Processor type (P2, P3, P4, Athlon?)
- Amount of memory
- Make and model of your PDA
- ActiveSync version
- Do you have a firewall installed? Is it active?
- Error message reported, if any
- Symptoms of the problem.

We are dedicated to finding and fixing these issues, and will issue a new release as soon as a fix is available.

[Mark R Penn]

In a day and age where one can get a decent 19 inch LCD, 1200 x 1600, for less than $400 US, how pixel-bankrupt must you people be to be jumping up in joy over 320x240 pixel screen real estate.

There is a strange phenomenon at play here and it goes like this:

Something new announced for the PPC

- Hurray lets all jump for joy, heee, haaaa – want one, want one, what does it do?
- Nothing really – just wastes time and resource,
- Oh, OK, lets wait for the next announcement, perhaps it will be something useful


Yes, this about sums up my “short review” of this app. Sorry I fail so see what the excitement is all about.

Well, I'm excited by it because:

1) I don't have room on my desk for a second or even a larger monitor.
2) I need to use a laptop rather than a desktop, so I'm forced to compromise monitor size for portability.
3) The uses are many. I currently have an e-mail on my PPC screen, which I'm refering to while editing a word document on the laptop - to put both side by side on the laptop screen makes the Word window too small to work in comfortably. The "old" solution was to print the e-mail, but why should the trees suffer for my convenience? I also find it usefull for my AutoCAD tool pallets.
4) My PPC has no use while in it's cradle, other than the fact it's staying synced and charged, so why not use it for something practical?
5) It's NOT limited to 240x320. It supports "virtual" resolutions up to something riduculously huge. On my VGA device I'm currently running it at 420x560, which results in a good compromise between readable font sizes and space. Really, it's only limited by your eyesight.
6) It really is practical in use - it behaves just like a second monitor, so you see it in the settings tab of the desktop properties and can drag it to either side (took me a while to realize that). If you maximize a window that's on it, it maximizes to the small screen size so I didn't really need to do all that manual window re-sizing I tried when I first installed it! You can have as many windows on it as you like, and switch between them using the taskbar on the desktop, or ALT:TAB - I have the e-mail refered to above, WMP10 and AS on mine right now.
7) I haven't tried it, but I assume that since I can sync over Bluetooth, I can use this that way too. That means I can take my second monitor with me. Try doing that with your 1200 x 1600 LCD!
8) I can move desktop icons over to it, so I have my shortcuts there even when working full screen on the laptop.

Basically, my PPC at last has a use when I'm NOT mobile!

BTW, someone said something along the lines of "why would we need it, we've got PPC's so we're mobile people and therefore we're not tied to the desk anyway?". What a ridiculous statement! I'll bet not many PPC owners spend NO time at a desk! My time for example is about 30% deskbound, 70% on the road. Does that mean I'm not a proper PPC user? ;)

Mark

[davea0511]

...7) I haven't tried it, but I assume that since I can sync over Bluetooth, I can use this that way too. That means I can take my second monitor with me. Try doing that with your 1200 x 1600 LCD!


That's where I can see this being extremely powerful if you have your PC (or notebook) connected to your Home Theater, this will turn your PPC into a remote control for your PC to facilitate the Home Theater experience. This really solves the problem of "How do I control the movie when it's running off my computer instead of my DVD player".

It's a dream come true for those of you who do torrents (public domain movies of course ;) ).

[ctmagnus]

Can anyone else running Windows 2000 get this to install? I get a message about the program being for XP only. I installed it on an XP machine and the readme lists Windows 2000 as the minimum required desktop OS. Also, the readme states that Windows 2000 requires a serial ActiveSync connection. Does this product not work over USB in Windows 2000?

[Prevost]

8O Is that a Mac OS X skin running Windows? I want it!

[Darius Wey]

8O Is that a Mac OS X skin running Windows? I want it!

I think it's just the wallpaper. If you Google it, you'll find thousands of hits. ;)

[Innobec]

Can anyone else running Windows 2000 get this to install? I get a message about the program being for XP only. I installed it on an XP machine and the readme lists Windows 2000 as the minimum required desktop OS. Also, the readme states that Windows 2000 requires a serial ActiveSync connection. Does this product not work over USB in Windows 2000?

We apologize, the minimum requirement really is Windows XP. The device driver that acts as a 2nd monitor will not currently run on Windows 2000. We are currently in the process of fixing a few glitches here and there with the software, and the next software update will contain the correction to the readme file.

We plan on supporting Win2000 in the next major release of SideWindow.

---

And for the curious above -- that's indeed just a wallpaper in the background.

[szamot]

...7) I haven't tried it, but I assume that since I can sync over Bluetooth, I can use this that way too. That means I can take my second monitor with me. Try doing that with your 1200 x 1600 LCD!


That's where I can see this being extremely powerful if you have your PC (or notebook) connected to your Home Theater, this will turn your PPC into a remote control for your PC to facilitate the Home Theater experience. This really solves the problem of "How do I control the movie when it's running off my computer instead of my DVD player".

It's a dream come true for those of you who do torrents (public domain movies of course ;) ).

I don't know if you can do that, it says Cradle up and go, which would make sense. IF that is the case then think of your TV, Laptop, PPC combo as a really advanced late 1970's remote control that used to be not IR but cabled to the TV. Your set up would then effectively be its high tech cousin. However, having said that, there are various wireless apps designed to do what you intended, some of them were even talked about on this site.

[gibson042]

We plan on supporting Win2000 in the next major release of SideWindow.
Woohoo! You've got a customer here! 8)

[Larry L]

I have dual monitors.

I tried this program and it works, but for me their is a problem.

It acts as a windows extended monitor. But does not give you a choice as to where it goes.

So I end up with it as the middle monitor.

It looks funny as I drag large windows from the 19"CRT thru the 240x320 middle, to the 17"LCD.

If it opened to the right of my windows extended monitor, I would jump all over this.

Larry L

[Darius Wey]

It acts as a windows extended monitor. But does not give you a choice as to where it goes.

You can modify its location. Open your computer's Display Properties (right-click the desktop and select Properties), and navigate to the Settings tab. Next highlight the "Default Monitor on Innobec SideWindow" box and drag it to your preferred location.

[PocketPC Addict]

That's where I can see this being extremely powerful if you have your PC (or notebook) connected to your Home Theater, this will turn your PPC into a remote control for your PC to facilitate the Home Theater experience. This really solves the problem of "How do I control the movie when it's running off my computer instead of my DVD player".

It's a dream come true for those of you who do torrents (public domain movies of course ;) ).

I could not get the sidewindow to work using WiFi but so I doubt it will work with bluetooth. It works great in the cradle though. :D

[signothefish]

I've been looking for something similar to this... something that would enable you to move your mouse over to your Pocket PC from your regular PC and you would see a mouse pointer on your Pocket PC. That would be VirtualDisp ...Wow, really? Would that be Nyditot Virtual Display?
No, nothing to do with Nyditot Virtual Display.

Just do a search for 'VirtualDisp'. By Kyuran. $9.99/free 15 minute demo.

It's exactly what I'm looking for, but it's painfully slow. Mouse updates occur on the screen every 1/2 second, and my VGA Pocket PC screen gets real blurry. I guess Pocket Controller is still the best solution for my needs. Thanks though!

[BlessidThug]

With the "Try network connection" option, WiFi works for me on my Axim X5. X5, $199/ Sidewindow, $15, Controlling Media Player from your toilet, priceless.


That's where I can see this being extremely powerful if you have your PC (or notebook) connected to your Home Theater, this will turn your PPC into a remote control for your PC to facilitate the Home Theater experience. This really solves the problem of "How do I control the movie when it's running off my computer instead of my DVD player".

It's a dream come true for those of you who do torrents (public domain movies of course ;) ).

I could not get the sidewindow to work using WiFi but so I doubt it will work with bluetooth. It works great in the cradle though. :D

[Jonathon Watkins]

With the "Try network connection" option, WiFi works for me on my Axim X5. X5, $199/ Sidewindow, $15, Controlling Media Player from your toilet, priceless.

:lol: You're a bad man! Welcome. 8)

[Jonathon Watkins]

I like the idea of SideWindow, but am having an issue with window placement. I use Freemeter (http://www.tiler.com/freemeter) to monitor my system resources and it would be useful if I could set up SideWindow to display the graphs of CPU, hard disk &amp; memory utilisation etc. When I Sidewindow, I drag the Freemeter window and drag it over to my X50v window. It does exactly what I want. However, when I disconnect and reconnect, Freemeter 'bounces' back to the original window and I have to drag it back again. Is there a way to always 'set' the location of Freemeter as the PPC whenever it is docked?

[Jonathon Watkins]

Scratch that. :(

I had to uninstall SideWindow. Whenever Sidewindow was active, I could not using Photoshop CS as the image would grey out. Whenever I deactivated SideWindow my Photoshop image would appear again. Very odd. Only the image in PS seemed to be affected, not the app itself or the palettes etc. It's just that the image itself would disappear whenever SideWindow was active. Shame. :?

[Darius Wey]

I had to uninstall SideWindow. Whenever Sidewindow was active, I could not using Photoshop CS as the image would grey out. Whenever I deactivated SideWindow my Photoshop image would appear again. Very odd. Only the image in PS seemed to be affected, not the app itself or the palettes etc. It's just that the image itself would disappear whenever SideWindow was active. Shame. :?

I've not had an issue like that. It could be an issue with SideWindow, but it could also be an issue with your computer's display drivers. Have you updated them?

[Jonathon Watkins]

I've not had an issue like that. It could be an issue with SideWindow, but it could also be an issue with your computer's display drivers. Have you updated them?

Yup. I'm using the latest nVidia drivers, updated from thier website a few weeks ago.

[Darius Wey]

Yup. I'm using the latest nVidia drivers, updated from thier website a few weeks ago.

Intriguing. Well, assuming it's not an issue to do with the latest ForceWares, you might want to submit a bug report to Innobec.

[Jonathon Watkins]

Hmmm, there's no support forums on their site. My computer has been running like a dog for no obvious reason since the day I installed and unistalled SideWindow. Probably it's not related, but I can't find out any support details. :?