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Oh dear ... Ballmer says that Vista is a work in progress Yet another severe case of 'foot in mouth', and it doesn't get much better unfortunately. Although many of his comments are a cause for concern (serious concern), Vista being a work in progress wasn't one of them. Dunno about you, but I haven't come across an operating system that WASN'T a work in progress; that's why we have updates. More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds

<img alt="" height="1" width="1"> Problems with software upgrades in a Windows world The Industry Standard, CA - 15 hours ago Vista has been available for more than a year, but is still plagued by problems, ranging from incompatible device drivers to poor performance. ... More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds

like ASP 3.0, VB 6.0, Access 97/2000... VBA... OLE object... DDE... old Winsock and mscomm32 control... and so on. I still love working on these things. Recently I started to create a simple chat applicaton with winsock in vb6, it's really a fun :D ... So anybody else like/love these oldies tech and still you are using them? More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds

The article includes two parts. Part 1:Convert DVD movie to iPhone, iPod touch/classic/video/nano, Zune, PSP, etc Part 2:Convert AVI, WMV, MPEG, RM, RMVB, ASF, MOV, DivX, XviD, MPG, etc to iPhone, iPod touch/classic/video/nano, Zune, PSP, etc It is easy-to-use and the converting speed is fast! After testing, all formats conversions work well, the output audio and image quality is excellent! Let's view the steps. * Part 1: Convert DVD movie to iPhone, iPod touch/classic/video/nano, Zune, PSP, etc 1. Download the latest version Ultimate DVD Video Converter Suite, and install it. You can know more about it by referring here. * http://www.dvdtoipod.us/images/tutorial/dvd-video-converter-1.jpg * 2. Run the Ultimate DVD Converter, load your DVD by clicking 'Open DVD' button or choosing 'Open DVD' from 'File' drop down menu. One or several titles appear in the list after loading DVD. http://www.dvdtoipod.us/images/tutorial/dvd-video-converter-2.jpg * 3. Profile select. You can choose other video formats: iPod, iPhone, iPod touch, iPod video nano, Zune, PSP, video capable MP3 players, video capable mobile phones, Pocket P.C and so on. iPod MPEG4 Movie(.mp4) is the default DVD for iPod video quality. Set the appropriate format as you like. http://www.dvdtoipod.us/images/tutorial/dvd-video-converter-7.jpg 4. Output settings. Set your Audio/Video output Settings and tick appropriate parameters. http://www.dvdtoipod.us/images/tutorial/dvd-video-converter-3.jpg 5. Choose the pathname where you want to save your video files by clicking the right button of Output table. When everything is setted well, click the 'Convert' button to start converting. Tips: Tip1: Crop---- Choose the crop mode Tip2: Resize-------Choose the output size you need Set Crop to "Crop both black bands" and resize to be "stretch to full screen" if you don't need to keep the subtitle. Set crop to "Crop the upper black band" so you can keep the subtitle in the down black band. http://www.dvdtoipod.us/images/tutorial/dvd-video-converter-5.jpg Tip3: Mode Direct mode, you can convert the main movie directly. Batch mode, you can choose the chapter you need to convert. Part 2: Convert AVI, WMV, MPEG, RM, RMVB, ASF, MOV, DivX, XviD, MPG, etc to iPhone, iPod touch/classic/video/nano, Zune, PSP, etc * 1. Download the latest version Ultimate DVD Video Converter Suite, and install it. You can know more about it by referring here. * http://www.dvdtoipod.us/images/tutorial/dvd-video-converter-1.jpg * 2. Run the Ultimate Video Converter, load the video files you'd like to convert by clicking 'Open file' button. http://www.dvdtoipod.us/images/tutorial/dvd-video-converter-6.jpg * 3. Profile select. You can choose other video formats: iPod, iPhone, iPod touch, iPod video nano, Zune, PSP, video capable MP3 players, video capable mobile phones, Pocket P.C and so on. iPod MPEG4 Movie(.mp4) is the default DVD for iPod video quality. Set the appropriate format as you like. 4. Output settings. Set your Audio/Video output Settings and tick appropriate parameters. 5. Choose the pathname where you want to save your video files by clicking the right button of Output table. When everything is setted well, click the 'Convert' button to start converting. Tips: Tip1: Crop---- Choose the crop mode Tip2: Resize-------Choose the output size you need Set Crop to "Crop both black bands" and resize to be "stretch to full screen" if you don't need to keep the subtitle. Set crop to "Crop the upper black band" so you can keep the subtitle in the down black band. Tip3: Mode Direct mode, you can convert the main movie directly. Batch mode, you can choose the chapter you need to convert. * * More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds

<img alt="" height="1" width="1"> TECH BLOG The PC of Doctor Moreau TechNewsWorld, CA - Apr 17, 2008 I found this Windows theme, dubbed "Vista OS X", on Lifehacker, a blog that features interesting downloads from around the Web as well as ideas and tips on ... More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds

<img alt="" height="1" width="1"> Microsoft to halt Hotmail access via Outlook Express Computerworld, MA - 9 hours ago Released last November, Windows Live Mail is a successor to both Outlook Express and the Windows Mail client that shipped with Windows Vista. ... More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds

wrote a console application c++ program usingVS2008. It is nothing more than a "Hello World". I copied the .exe to aflash drive and then onto another XP computer. When I try to execute itsays "This application has failed to start because the applicationconfiguration is incorrect". So then I tried copying it over using MSNand when I execute it now says "Windows cannot access the specifieddeivce, path or file. You many not have the appropriate permissions toaccess the item. I have administrator privledges so I should be able to execute it. Any ideas? More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds

<img alt="" height="1" width="1"> Problems with software upgrades in a Windows world The Industry Standard, CA - 11 hours ago Vista has been available for more than a year, but is still plagued by problems, ranging from incompatible device drivers to poor performance. ... More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds

<img alt="" height="1" width="1"> Problems with software upgrades in a Windows world The Industry Standard, CA - 9 hours ago Vista has been available for more than a year, but is still plagued by problems, ranging from incompatible device drivers to poor performance. ... I Don’t Want Source Code; I Want App Tone GigaOm An engine for change InfoWorld all 4 news articles More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds

I am a total bozo when it comes to this stuff (actually, most stuff, but that’s beside the point) and can’t figure out how to get a streaming video to work on my free Live streaming service. I have a standard .wmv video my customer supplied, and I imported it into Expressions Encoder (V1), using Source input and Silverlight output templates... clicked on encode, and then uploaded the output file to the service... which then, after much thinking about it, decided that it could not “process” the file. Anyone know of a simple guide for Silverlight morons, that I can follow ? as I can’t work out what I am doing wrong. More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds

Looks like a great day for Google (GOOG). The stock shot up to highs of 21% today after Google shocked the investment community who where expecting poor performance this quarter from the search giant. Meanwhile Microsoft (MSFT) is yet to recover from the sharp decline* in the stock market after said software giant announced plans to buy rival Yahoo! Corporation. More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds

Yep, Microsoft's home-entertainment ambitions don't stop at Microsoft TV, MSNTV, WebTV, Media Center, nor Mediaroom: Presenting: a TV program revolving around Microsoft (and other) commercial products. Suddenly I don't feel so bad about torrenting so many TV shows without watching the adverts. This is pure televised malevolence. Who in their right minds would watch this? ...then again, people watch Pop/American Idol and WWE. I can only conclude that whatever shred of culture North America had has been incinerated in the most undignified manner possible. //Idiocracy, anyone? More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds

Hi, I have Windows Vista Ultimate and Visual Studio 2008 installed. I am just trying to get my head around all of the .NET Framework installations I see in my Add/Remove Control Panel. Here is what I have: MIcrosoft .NET 1.1 Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1 Hotfix Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 VIsual Studio 2008 (note: in installed this months *after* I installed the .NET 3.5 Framework) Where is .Net 2.0, 3.0? Where are the SDKs (the ones listed above are just the runtime distributables)? Didn't an SDK get installed when I installed Visual Studio 2008? There just seems gaps in my list of installed programs. Or is my list perfectly congruent with what would be expected? Thanks. More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds

<img alt="" height="1" width="1"> Problems with software upgrades in a Windows world The Industry Standard, CA - 4 hours ago Vista has been available for more than a year, but is still plagued by problems, ranging from incompatible device drivers to poor performance. ... More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds

<img alt="" height="1" width="1"> Microsoft to halt Hotmail access via Outlook Express Computerworld, MA - 1 hour ago Released last November, Windows Live Mail is a successor to both Outlook Express and the Windows Mail client that shipped with Windows Vista. ... Live Mesh and Windows 7 Revealed NetworkWorld.com all 4 news articles More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds

<img alt="" height="1" width="1"> Military Goods for Sale and Miscreants Aplenty PC World - 34 minutes ago With a lot of talk about companies forgoing Vista and planning OS migration around the forthcoming Windows 7 release, Forrester sets out why that's not a ... More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds

I am currently working on a client's website that uses fonts embedded with WEFT. I ran the index page through browsercam.com to see how it would look on a variety of platforms/browsers, and I was very surprised that the embedded font did not display. It looked fine on different platforms using IE7 and earlier versions, so I know the problem was with IE8, and not the .EOT file or the CSS. Does anyone know if Microsoft plans to include support for WEFT with IE8? If not, that would be unfortunate. I really like the WEFT tool.Thanks. More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds

<img alt="" height="1" width="1"> Microsoft rings alarm on Windows rights bug Computerworld, MA - 30 minutes ago The bug affects Windows XP Professional SP2, and all versions of Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista and the brand-new Windows Server 2008. ... More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds

<img alt="" height="1" width="1"> Microsoft rings alarm on Windows rights bug Computerworld, MA - 55 minutes ago The bug affects Windows XP Professional SP2, and all versions of Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista and the brand-new Windows Server 2008. ... Microsoft discloses vulnerability affecting multiple Windows versions Ars Technica Microsoft investigates new Windows zero-day flaw SearchSecurity.com Government issues threat note on Windows, Apple Economic Times all 7 news articles More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds

YouTube... Friends of Scientology? More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds

<img alt="" height="1" width="1"> Microsoft warns of zero-day Windows flaw SC Magazine US - 1 hour ago The vulnerability affects Windows Server 2003, XP, Vista and Server 2008, according to an advisory issued on Thursday. If exploited, the bug can allow a ... Chinese Blogs Detail Zero-day Flaw in Microsoft Works PC World all 7 news articles More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds

<img alt="" height="1" width="1"> Microsoft rings alarm on Windows rights bug Computerworld, MA - 19 minutes ago The bug affects Windows XP Professional SP2, and all versions of Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista and the brand-new Windows Server 2008. ... More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds

<img alt="" height="1" width="1"> Windows Needs A Good Pruning InformationWeek, NY - 1 hour ago Responding to last week's blog entry about the Gartner "Windows is Collapsing" Affair, one reader took me to task in calling Vista "bloated. ... Microsoft Confirms SQL Server 2005 SP3 CRN all 3 news articles More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds

Hi, I am building a test project with Expression Blend. The project builds, but I get a weird message about not being able to locate the .NET Framework SDK (see bolded blue). Any thoughts as to why? How can I get rid of it? Thanks. This is the contents of the output window: Build project: Test, Targets: Build __________________________________________________ Project "C:\Users\me\Documents\Expression\Expression Blend Projects\Test\Test.csproj" (Build target(s)): Could not locate the .NET Framework SDK.* The task is looking for the path to the .NET Framework SDK at the location specified in the SDKInstallRootv2.0 value of the registry key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\.NETFramework.* You may be able to solve the problem by doing one of the following:* 1.) Install the .NET Framework SDK.* 2.) Manually set the above registry key to the correct location. C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\Csc.exe /noconfig /nowarn:1701,1702 /define:DEBUG;TRACE /reference:"C:\Program Files\Reference Assemblies\Microsoft\Framework\v3.0\PresentationCore.dll" /reference:"C:\Program Files\Reference Assemblies\Microsoft\Framework\v3.0\PresentationFramework.dll" /reference:C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\System.dll /reference:C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\System.Xml.dll /reference:"C:\Program Files\Reference Assemblies\Microsoft\Framework\v3.0\WindowsBase.dll" /debug+ /debug:pdbonly /out:obj\Debug\Test.exe /resource:obj\Debug\Test.g.resources /target:winexe /win32icon:Application.ico App.xaml.cs AssemblyInfo.cs Window1.xaml.cs "C:\Users\me\Documents\Expression\Expression Blend Projects\Test\obj\Debug\Window1.g.cs" "C:\Users\me\Documents\Expression\Expression Blend Projects\Test\obj\Debug\App.g.cs" Test -> C:\Users\me\Documents\Expression\Expression Blend Projects\Test\bin\Debug\Test.exe The build has successfully completed. More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds

<img alt="" height="1" width="1"> Microsoft warns of zero-day Windows flaw SC Magazine US - 29 minutes ago The vulnerability affects Windows Server 2003, XP, Vista and Server 2008, according to an advisory issued on Thursday. If exploited, the bug can allow a ... More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds