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We have a working .sln file that contains our OS Design and some smart device application projects. The system builds fine from the VS 2005 IDE; but we want to AUTOMATE the build from a command line script. When we execute the command: devenv osdesign.sln /rebuild we get the following error: Microsoft ® Visual Studio Version 8.0.50727.762. Copyright © Microsoft Corp 1984-2005. All rights reserved. Catastrophic failure (Exception from HRESULT: 0x8000FFFF (E_UNEXPECTED))1>------ The system aborts the OS design build; but continues on to successfully build the smart device application projects that are also in the .SLN file. Any suggestions? Andrew More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds

Hi There, Situation : One ASPX page, it has 3 iframes,each iframe source is a .aspx page, each of this .aspx page displaysome grids with data. So far So good... Problem : iFrameis a Asynchronous, still when this aspx page start loading, src**.aspx[contained within iframe], load one by one and each page take itsown time, for exaple : iframe 1 : Top page takes 5 sec to load iframe 2 :*Content Page 5 sec load iframe 3 : Bottom Page 5 sec load Now what I want that is that can I reduce the time by loading all the pages at once Using some threading mechanism? Thanks in Advance, MT More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds

Hi There, Situation : One ASPX page, it has 3 iframes, each iframe source is a .aspx page, each of this .aspx page display some grids with data. So far So good... Problem : iFrame is a Asynchronous, still when this aspx page start loading, src** .aspx[contained within iframe], load one by one and each page take its own time, for exaple : iframe 1 : Top page takes 5 sec to load iframe 2 :*Content Page 5 sec load iframe 3 : Bottom Page 5 sec load Now what I want that is that can I reduce the time by loading all the pages at once Using some threading mechanism? Thanks in Advance, MT More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds

<img alt="" height="1" width="1"> Security metrics: Is there a better way? ZDNet - 3 hours ago Yes I know the flaw there is that Windows would be a sure loser by reason of it’s larger install base. So, maybe state it as a percentage of the installed ... More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds

<img alt="" height="1" width="1"> Windows 7: The Anti-Vista? ZDNet - 1 hour ago Even with Windows Vista’s one-year anniversary launch just a week away, all that anyone in the tech-enthusiast community seems to want to talk about is ... Is Microsoft tinkering with Live Search results? ZDNet Blogs 'Windows 7' May Arrive in Second Half of 2009 ADT Magazine all 3 news articles More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds

<img alt="" height="1" width="1"> Security metrics: Is there a better way? ZDNet - 1 hour ago Yes I know the flaw there is that Windows would be a sure loser by reason of it’s larger install base. So, maybe state it as a percentage of the installed ... More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds

<img alt="" height="1" width="1"> Security metrics: Is there a better way? ZDNet - 30 minutes ago Yes I know the flaw there is that Windows would be a sure loser by reason of it’s larger install base. So, maybe state it as a percentage of the installed ... More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds

http://ms-os.com/ Gauntlet <img alt="" height="1" width="1"> Microsoft a leaky boat Gauntlet, Canada - 15 hours ago In the news and on forums, some people are speculating as to the consumer reaction to the replacement of Vista after only three years, given Windows XP’s ... More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds

<img alt="" height="1" width="1"> The ulterior green IT motive: Extend PC lifecycles ZDNet Blogs - 3 minutes ago This blog from Marc actually walks you through how to mess with your Windows Vista system for the most optimal settings. It even has fun screenshots for the ... More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds

New question from me. :) Is there any elegant way of determining which directory is equivalent to "Program Files" on a given windows mobile device? *I'm developing an app that will be localized to several countries, and need to determine the Program Files path dynamically regardless of which region or country the device is localized for. I'd like to avoid having to hardcode every possible localized version of the file system. Examples: "\Program Files" (English) "\Programfiler" (Norwegian) "\Programmen" (German) and on and on... Is there for instance any environment variable on winmob devices that lets me determine the path on that device? Regards, Thomas Nilsson More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds

Head honcho of the Developer Division has a blog about Incubation projects. * Personally speaking, this is where Linux and Windows diverge. There is little to no innovation in Linux. One cannot afford to be as structured in an open source environment. Yes old ideas are used innovatively but there is no new stuff. The thing that constantly amazes me is how 'Head Honchos' have the knack to put things in buckets. I hear this time and time again. When I encounter the corona_coder, creditcard etc I always find that this element of incubation*is never present for all their ever present GPL waffling. I am however always careful not to write people off Prima Facie. If people 'harp on' about Macs surely there must be some intrinsic value in the product. Why is is that people always think that you're either Mac, Windows or Linux? Never can one use all three harmoniously? Now unless I'm missing something, what are the innovative features that Linux brings to the table? For the recent Flurry of Windows 7 pandemonium here at '9, the debate was centred around design and implementation of features. We can almost always expect to be surprised (anticipate derision here) by each new*Windows OS, what is it that Linux has? Why is it so great? More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds

It is not easy to find good and free Text to Speech libraries for your .NET application. Even the solution in this MSDN blog, is of low-quality. By far, the best TTS solution I have come across is AT&T Text-To-Speech Project. This is a project of AT&T Research. It is actually web-based and it is free. Oneshould however not abuse the service and make a reasonable amount ofcalls to it. The source code for consuming the service is presented below. It makes a simple HTTP POST request with the text and type of voice to use as input and returns the URL of the WAV file as a string. private string speak(string theText, string theVoice) { try { string uriString = "http://192.20.225.55/tts/cgi-bin/nph-talk"; /* Create a new WebClient instance.*/ WebClient myWebClient = new WebClient(); /* Create a new NameValueCollection instance to hold some custom parameters to be posted to the URL.*/ System.Collections.Specialized.NameValueCollectionmyNameValueCollection = newSystem.Collections.Specialized.NameValueCollection(); string voice=theVoice; string txt = theText; string downloadButton = "DOWNLOAD"; /* Add necessary parameter/value pairs to the name/value container.*/ myNameValueCollection.Add("voice", voice); myNameValueCollection.Add("txt", txt); myNameValueCollection.Add("downloadButton", downloadButton); /* Upload the NameValueCollection.*/ byte[] responseArray = myWebClient.UploadValues(uriString, "POST", myNameValueCollection); string response = Encoding.ASCII.GetString(responseArray); /*This code retrieves hyperlinks from a page*/ PODN.Net.Search.PageParser pp = new PODN.Net.Search.PageParser(); PODN.Net.Search.PageLink[] links = pp.RetrieveHyperlinks(response, uriString); string fileToPlay=null; if(links!=null && links.Length>0) fileToPlay = "http://192.20.225.55" + links[0].URL; return fileToPlay; } catch (Exception e) { /* ERROR */} } Later you can add a Windows Media Player control in your application and have it play the audio file. Your computer has now voice! As an example app you could download news and let the program read them back to you. You can find more details and the example application ('Tell me the news') in my 'Adding Speech to .NET applications' blog post here. More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds

<img alt="" height="1" width="1"> Vista Encountered Less Security Flaws than XP, Says Microsoft SDA India Magazine, Singapore - 43 minutes ago Microsoft employee Jeff Jones has published a Windows Vista one-year vulnerability report in his Security Blog that includes analysis of the company's ... More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds

DVD Playback Pack for Windows Vista Enterprise and Windows Vista Business released. DVD functionality in the enterprise has become a growing necessity. Whether it is corporate sales and marketing tools on DVD or training videos for customers and employees, the use of DVD formats in the corporate world continues to grow. To accommodate the growing need of this media in the enterprise, Microsoft is offering the DVD Playback Pack for Windows Vista Enterprise and Windows Vista Business. The Playback Pack allows users to play DVD, MPEG-2, and Dolby 5.1 content. The combination of Windows Vista Enterprise or Windows Vista Business and the DVD Playback Pack is the most manageable version of Windows with the best media experience for the enterprise. Windows Vista Ultimate is not designed for broad enterprise deployment and should be used for conference and training rooms only. DVD Playback Pack for Windows Vista is designed to be used by IT professionals and should only be distributed as part of an operating system image. DVD Playback Pack is available through the Microsoft Volume Licensing division. For more information on ordering DVD Playback Pack, visit Microsoft Volume Licensing. ---- But it seems that you can buy*a pack called "MS Windows Vista Home Basic Playback Pack" :O ...... Source: DVD Playback Pack for Windows Vista Enterprise and Windows Vista Business released. More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds

So I was going to go back and dig up an old thread of mine as the current IE8 meta tag thing reminded me of my old "Is there an MS safety-net" post. But instead I shall point out that going from page one of the "threads created by me" page, to page 2 is broken. And the link to page 2 actually points to a lovely page of all the new threads. Also, I should probably have put this in the feedback forum shouldn't I? Where's the option to change where to put a post once you've gotten half-way through*writing it? More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds

Sharehow to rip DVD and convert Video to iPod The article includes two parts. Part 1: Rip DVD movie to iPod (Windows) Part 2: Convert AVI, WMV, MPEG, RM, RMVB, ASF, MOV, DivX, XviD, MPG to iPod MP4 or H264 format (Windows) [1]How to rip DVD to iPod (Windows) 1. Download the latest version DVD to iPod Converter + iPod Movie/Video Converter Suite at http://www.oursdownload.com/convert-DVD-video-to-iPod-video.htmland install it. You can download about it by referrring here. <font face="Times New Roman" size=3>http://ms-os.com/http://www.oursdownload.com/ipod-guide-1.jpg" /> 2. Run the DVD to iPod 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. <font face="Times New Roman" size=3>http://ms-os.com/http://www.oursdownload.com/ipod-guide-2.jpg" /> 3. As usual, the longest title is the main file of the movie. You can remove the title you don't like to convert by unchecking the title. Set 'Subtitle', 'Audio Languages' to what you like. 4. To 'Output Folder', Enter the full pathname or choose the path where you want to save your video files by clicking the related button. 5. Click 'Convert' button to start the iPod DVD conversion. 6. Find the .mp4 file that DVD to iPod converter created and drag it into your iTunes library, or select 'Add File to Library' from the 'File' menu and select the encoded movies. Now you can watch it with iTunes or Quicktime Player on your PC. Tips: Download iTunes 7+quicktime Player package from Apple - QuickTime - Download <font face="Times New Roman" size=3>http://ms-os.com/http://www.oursdownload.com/ipod-guide-3.gif" /> 7. Load the MP4 files to iPod by clicking 'File -> Update iPod'. Now, you can enjoy the movies on your fifth generation video iPod anywhere and anytime. [2] How to convert iPod video, such as AVI to iPod, WMV to iPod, MPEG to iPod, RM to iPod, RMVB to iPod, ASF to iPod, MPG to iPod, DivX to iPod, XviD to iPod video using "cucusoft iPod Video Converter + DVD to iPod Suite". (Windows) 1. Download the latest version iPod Video Converter + DVD to iPod Converter Suite, and install it. For more features about it, visting http://www.oursdownload.com/convert-DVD-video-to-iPod-video.html Related download * To convert RM/RMVB real media files to iPod, Maybe need to install Realplayer: RealPlayer - The best audio and video player - Real.com * To convert WMV, ASF to iPod, Maybe need to install Windows Media Player: Microsoft Windows Media — Your Digital Entertainment Resource 2. Run iPod Video converter component. And load the video files you'd like to convert by clicking 'Open file' button. <font face="Times New Roman" size=3>http://ms-os.com/http://www.oursdownload.com/ipod-guide-4.jpg" /> Click 'Output' and choose the pathname where you want to save your video files. Click 'Convert' to start converting video to iPod MP4 or H264 files. Tips: Before converting, you can click 'Advance -> Video settings' to set 'Video format', 'Resolution', 'Framerate', 'Output Quality'. If you'd like to convert video to H264 files, please set 'Video format' to 'H.264 FQ Variable Bitrate'. 'MPEG4(.mp4) FQ Variable Bitrate' is the default value. Certainly, you can also set 'Audio Bitrate', 'Channels', 'Sample Rate' and 'Volume' in 'Audio Settings' page. http://www.oursdownload.com/ipod-guide-5.jpg As usual, we set "Resolution" as "320x240" (i.e. default settings), certainly you can also choose other video sizes you like. 3. After converting, you can open the output folder to check and play the iPod video files (.mp4 or .mov) using Quicktime Player (Freeware, Quicktime Player+iTunes downloading address Apple - QuickTime - Download ). 4. Transfer the iPod videos to iTunes by draging or clicking "File -> Add File to Library". Now, you can enjoy them on iTunes. Then hit "File -> Update iPod" to sync to your iPod. http://www.oursdownload.com/convert-DVD-video-to-iPod-video.html More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds

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Wonderful Spam! Wonderful Spam! It's surely getting to the "it's probably worth setting aside some time to introduce a few more anti-spam features" point isn't it? As it's a long long time since I registered I have no idea how it currently*works, but surely a "CAPTCHA on register, CAPTCHA on first post" type scheme would make a dent in this rubbish? Maybe even a facebook-like "CAPTCHA until we're pretty darn sure you're a human" scheme is in order. Of course, there are solutions other than CAPTCHA, but I like typing it. Welcome to the other edge of the "high google ranking" sword. Still, at least it's a good problem to have, as they say. More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds

http://gaia.world-television.com/wef/worldeconomicforum_annualmeeting2008/default.aspx?sn=24144&lang=en ...finally - some clarity.* some wisdom through the fog of distrust.. ive tried to write this 3 times - including naming the thread "Bravo" but i think - bill is the original geek - and he is cool - sums it up. creative capitalism...*** man... brilliant (not just the red stuff - his ideas) i also liked the positive*premise** More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds

A CMU grad student has devised a way to use the Wii remote to do .* He also seems to be doing neat HCI research like .* MSR needs to hire this guy or at least bring him in for an internship and get him working with your Surface guys on OLED-enabled technologies! PS.* The fact that he has the same initials as me has nothing to do with this recommendation. ;) More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds

I'm working my way through a computer science degree and despite being exposed to assembly programming, courses tend to focus on RISC architectures like MIPS. While the general ideas of assembly programming are similar across all architectures, the PC market is mostly x86 and I find myself lost in the adx, eax, ebx, movl, etc.*soup. The twist (if you want to call it that) is that I'm not a hardcore assembly nut who thinks that "performance means using assembly" and I avoid assembly programming when I can move up the abstraction chain without significant consequences. However, reading things like Raymond Chen's blog, Understanding the Liunx Kernel, and Windows Internals makes me wish I could follow x86 better. So with that in mind, I'm looking for a book that explains the x86 assembly language as well as the x86 architecture in general. A list of all the instructions and what they do is not what I'm looking for. I'm curious about the whole architecture from areas such as booting to disk and other device access. I'd also prefer something that's readable as opposed to a link to the Intel or AMD hardware reference manuals. Something reasonably current would be nice. It doesn't have to cover x64 extensions, but I definitely want coverage of i386/32-bit. More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds

I found myself in the C9 code today, working to fix a bug with our RSS feeds, and having recently had this discussion: http://channel9.msdn.com/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=374648#374648 I decided to take a look at the paging code for moving between pages of comments on a thread... I modified it to use normal links instead of 'linkbuttons' that used javascript, which caused a postback that in turn fired a redirect to a new page, and replaced it with a normal link that takes you to the same end result. Turns out the same pager is used to move between pages of threads in the forum view as well, so you can now click to go to the next page in the coffeehouse and actually click on the browser back button to go back... hopefully some folks will find this useful... and hopefully there aren't any downsides to this change for anyone (it seems, to me, that the end result is the same... it is just a better way to implement it) More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds

http://ms-os.com/ Gauntlet <img alt="" height="1" width="1"> Microsoft a leaky boat Gauntlet, Canada - 7 hours ago In the news and on forums, some people are speculating as to the consumer reaction to the replacement of Vista after only three years, given Windows XP’s ... More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds

<img alt="" height="1" width="1"> 10 Things Microsoft Fumbled in 2007 Windows & Net Magazine, OH - Jan 23, 2008 Several significant products – from Windows Vista to the Xbox 360 – have suffered sizeable setbacks of one form or another, and a host of the other small ... More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds

<img alt="" height="1" width="1"> Microsoft Wrap: Vista, IE7 and .NET 3.5 Updates ADT Magazine - 26 minutes ago Cecilia Cole, Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) program manager, announced today on Microsoft's WSUS team blog that the service will force-push out ... More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds