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Many moons ago, I wrote an article on Windows Vista audio. It's in danish though, so unless you enjoy the diagrams and pictures, you'll probably not be interested. But since it's been several months since it was supposed to be published, slowed by the delay in a site update, I thought I'd "publish" it here. It's meant as a general introduction to the architechture with some hints to end-users as well as some insight for the more technically minded. WVA*[link to blog post with download in three formats] Slut herfra. ;) More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds

Hi All, Since installing SP1RC I've been having issues with USB Devices not being recognized/not connecting. I'm running Lenovo T60P Laptop and my Sirius Stiletto 2 will not recognized as well as my Sony Cyber-shot DSC-T10 camera. The Stiletto 2 error is: Device driver software was not successfully installed MTP Device: Failed Please consult with your device manufacturer for assistance getting this device installed. The Sony DSC-T10 camera makes the USB Connect Sound, but it doesn't connect, the memory storage doesn't show up under my computer. I'm wondering if anyone has any insights as to how to get this fixed - 2 of my key media devices have lost connectivity with my PC. Thanks! Ivan More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds

<img alt="" height="1" width="1"> Microsoft Plans Two Windows Security Bulletins Next Week InformationWeek, NY - 23 hours ago The "Critical" bulletin affects Windows Vista, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition Service Pack 2, and Windows XP Service Pack 2. ... Microsoft: Critical Vista Patch Coming eWeek all 39 news articles More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds

Cash Cow is what Windows Vista is all about. Forget about the critics, forget about the bash, forget that it was ranked as the worst product in 2007 by a reputable site. Numbers matter and Vista made a statement.Microsoft sales in client division which includes the Microsoft Vista operating system:rising 24.8% to $4.1 billion for [...] More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds

Microsoft is releasing a security update on January 8 which includes 1 critical and 1 important update.The critical update is for Remote Code Execution and the important update is for Local Elevation of PrivilegeThe bulletin assignment is found here.Share This More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds

http://byfiles.storage.live.com/y1pKq0iukjgNXiweXwD6vnvyik5zMOjDiFJ9jNLb6dV4s0CR2tc8kl1FsU8ICGfG9gZz0t4nUOyPgM When I'm looking at pages like this... It's driving me mad. I so stupid! It's ridiculous! How people must be sick to do such things?"rights reasons"?!?! WTF!?! "moronity reasons"!!!*[6] More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds

I just followed one of the links to the MIX University to have a look at the Silverlight Firestarter, and came across this: http://www.visitmix.com/University/silverlight/firestarter/ Take a particularly good look at the rollover on the right - I don't know what the hell it's doing, but they're obviously not doing it right. The rollover animation is sparodic and jumpy, and it wasn't even that great an idea to start off with. You'll also notice on the left panel that the overlay highlighting doesn't follow the Z-index of the pictures correctly or smoothly. A particularly bad example of Silverlight usage, and certainly not something that should be the frontpage advert for new Silverlight users. Edit: It seems to work better in IE7 (but is still jumpy and ugly) - it's truly appalling in Firefox. More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds

I started a new blog a couple of days ago and it's not yet very well promoted so I'll take a stab on it here. I posted an article today that should interest anyone who does unit testing in .net. http://ondevelopment.blogspot.com/2008/01/unit-testing-pattern.html Hope you like my blog and please comment on it. Cheers, Patrik More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds

<img alt="" height="1" width="1"> Underexposed blog: links of the day CNET News.com, CA - Jan 3, 2008 See Adobe response here: http://blogs.adobe.com/jnack/2007/12/whats_with_adob.html Olympus raw codec for Windows Vista - Olympus joins Nikon, Canon, ... More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds

Channel 8's new website is up :) Yay! What do you think? More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds

<img alt="" height="1" width="1"> Windows Web technologies work, only as long as you are not ... Geekzone, New Zealand - 40 minutes ago ... confirmed and shown in this blog post. Currently switching main box from WindowsXP to Fedora (UNIX) slowly.. MACOS, ahem,, VISTA has killed windows. ... More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds

This Documentary shows the Benefits of Free and Open Source Software for development countries. The crew of independent producers who made the film went to nearly adozen countries around the world to see how the adoption of FOSSpresents opportunities for industry and capacity development, softwarepiracy reduction, and localization and customization for diversecultural and development needs. Stories from The Codebreakers include computer and Internet accessfor school children in Africa, reaching the poor in Brazil, tortoisebreeding programmes in the Galapagos, connecting villages in Spain, anddisaster management in Sri Lanka. The documentary also includesinterviews from key figures around the world. This Video was produced by the Asia Pasific Development information Programme. The Video is availible under an free creative commons attribution 2.5 Licsense. Watch this free Video: Fullscreen: http://67.55.49.220/backup/Linux.html Stream: http://blip.tv/file/388239/ More Informations: http://www.apdip.net/news/fossdoc http://www.tveap.org/news/0608foss.html More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds

Since I originally posted the Washington Post foul-up, then I think its only fair that the RIAA point of view gets an airing. http://ms-os.com/Themes/AlmostGlass/images/icon-quote.gif Engadget wrote:Speaking to NPR, RIAA president Cary Sherman flatly said "the story is just wrong." Sherman went on to say that the RIAA hasn't ever prosecuted anyone for ripping or copying for personal use, and that the only issue in the Jeffrey Howell case was -- as always -- sharing files on Kazaa. Perhaps most interestingly, Sherman directly addressed the "ripping is just a nice way of saying 'steals one copy'" comment made by Sony BMG's anti-piracy counsel in the Jammie Thomas case, saying that the attorney "misspoke," and that neither Sony BMG or the RIAA agreed with that position.however http://ms-os.com/Themes/AlmostGlass/images/icon-quote.gif Engadget wrote:Of course, it wasn't all sunshine and cupcakes -- Sherman refused to straight-up answer the question of whether or not ripping was legal, saying instead that "there are 100 hypotheticals" and that "copyright law is very complicated." Of course, what he's really saying is that courts haven't made an clear determination of fair use regarding ripping and that he's covering the industry's collective (I need to watch my language) -- which explains his hilariously out-of-touch explanation that making copies onto "analog cassettes, special audio CD-Rs, minidiscs, and digital tapes" is legal, because those are all expressly allowed by law. On the other hand, Sherman also said that RIAA's interpretation of the law "doesn't really matter," because "not a single claim has ever been brought over personal use. ... so they're still not prepared to give a definitive answer on the question ... Full story here. More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds

http://www.cesweb.org/attendees/conferences/keynotes.asp http://www.cesweb.org/images/speakers/2k7_Gates.jpg http://www.cesweb.org/global_images2005/spacer.gif http://www.cesweb.org/global_images2005/spacer.gif http://www.cesweb.org/global_images2005/spacer.gif Pre-show Keynote Address 6:30 p.m. Sunday, January 6, 2008, The Venetian, Palazzo Ballroom Bill Gates Chairman, Microsoft Corp. Under Bill Gates’ leadership, Microsoft has continually advanced and improved software technology. With the full attention of the consumer technology world, Gates has previously used the International CES to preview products and technology on the horizon for consumers. Microsoft’s previous product debuts at CES include consumer technologies and services such as the Xbox, Tablet PC, eBook, Microsoft TV and Windows Vista. Gates general admission seating process: The International CES will be instituting a new seating process for general admission to the Gates keynote only. The queue for general admission to the Gates keynote opens*2 p.m.*Sunday, January 6, on level 2 of The Venetian at the bottom of the escalator outside of the Venetian business center. Attendees arriving before*2 p.m.*will be turned away until the line officially opens.*Each person will be provided a wristband on a first-come, first-served basis and directed to wait in line. All attendees must be present to receive a wristband. Attendees arriving after all wristbands have been distributed will be informed that general admission seats are filled and will be turned away from the keynote. Attendees with wristbands must stay in line to ensure their seat in the theater. The wristbands serve as a means to confirm who has been in line for the duration and to eliminate any potential “seat savers.” It does not serve as a ticket or other guarantee allowing someone to leave and return. More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds

So I've been offered a contractor position with a fairly decent company...I didn't know where they were located so I drove out there and took a look at it....kinda big and nice but just right up the road and didn't know they were even there.... So I took a picture of the front name post.... http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2018/2167105092_2b52546d3d_o.jpg Should be starting soon.... More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds

how to make Rectangle*movement( left to right)**animation with wpf c# code thanks More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds

I'm writing a Windows Service for reading data from COM port under WinXP. The service requires startup parameters. I have no problem reading the parameters from Environment.GetCommandLineArgs(). However when I type the parameters at the "Service" MMC panel, the value is lost whenever I press "OK" to close it. I've tried to set it to "manual" then "automatic" again just to make the "Apply" button enabled. But it also doesn't keep the value when "Apply" is pressed. I've tried Close the service, set the parameters, then Start it again. The parameters doesn't pass to the service when it starts... and lost when "OK" is pressed. It seems to me the "startup parameters" box is not connected to anything... is it a bug or it is to be used with some fancy special way? Meanwhile I just go to HKLM\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\\ImagePath and append the parameters there, but ask the user to change COM port setting doesn't sound good to me. I wish it could be done using a more standard way - using the MMC Service panel. More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds

Linux will continue to have a growing userbase as Ubuntu is takng over. Silverlight and Windows Server 2008 will bomb.* Silverlight is a failure already and Server 2008 isnt shaping up well. Apple will develop their software to run on Linux via Ubuntu Canonical will have Ubuntu deployed via more OEM partners, ie HP, IBM, Sony. Microsoft marketshare will continue to dwindle. Bill Gates will retire. Google will continue to be the defacto standard in search with their stock approaching $2,000.00 Live search, Windows Vista and office 2007 will continue to fail and infuriating customers marking a huge migration to Ubuntu. More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds

<img alt="" height="1" width="1"> Doing Dvorak Windows & Net Magazine, OH - 53 minutes ago I changed my Windows Vista laptop keyboard from English-US to English-US-Dvorak in Control Panel, taped a template from one of the Dvorak Web sites to the ... More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds

<img alt="" height="1" width="1"> Doing Dvorak Windows & Net Magazine, OH - 19 minutes ago I changed my Windows Vista laptop keyboard from English-US to English-US-Dvorak in Control Panel, taped a template from one of the Dvorak Web sites to the ... More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds

<img alt="" height="1" width="1"> What Will Be the Future? PC World - 1 hour ago I know that I personally took a vow to never use Windows Vista if Microsoft doesn't please me with one of their updates, and I really don't think they will. ... The Five Most Significant Tech Trends of 2007 Gadget all 6 news articles More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds

<img alt="" height="1" width="1"> What Will Be the Future? PC World - 29 minutes ago I know that I personally took a vow to never use Windows Vista if Microsoft doesn't please me with one of their updates, and I really don't think they will. ... More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds

<img alt="" height="1" width="1"> Screenshot Tour: Microsoft Word and Excel 2007 Lifehacker, CA - 7 minutes ago The "productivity suite" everyone loves to hate - Microsoft Office - is coming out with a brand spankin' new version with Windows Vista next month later ... More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds

http://ms-os.com/ CNET Blogs <img alt="" height="1" width="1"> HP's MediaSmart Receiver x280N streams media via a home network ... CNET Blogs, CA - Jan 2, 2008 Don is a member of the CNET Blog Network, and posts at The Digital Home. He is not an employee of CNET. As many of you are aware, I think Windows Vista is a ... More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds

<img alt="" height="1" width="1"> Microsoft Plans Two Windows Security Bulletins Next Week InformationWeek, NY - 39 minutes ago The "Critical" bulletin affects Windows Vista, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition Service Pack 2, and Windows XP Service Pack 2. ... More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds