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CS2008
I have upgraded the blog to CS2008 tonight. It mostly went well, but I did waste an hour trying to get my media files to be served. Turned out that the issue was that the AppPool in IIS now needs to be run under Integrated rather than Classic. See here...
Give me the media and the Ultimate Boot CD
My dad bought a laptop that came with the typical factory image full of junk. It crashed constantly, didn't detect the anti-virus that was installed and wouldn't allow me to activate Windows Defender. It also only had the system partition for data. All...
Outlook has a dialog open, but it doesn't
I was playing with a new profile on my laptop last night as I was wanting to work with Outlook data syncing to my phone without changing the data on my normal profile. After I logged in, I found that Outlook wasn't responsive. I could use the mouse to...
Log in form usability problem
I've just realised a usability problem with website log in forms. The "remember my password" checkbox is almost always below the log in button. For keyboard support, the sequence goes like this: Give focus to the username field (any good app would do...
Using a Vista x64 network printer from Vista x86
I have installed Vista x64 on my server which has a USB printer attached to it. I have shared this printer so that other machines on the network can use it as a network printer. I found that I could see the printer from my Vista x86 laptop, but it just...
US ISV Developer Evangelism Team : Free Software, Students and Technology
This is great news from Microsoft. I remember being a poor uni student when it was difficult to afford even the academic software. Hopefully this deal will come to Australia as well. US ISV Developer Evangelism Team : Free Software, Students and Technology
Scope Sneak
I came up with a new term today - scope sneak . Sneak [sneek]: verb, sneaked or snuck, sneak·ing, noun –verb (used without object) to go in a stealthy or furtive manner; slink; skulk. to act in a furtive or underhand way. British Informal. to tattle;...
IE7 fails to print on Vista
I keep coming across this problem. IE7 fails to print a document, asking the user to check that the address is correct, indicating that the address is a temporary file located in C:\Users\[Username]\AppData\Local\Temp\Low. Sometimes changing folder permissions...
Windows Live Direct Links
I had a bit of a rant earlier about the Windows Live unified installer. Today I came across Long's post about how the installer works and Rafael's x64 pain . Rafael's post lead me to do a search for the WLW installation name of Install_{1F973A7F-3FE4...
The pain and rudeness of Windows Live (Writer)
I think that Windows Live Writer is a great product, but I suspect that the team has been forced into doing things a certain way. I'm sure the Windows Live Writer team is not totally to blame for this, but the impact is the same regardless. Beta 3 has...
Blog != RSS
I have to admit that I have an expectation that where there is a blog, there is an RSS feed. Its a shame that MSNBC haven't got this synergy for the PhotoBlog . There is however an RSS feed for The Week in Pictures which is great.
VS2008 this year, not next year
This post is a great clarification about the Orcas release date. Orcas will be released this year. February 27 is just the launch date.
Frank is on the move
Congratulations Frank . Sadly for Australia, I don't think you can ever replace someone like Frank.
Now with added sql
This one came around via email. I think "Oops" would be an appropriate word.
CAPTCHA has arrived
Upgrading to CS2007 was really painless, but there was a hole left in my site because of no CAPTCHA support. Well, that has all changed now. A huge thanks and shout out to Brendan who has produced the CAPTCHA goods . His implementation was so easy to...
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