I picked up Flight Simulator X a while ago, installed it and Activated it. This hands Microsoft my Product Key, which they validate, and then unlocks the software. I recently installed Windows Vista, and when I reinstalled Flight Simulator and went to Activate it, I assumed I’d be on the phone to Microsoft begging them […]
I’ve been using the Windows Movie Maker tool in Vista to do some simple video editing, and it’s been working beautifully for me.. until recently when it just stopped. Now when I import any video clip, even ones that worked before, I get: Then WMM has compatibility options to disable video filters – I disabled […]
I’ve just finished installing Vista, and the first app I installed was Windows Live Writer. So far so good – the only device I’ve noticed I don’t have a driver installed for is my sound card, and Vista has given my computer a 4.4 “Experience Index”. Some trivia: It took 25 minutes from booting the […]
Now that Microsoft has released PowerShell, I’ve created a quick reference guide for the cmd shell commands that I use frequently, mostly because I keep forgetting them. I’ve posted it as a PowerShell Cheatsheet. It’s funny that the ads Google associates with it are for people looking for ways to cheat on exams.
MSDN will have Vista available for download on November 17th. I’ve got a hard drive ready.
This is great news, but what do you want to bet it won’t be available in Canada? It’s amazing how US-centric Microsoft is when it comes to online media (MSN Music, Zune, etc), considering how global they are in general.
I wonder what this error really means. XBox Live is currently sorta-down, and it’s been in a sorta-down state for the last two days. Games mostly work, the forums on xbox.com are down, and XBox Live has just been flaky. Sometimes I can’t connect, but when I can, trying to download the new Lumines game […]
There’s a demo of Sega’s new MMO, Phantasy Star Universe, on XBox Live Marketplace. It’s a beta, but the game is scheduled to be in stores in about two weeks, so I doubt much is going to happen between now and final release. There were some glitches with the game, mainly frequent server disconnects, but […]
It’s really hard to take Microsoft’s .NET strategy seriously when they make boneheaded moves like this. Okay, so the framework needs to be modularized. Do it. You’re one big company, surely you can make it happen. This shows either a lack of committment to Vista Server Core, or a lack of committment to .NET. Which […]
One subtle way to encourage users to buy a new version of your software, is to make the old version feel old. If the only difference between the previous version and the current version is features, and the previous version has all the features that the user needs, then what incentive is there to upgrade? […]