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Updated Dell D820 Vista Video Driver and my Windows Experience Index dropped a point!

Well I wasn't expecting that! Aero performance on my Dell laptop on RTM Vista seemed clunky (especially the Windows Tab application switching). In fact my recollection of my old Acer Ferrari running&...

Customising Outlook 2007 to be a better RSS Reader

Owen recently blogged about how he doesn't really like Outlook 2007 as a RSS Reader. I interpreted the gist of this post, with which I mostly agreed, as the difference between a Domain Specific t...

Wasn't expecting to like the XBox 360 so much...

I spoilt myself at Christmas and bought myself a Microsoft XBox steering wheel. It came bundled with Project Gotham Racing 3 - and I'm just loving it! I'm playing it via my 1280x1024 LCD computer moni...

Turn on Windows XP SP2 Compatibility for Juice to make it work on Vista

So if you installed Juice for downloading Podcasts and are wondering why it won't work - this is it. Summarised here: 1. Open Explorer and locate the Juice.exe file. 2. Right-click on Juice.exe and ch...

Windows Mobile Device Center is still in Beta

During the RC days of Vista earlier in 2006 I was impressed with the simplicity of just plugging in my Windows Mobile 5 PDA Phone and it all being a cinch to sync. No Active Sync misery (although the ...

Windows Vista RC1 and SQL Server 2005

It would seem that some magic is afoot with application compatibility in Windows Vista. After I installed SQL Server 2005 x64 onto a Windows Vista RC1 x64 machine it tried to launch the Surface Area C...

Did Agile kill the Architecture star?

I finally got around to writing this article! Inspired by a DotNetRocks podcast on Test Driven Development, I felt I wanted to set the record straight (or at least offer my tuppence) on a growing misi...

Printing from Windows XP 64 bit to a HP LaserJet 5100 Series

Native 64 bit drivers is about the only real issue I have faced with Windows XP 64 bit, especially when it comes to printers, and even more especially when not directly attached! I recently got this r...

Podroll

OK - I've never heard it called this before - I made it up. I thought I would just link to the two podcasts I regularly listen to:.NET RocksThe Internet audio talk show for .NET developers. I've liste...

Windows Mobile 5 synchronising with Exchange Server 2003 SP2

Thanks to my friend Jed I have managed to get my O2 XDA Mini S Pocket PC running Windows Mobile 5 to synch with our office Exchange Server for email.Whilst running an Orange SPV C500 Smart Phone runni...

Accessing shared printers from Windows XP 64 bit causes driver problems. Solved.

If I plug my HP PSC 750 printer, scanner and copier machine directly into my Windows XP 64 bit laptop it all works by magic. The laptop recognises the printer precisely and installs it all - printer, ...

SQL Server 2005 64 bit Developer Edition running on Windows XP 64 bit

The full install of SQL Server 2005 64 bit edition is up and running on Windows XP 64 bit. During the install it warned me that IIS and ASP.Net was configured to run 32 bit. This was because during th...

NTI CD & DVD-Maker 7 does not play well with Least Privilege User

First of all this software would not detect the DVD/CD rewriter. I then ran MakeMeAdmin and it then recognised the drive but when it went to burn the disk it would not recognise that a disk was in the...

Microsoft Virtual Server SP1 Beta installed and running on Windows XP 64 bit.

A small 15MB download, a slick install and that was that! Virtual Server running on a 64 bit host.I added my domain account the necessary permissions to manage Virtual Server ( I am running as Least P...

Welcome to the Microsoft Virtual Server SP1 Beta!

So, I am on the beta program. It is a shame I am going to be installing beta software on my main machine, but that is a price I am going to have to pay!! I should be able to download the code in 24 ho...

Virtual PC does not install on Windows XP 64 bit - roll on Virtual Server 2005 R2

I knew this before I embarked on this mission, and my hope lay with Virtual Server 2005 R2which will support 64 hosts (find out more here). Ihave just enrolled on theBeta program and hope to be accept...

MSN and Google Desktop Search don't work on Windows XP 64 bit

I had become a heavy user of MSN Desktop search, and the move to Windows XP 64 bit has set this step forward right back! Take a look at these pictures: Ultimately it comes down to shell integration -...

Setting up the Acer Ferrari 4000 and not every fault is because of 64 bits!

Finally got my grubby mitts on the Acer Ferrari today and am blogging from it right now usingthe InfoPath .Text blogging client.Everything has been just fine so far. The Plantronics DSP 300 USB headse...

Windows XP 64-bit IIS and .Net 1.1

When installing .Net 1.1 and Service Pack 1 on Windows XP 64 bit you get the following message:This software has known incompatibility with IIS services on this platform. To maintain IIS functionality...

Developing with Least Privilege and the Browser Appliance

Listening to a DotNetRocks show on "Developing with Least Privilege" some time ago reminded me of trying this in Summer 2003. With the arrival of the new laptop I am going to start again.Apparently ...

Increasing resilience of data on your home PC using Robocopy

Since having kids and taking digital photos and moviesof them as they grow up, it has thrust upon my home PC a level of responsibility hitherto not really required. My PC is an old home built system t...

TomTom Mobile 5 Review

ZDnet have a review of TomTom Mobile 5. I have used this a couple of times recently having just upgraded. One problem that I have now that I did not have before is that it sometimes thinks it is being...

Upgrading to TomTom Mobile 5

I have been to TomTom to upgrade to version 5. Since the recent house move, I could not find the box the product came in and the product code along with it. The concept of GMailcame true - massive sto...

Windows Vista formerly Longhorn

We have been waiting for Longhorn for so long I can't imagine the "Windows Vista" nameever replacing it!! Nice to see that the huge image on the Microsoft home page results in a page not found (as o...

Might be moving to 64 bit

Slowly but surely the laptops at work are being refreshed. The standard laptop that is being pushed out is a very nice HP Centrino notebook with 2GB RAM. We spend most of our time running VMs and incr...

Mr Griggs turns the spam tide here on realise-systems.net

Many thanks to Ian for installing Clearscreen SharpHIP HIP-CATCHA Control for ASP.Net on our .Text site. It has turned the tide on all the damned spam we were getting through the feedback pages.Accord...

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