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Are we going to get a refresh of WinFX for Visual Studio 2005 RTM? Unless I'm mistaken, the last WinFX preview was in September for VS 2005 beta 2
Posted: Nov 06 2005, 07:36 AM by mdavey | with 5 comment(s)
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Dual GPU graphics cards
I need to upgrade my Dell desktop graphics card since Vista doesn't have any suitable drivers for the existing GeForce2 MX 400 card. Since I've been meaning to upgrade the graphics card for a while, I thought I'd go dual monitor as well. Does anyone have...
Posted: Nov 01 2005, 08:39 AM by mdavey | with no comments
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Vista PDC build 5219
Meant to blog this a while ago. The PDC build still doesn't work properly on my Compaq . The internal network card still isn't picked up, and there is no Longhorn Display Driver Mode (LDDM) driver for the machine either :( Not happy.
Posted: Oct 03 2005, 08:40 AM by mdavey | with 2 comment(s)
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"Its not going to work"
Paul's article provides an interesting insight into Microsoft and Vista's development. It a shame Paul hasn't actually been able to speak to the people who are knowledgeable about the "reset" event. It would be interesting to find out what the general...
Posted: Sep 30 2005, 09:33 PM by mdavey | with 1 comment(s)
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Windows Vista build 5112 Installed
I've just spent the last 45 minutes installing Vista on my Dell desktop, and my Compaq nx9010 portable. I have to agree with Erik with regards the install process. The two steps are worthless. Overall I am impressed with the performance for beta 1. Much...
Posted: Jul 28 2005, 09:38 PM by mdavey | with 6 comment(s)
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Where is my Windows Vista beta 1 invitation?
I've been a beta tester for various flavours of Microsoft Windows for a number of years, always submitting defect reports, so I was expecting an invitation for Vista. Over the last few months I've received invitations to MSN Mobile beta, Windows Server...
Posted: Jul 27 2005, 09:09 AM by mdavey | with 4 comment(s)
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Longhorn. Is it totally lost?
Maybe its me, but almost every month Longhorn appears to loose features (either by backporting the same feature or dropping them completely) - MSH ("Monad") appears to be the latest. Indigo and Avalon are already available as pre-release software on Windows...
Posted: Jun 11 2005, 07:25 AM by mdavey | with 1 comment(s)
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Finally installed Indigo/Avalon CTP Mar 2005, VS CTP Feb 2005
It's been rather hectic at work (new releases of our application to production), hence why I am only just getting around to installing Indigo/Avalon CTP and VS 2005 CTP . Only problem I ran into was removing beta 1 - but thanks to Sam's blog, the issue...
Posted: Apr 08 2005, 12:38 PM by mdavey | with 1 comment(s)
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Barclays plans Longhorn upgrade
Well if this is true then Barclays will be ahead of the curve, and its a win for Microsoft over Linux in the UK. I'd be interested to know if this also applies to Barclays Capital - the investment banking division of Barclays which has always used a lot...
Posted: May 28 2004, 11:23 AM by mdavey | with no comments
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XAML Everywhere
First we had Miguel de lcaza blogging about Linux and XAML, now its Brian Duff blogging with regards to Java and XAML "XML Client/Service and the Java Platform Take On .NET" has been published on the Sun site and makes for interesting reading: "On the...
Posted: May 18 2004, 08:28 AM by mdavey | with 2 comment(s)
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