May 2005 - Posts

Windows Media Center 2004 & Windows Update, XP SP2 problem free....

About 6 months ago I was a little weary of upgrading my Windows Media Center 2004 box with all of the latest Critical Updates from MS so I waited (my brother completely disabled MCE 2004 when he did), but last night I took the plunge and installed everything that Windows Update recommended because I am about to move to Media Center 2005 in my media room and I didn't care this time if I hurt anything.  Everything went great, and Media Center 2004 runs fine with XP Pro SP2 installed.  I haven't had any problems, and after some tweaking to my video card running through the menu system is much smoother.  I am going to upgrade to Windows Media Center 2005 tonight and start looking at the Media Center 2005 SDK. 

On a side note, I also got a new Dell Inspiron 6000d with Media Center 2005 preinstalled and I couldn't have made a better decision.  That's got to be the best $39 I have spent on a computer (that's all it was to upgrade at Dell).

Posted Tuesday, May 17, 2005 9:55 AM by jindar | with no comments

North Dallas .NET Users Group meeting tonight - Introduction to BizTalk 2004

NDDNUG's own Jim Martin will be presenting this month!
Wednesday, May 4, 2005, 6:00pm

Jim Martin
»telligent		 Developing Enterprise Solutions, an introduction in BizTalk 2004
Jim will be presenting on BizTalk 2004 as a whole and will then focus on key portions of the framework such as orchestrations, pipelines, maps, custom functoids (both inline and referenced assemblies), and ports. He will give a very brief overview of all of these areas and how they are used to connect enterprise systems/applications into one coherent system of operation. Jim’s presentation will be very hands on with limited slide deck interaction.

About the Speaker:
Jim Martin began his development career with Fujitsu Network Communications in Richardson, Texas. While at Fujitsu, Jim worked in Human Resources Information Systems where he was responsible for developing and supporting various HR related custom solutions to include custom applications connected to Fujitsu’s SAP system. After five years with Fujitsu, Jim took an opportunity with Brinks Information Technology Group where his primary responsibilities were .NET Development and BizTalk 2004 development and support. After almost two years with Brinks, Jim accepted an opportunity as an Application Developer with Telligent Systems in Dallas, Texas. Jim’s main responsibility with Telligent is developing custom applications to meet various customers’ needs.

Posted Wednesday, May 04, 2005 9:28 AM by jindar | with no comments
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