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On the cover of PC World February 2008

17February2008GeekTieGuyPersonal

Okay, time for a little bragging :). I was at the local Fry’s yesterday, buying a new hard drive to replace one that’s about to go bad, and on my way out I stopped by the magazine racks. Imagine my surprise when I saw this on the cover: How cool to see the product you

Vista SP1 – still no audio after resume from sleep

12February2008GeekTieGuy43 CommentsSoftware, Vista

[Update 2012-03-03: Since there still seems to be no real solution at the driver level (after 4 years), I’ve written a little app, that at least puts a band-aid on the problem. Check it out. Now you can reset the device without having to go to Device Manager and disabling/re-enabling the device.] [Update 2 2008-11-29:

Windows "7": What will Microsoft learn from Windows Vista?

10February2008GeekTieGuy2 CommentsOpinion, Vista

Vista Service Pack 1 is in the can. It’s no coincidence that Vista SP1 and Server 2008 are “here” at the same time. They’re one and the same apart from the differences in “configuration”, i.e. Client vs. Server stuff. Server 2008 is the product that should have been released in a “Client” version under the

Can’t install .NET 3.5 on Vista x64? Try uninstalling KB110806.

1February2008GeekTieGuy3 CommentsSoftware, Vista, WPF

The title says it all. Several attempts I’ve made at installing the .NET Framework 3.5 on x64 Vista boxes failed with Error 1603. After a prolonged Google search, IÂ foundÂ a forum with someone mentioningÂ to uninstall KB110806, which seems to be related to .NET 2.0 SP1. I forget the forum and the details. Anyway, if you’re having

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On the cover of PC World February 2008

Vista SP1 – still no audio after resume from sleep

Windows "7": What will Microsoft learn from Windows Vista?

Can’t install .NET 3.5 on Vista x64? Try uninstalling KB110806.