Running Virtual Server 2005 on Vista
Posted by: Owen on Saturday, 5th Jan, 2008
I’ve just spent the evening struggling trying to get Virtual Server running on Vista. How hard can it be, you ask? It’s a Microsoft application to be installed on a Microsoft OS, right? Well, Vista has been very much engineered to “protect” the user, so basically some components you need aren’t installed, the default installation [...]
Vista revitalised
Posted by: Owen on Tuesday, 7th Aug, 2007
I found a post on Techmeme that mentioned that there was an update out for Vista to deal with some performance and reliability issues. I downloaded it, installed it and my computer feels visably quicker. I don’t know if there’s a physiological element here; whether knowing that I’ve installed a performance update makes my computer [...]
Running the BBC iPlayer on Vista
Posted by: Owen on Sunday, 5th Aug, 2007
Well, I’ve been keeping my eye on the BBC iPlayer project for a few months now. They’ve been the subject of quite a bit of criticism recently based on the fact that their client runs on Windows XP only, no Mac, no Linux, no Vista. However, this week I came across a thread that implies [...]
Google makes Microsoft change Vista
Posted by: Owen on Wednesday, 20th Jun, 2007
Interesting news today about how Microsoft is having to modify Vista to make it easier for third parties to deploy their own desktop search products on their flagship operating system. This will be part of SP1 for Vista and should be ready to be released through their normal software distribution channels. This change was instigated [...]
Vista RC/Beta set to reboot over and over and over …
Posted by: Owen on Wednesday, 25th Apr, 2007
Here’s a novel way to stop people using your beta software. Windows Vista betas and Release Candidates are set to expire at the end of this month and in order to stop people using these versions the software is set to reboot without warning after two hours of use. No opportunity to save your data, [...]
Getting Vista to speak to NAS devices
Posted by: Owen on Friday, 23rd Feb, 2007
Andy has a great post that describes a solution to a problem he had. Basically, when Vista tries to access a shared folder on a remote computer or device, it will refuse to send your password using older encryptions methods. The problem stems from the fact that older devices do not understand newer encryption method; [...]
All the Vista gadgets you can eat
Posted by: Owen on Saturday, 17th Feb, 2007
One of the nice touches in Vista is the gadget bar on the screen (yes, I know, it’s not an orginal idea). When I installed Vista I looked around for gadgets and while there are more than there were in December, there still isn’t a great deal to choose from.
Enter Amnesty Generator. This little piece [...]
Shape of things to come
Posted by: Owen on Sunday, 14th Jan, 2007
Get post on Sean Alexander’s blog which containted a video shown at CES 2007 during Bill Gate’s speech. Watch here:
It contains a vision of PC that will be avialable this year sporting Vista as the OS they ship with. There’s some nice designs in there. Wish I had all those to play with
The Venice Project Beta-Test - Take 2
Posted by: Owen on Tuesday, 9th Jan, 2007
So, last night I tried to the The Venice Project Beta to work, but ran into a Vista-related issue (software conflict). It was stuck in my mind, so this morning I woke up early to figure out what the problem was before I went to work.
So, first of all, what is the AppPatch folder [...]
Windows Vista Activation Keys
Posted by: Owen on Tuesday, 14th Nov, 2006
Great post on Mark Wilson’s blog about how Windows Activation works on Vista. There are two types of keys: Multiple Activation Keys (MAKs) which are valid for a defined number of installations and Volume Licence Keys (VLK) where a client runs his own Key Management Server and “leases out” keys on a 6 monthly cycles. [...]
Vista hates my Rock
Posted by: Owen on Monday, 26th Jun, 2006
Been playing with Vista over the last few days, trying to make it run on my laptop, but I can’t even seem to get it to walk, let alone run. Installation was pretty smooth nd I must say, the new UI does look very nice.
HOWEVER .. I seem to have some driver problems and the [...]
