Channel 9 - Discussions by Steven J Ackerman http://mschnlnine.vo.llnwd.net/d1/Dev/App_Themes/C9/images/feedimage.png Channel 9 - Discussions by Steven J Ackerman http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/Steven J Ackerman/Discussions Channel 9 keeps you up to date with the latest news and behind the scenes info from Microsoft that developers love to keep up with. From LINQ to SilverLight – Watch videos and hear about all the cool technologies coming and the people behind them. http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/Steven J Ackerman/Discussions en Wed, 22 May 2013 13:45:35 GMT Wed, 22 May 2013 13:45:35 GMT Rev9 0 0 0 Coffeehouse - ActiveSync Replacement ?
DaveJLowe said:

This is old old, but was there any resolution?

 

Finally have gotten a chance to port my applications from WinCE 3.0 to Windows Mobile 5.0, and have discovered that File Sync no longer works (at least the HH manufacturer, TDS, is recommending to all of its customers that they MANUALLY move files instead of relying on File Sync).

The situation is really quite bad at the moment, and I, too, am looking for an ActiveSync replacement.

Very late reply...  ended up writing my own ActiveSync replacement that was heavily biased toward the specific problem that I was trying to solve, and invoking that from my custom Windows Mobile application. Blogged about it after I did it.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/211868-ActiveSync-Replacement-/cecfe79e9b86435b90719deb01849dd9#cecfe79e9b86435b90719deb01849dd9 Fri, 01 Jan 2010 21:09:25 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/211868-ActiveSync-Replacement-/cecfe79e9b86435b90719deb01849dd9#cecfe79e9b86435b90719deb01849dd9 Steven J Ackerman 5 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/Steven J Ackerman/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - Installing XP from Vista on Gateway MT6821 I believe that you need SP2 in order to make SATA disks operational under XP...

If the XP install disk that you're using doesn't have SP2 pre-installed, you might have to slipstream SP2 into the setup and make a new setup CD:

http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/windowsxp_sp2_slipstream.asp

I had to do this to get my new Quad Core box to install XP onto its 320G SATA drive...

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/256307-Installing-XP-from-Vista-on-Gateway-MT6821/2d7b081df39d40a0875c9dec00942cc4#2d7b081df39d40a0875c9dec00942cc4 Wed, 18 Jul 2007 15:58:48 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/256307-Installing-XP-from-Vista-on-Gateway-MT6821/2d7b081df39d40a0875c9dec00942cc4#2d7b081df39d40a0875c9dec00942cc4 Steven J Ackerman 4 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/Steven J Ackerman/Discussions/RSS Tech Off - Unanticipated ASR Behavior Hmmm - perhaps something like Partition Manager ?

Microsoft really never has had a backup strategy or software, just re-install the OS, all of your apps and data on your new HD...

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/TechOff/255558-Unanticipated-ASR-Behavior/bceb146b1265426da5549dfa00a974f9#bceb146b1265426da5549dfa00a974f9 Sun, 17 Jun 2007 17:14:56 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/TechOff/255558-Unanticipated-ASR-Behavior/bceb146b1265426da5549dfa00a974f9#bceb146b1265426da5549dfa00a974f9 Steven J Ackerman 5 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/Steven J Ackerman/Discussions/RSS Tech Off - Stuttering audio playback in Vista It's probably the Vista ME DRM system attempting to verify that you do own the media every 5 seconds...

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/TechOff/253265-Stuttering-audio-playback-in-Vista/7f8802bd4fff48c68c8c9dea0154b1c0#7f8802bd4fff48c68c8c9dea0154b1c0 Tue, 20 Mar 2007 17:33:04 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/TechOff/253265-Stuttering-audio-playback-in-Vista/7f8802bd4fff48c68c8c9dea0154b1c0#7f8802bd4fff48c68c8c9dea0154b1c0 Steven J Ackerman 7 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/Steven J Ackerman/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - Dell to Preinstall Linux on all of its systems and Microsoft on notice As long as you don't use an ATI video card for which Ubuntu Linux support is seriously broken...

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/252657-Dell-to-Preinstall-Linux-on-all-of-its-systems-and-Microsoft-on-notice/04af6f5ec86b4bf191ba9dec005d8e69#04af6f5ec86b4bf191ba9dec005d8e69 Sun, 25 Feb 2007 16:11:23 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/252657-Dell-to-Preinstall-Linux-on-all-of-its-systems-and-Microsoft-on-notice/04af6f5ec86b4bf191ba9dec005d8e69#04af6f5ec86b4bf191ba9dec005d8e69 Steven J Ackerman 33 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/Steven J Ackerman/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - Considering a new PDA I wouldn't bother with any Windows Mobile device if you have a requirement to synchronize with a PC. Since WM5, synchronization has been broken at the request of the cellphone companies using WM5 in their phones to allow creation of a billable event.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/252626-Considering-a-new-PDA/2fcd08a18bd041ca8a019dec005d2fec#2fcd08a18bd041ca8a019dec005d2fec Fri, 23 Feb 2007 16:31:54 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/252626-Considering-a-new-PDA/2fcd08a18bd041ca8a019dec005d2fec#2fcd08a18bd041ca8a019dec005d2fec Steven J Ackerman 6 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/Steven J Ackerman/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - http://support.microsoft.com appears to be down... Turns out that this was a problem with a bad cookie. Deleted all cookies for microsoft.com, www.microsoft.com, support.microsoft.com, and the problem went away.

Must be Genuine Disadvantage at work !

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/251336-httpsupportmicrosoftcom-appears-to-be-down/6e98119f78684cbf82619dec0049a0bf#6e98119f78684cbf82619dec0049a0bf Wed, 17 Jan 2007 16:22:08 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/251336-httpsupportmicrosoftcom-appears-to-be-down/6e98119f78684cbf82619dec0049a0bf#6e98119f78684cbf82619dec0049a0bf Steven J Ackerman 8 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/Steven J Ackerman/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - support.microsoft.com not working? I had this same problem, and traced it to a bad cookie. Deleted all cookies referencing microsoft.com, www.microsoft.com, support.microsoft.com and the problem went away.

Must be Genuine Disadvantage at work...

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/251075-supportmicrosoftcom-not-working/06e8c77dc44d47f28dae9dec0045dcfe#06e8c77dc44d47f28dae9dec0045dcfe Wed, 17 Jan 2007 16:19:43 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/251075-supportmicrosoftcom-not-working/06e8c77dc44d47f28dae9dec0045dcfe#06e8c77dc44d47f28dae9dec0045dcfe Steven J Ackerman 11 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/Steven J Ackerman/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - http://support.microsoft.com appears to be down... Navigating to the site or any Knowledge Base article produces:

 

Server Error in '/' Application.

Runtime Error

Description: An application error occurred on the server. The current custom error settings for this application prevent the details of the application error from being viewed remotely (for security reasons). It could, however, be viewed by browsers running on the local server machine.

Details: To enable the details of this specific error message to be viewable on remote machines, please create a <customErrors> tag within a "web.config" configuration file located in the root directory of the current web application. This <customErrors> tag should then have its "mode" attribute set to "Off".

<!-- Web.Config Configuration File -->

<configuration>
    <system.web>
        <customErrors mode="Off"/>
    </system.web>
</configuration>

Notes: The current error page you are seeing can be replaced by a custom error page by modifying the "defaultRedirect" attribute of the application's <customErrors> configuration tag to point to a custom error page URL.

<!-- Web.Config Configuration File -->

<configuration>
    <system.web>
        <customErrors mode="RemoteOnly" defaultRedirect="mycustompage.htm"/>
    </system.web>
</configuration>

Sweet !

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/251336-httpsupportmicrosoftcom-appears-to-be-down/251336#251336 Wed, 10 Jan 2007 20:24:40 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/251336-httpsupportmicrosoftcom-appears-to-be-down/251336#251336 Steven J Ackerman 8 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/Steven J Ackerman/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - RAID failed again I've been running a SCSI RAID 10 on an Adaptec PCI card under Win2K for about 5 years. I've lost two different Seagate SCSI drives, but the hot spare always worked, and I've never lost any data.

Of course, the e-mail notification never worked...  I had to see the light on the array for one, and the other via a pop-up message when I logged onto the server remotely...

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/249839-RAID-failed-again/b7c5343ef2614f2fa70b9dec003207f4#b7c5343ef2614f2fa70b9dec003207f4 Sat, 11 Nov 2006 21:35:59 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/249839-RAID-failed-again/b7c5343ef2614f2fa70b9dec003207f4#b7c5343ef2614f2fa70b9dec003207f4 Steven J Ackerman 9 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/Steven J Ackerman/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - Look What We Started The Iranians also have their own 32-bit microprocessor:

Iran develops 32-bit processor

Unfortunately, it self-destructs.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/219055-Look-What-We-Started/cf02a17b875c4c6fa9e39dec00020cb8#cf02a17b875c4c6fa9e39dec00020cb8 Wed, 09 Aug 2006 23:32:01 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/219055-Look-What-We-Started/cf02a17b875c4c6fa9e39dec00020cb8#cf02a17b875c4c6fa9e39dec00020cb8 Steven J Ackerman 5 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/Steven J Ackerman/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - What is Net Neutrality? There's been some good discussion of Net Neutrality on S.A.T.N.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/217403-What-is-Net-Neutrality/d877ac5c10f74332ba4e9deb018b57ec#d877ac5c10f74332ba4e9deb018b57ec Fri, 04 Aug 2006 18:03:26 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/217403-What-is-Net-Neutrality/d877ac5c10f74332ba4e9deb018b57ec#d877ac5c10f74332ba4e9deb018b57ec Steven J Ackerman 22 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/Steven J Ackerman/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - What's your home page? At work:

http://www.acscontrol.com

At home:

http://www.shofubonsai.com

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/216715-Whats-your-home-page/784fbc723722495dae8b9deb018a5bbb#784fbc723722495dae8b9deb018a5bbb Wed, 02 Aug 2006 14:14:50 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/216715-Whats-your-home-page/784fbc723722495dae8b9deb018a5bbb#784fbc723722495dae8b9deb018a5bbb Steven J Ackerman 50 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/Steven J Ackerman/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - ActiveSync Replacement ? Thanks for your reply. I did contact Intellisync, but I couldn't reach anyone at the company who could answer questions about their FileSync product. I've left a couple of messages and am awaiting a response.

Not too concerned about it being free - just trying to work around the show stoppers that are WM5 and AS4.2...

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/211868-ActiveSync-Replacement-/fbd63180034f4d789e7d9deb01849d6c#fbd63180034f4d789e7d9deb01849d6c Tue, 18 Jul 2006 16:54:41 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/211868-ActiveSync-Replacement-/fbd63180034f4d789e7d9deb01849d6c#fbd63180034f4d789e7d9deb01849d6c Steven J Ackerman 5 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/Steven J Ackerman/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - ActiveSync Replacement ? Does anyone know of a third-party replacement for ActiveSync ?

Microsoft has chosen to remove the ability of Windows Mobile 5 devices and ActiveSync 4.x to sychronize files via any network: dial-up, wi-fi, ethernet, etc., only allowing sync via USB, Bluetooth or IR. I have a customer with a large number of handheld devices that are currently syncing files via dial-up. Unfortunately, he can no longer procure PocketPC or Windows Mobile 2.3 devices, only Windows Mobile 5 devices - which can no longer sync.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/211868-ActiveSync-Replacement-/211868#211868 Tue, 18 Jul 2006 15:56:24 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/211868-ActiveSync-Replacement-/211868#211868 Steven J Ackerman 5 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/Steven J Ackerman/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - I want ReportBuilder! Check out Adam Cogan demonstrating SQL Reporting Services on DNRTV:

http://perseus.franklins.net/dnrtv/0026/parta.html

Avoid Crystal Reports like the plague that it is...

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/209516-I-want-ReportBuilder/cd2a95adc64141bdbbf39deb0181b031#cd2a95adc64141bdbbf39deb0181b031 Wed, 12 Jul 2006 14:19:01 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/209516-I-want-ReportBuilder/cd2a95adc64141bdbbf39deb0181b031#cd2a95adc64141bdbbf39deb0181b031 Steven J Ackerman 23 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/Steven J Ackerman/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - Why doesn't the USA get Football? Perhaps it's this:

FOOTBALL HOOLIGANISM

as exemplified in the movie:

Green Street Hooligans

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/208855-Why-doesnt-the-USA-get-Football/171ae714c8294752907e9deb0180c66a#171ae714c8294752907e9deb0180c66a Mon, 10 Jul 2006 17:37:34 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/208855-Why-doesnt-the-USA-get-Football/171ae714c8294752907e9deb0180c66a#171ae714c8294752907e9deb0180c66a Steven J Ackerman 81 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/Steven J Ackerman/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - Poll request: what type dev are you? 5) Embedded applications developer with supporting Windows Forms apps for testing/development.

Steven J. Ackerman, Consultant
ACS, Sarasota, Florida
http://www.acscontrol.com
http://spaces.msn.com/sjackerman

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/204386-Poll-request-what-type-dev-are-you/6d103a872ce346de86839deb017b2ddb#6d103a872ce346de86839deb017b2ddb Wed, 28 Jun 2006 17:57:37 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/204386-Poll-request-what-type-dev-are-you/6d103a872ce346de86839deb017b2ddb#6d103a872ce346de86839deb017b2ddb Steven J Ackerman 30 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/Steven J Ackerman/Discussions/RSS Tech Off - ASP.NET 2.0: Accessing methods in other pages' code-behinds Check out MetaSapien's Pagemethods:

http://metasapiens.com/PageMethods/Default.aspx

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/TechOff/190719-ASPNET-20-Accessing-methods-in-other-pages-code-behinds/a7d1356ef3b94141b0859dea013f1dbc#a7d1356ef3b94141b0859dea013f1dbc Sun, 21 May 2006 16:37:11 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/TechOff/190719-ASPNET-20-Accessing-methods-in-other-pages-code-behinds/a7d1356ef3b94141b0859dea013f1dbc#a7d1356ef3b94141b0859dea013f1dbc Steven J Ackerman 7 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/Steven J Ackerman/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - Apple introduces Boot Camp, allows XP to install on Intel Macs Yea - just look at Microsoft - no money to be made selling software...  that's why they're now selling mice, keyboards, etc.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/175011-Apple-introduces-Boot-Camp-allows-XP-to-install-on-Intel-Macs/d872e2999dc9458a83669deb014ed258#d872e2999dc9458a83669deb014ed258 Wed, 05 Apr 2006 16:25:53 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/175011-Apple-introduces-Boot-Camp-allows-XP-to-install-on-Intel-Macs/d872e2999dc9458a83669deb014ed258#d872e2999dc9458a83669deb014ed258 Steven J Ackerman 59 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/Steven J Ackerman/Discussions/RSS Tech Off - SQL2000 to SQL 2005 I simply restored a backup and transaction log from the SQK 2K machine to the SQL 2K5 system.  Worked great.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/TechOff/159772-SQL2000-to-SQL-2005/8829316651654a4382d39dea01376582#8829316651654a4382d39dea01376582 Fri, 17 Feb 2006 17:14:13 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/TechOff/159772-SQL2000-to-SQL-2005/8829316651654a4382d39dea01376582#8829316651654a4382d39dea01376582 Steven J Ackerman 5 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/Steven J Ackerman/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - Windows Media Center Problem Have you tried the TweakMCE powertoy ?

 http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=3400190a-511a-4a3a-9b89-524511a76f58&displaylang=en

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/158417-Windows-Media-Center-Problem/69e0bfed354648c380f79deb01398476#69e0bfed354648c380f79deb01398476 Mon, 13 Feb 2006 18:42:33 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/158417-Windows-Media-Center-Problem/69e0bfed354648c380f79deb01398476#69e0bfed354648c380f79deb01398476 Steven J Ackerman 5 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/Steven J Ackerman/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - The End of the Internet
All of the major carriers are plotting to end the internet as we know it...
 
From an article by Jeff Chester on The Nation:
 
"The nation's largest telephone and cable companies are crafting an alarming set of strategies that would transform the free, open and nondiscriminatory Internet of today to a privately run and branded service that would charge a fee for virtually everything we do online.

Verizon, Comcast, Bell South and other communications giants are developing strategies that would track and store information on our every move in cyberspace in a vast data-collection and marketing system, the scope of which could rival the National Security Agency. According to white papers now being circulated in the cable, telephone and telecommunications industries, those with the deepest pockets--corporations, special-interest groups and major advertisers--would get preferred treatment. Content from these providers would have first priority on our computer and television screens, while information seen as undesirable, such as peer-to-peer communications, could be relegated to a slow lane or simply shut out. "

...
 
The End of the Internet

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/156431-The-End-of-the-Internet/156431#156431 Fri, 03 Feb 2006 16:53:17 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/156431-The-End-of-the-Internet/156431#156431 Steven J Ackerman 8 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/Steven J Ackerman/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - AT&amp;T still on the crackpipe
"As the Baby Bells falsely complain about how people aren't paying them for the internet, or whine about how it's unfair to expect them to compete against muni-broadband, there's something important to remember."...
 
You've Already Paid $2,000 For A Fiber Connection You'll Never Get

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/156020-ATampT-still-on-the-crackpipe/a78b53b81d454a1bb3139deb0136275d#a78b53b81d454a1bb3139deb0136275d Thu, 02 Feb 2006 00:46:44 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/156020-ATampT-still-on-the-crackpipe/a78b53b81d454a1bb3139deb0136275d#a78b53b81d454a1bb3139deb0136275d Steven J Ackerman 3 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/Steven J Ackerman/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - Which e-book reader is your fav? For up to the minute information on many e-book readers, and the upcoming DRM wars that will make most of them useless, visit the Teleread site:

http://www.teleread.org

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/148467-Which-e-book-reader-is-your-fav/c616ec4415e546b0baf29deb012bd561#c616ec4415e546b0baf29deb012bd561 Fri, 06 Jan 2006 19:10:50 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/148467-Which-e-book-reader-is-your-fav/c616ec4415e546b0baf29deb012bd561#c616ec4415e546b0baf29deb012bd561 Steven J Ackerman 17 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/Steven J Ackerman/Discussions/RSS