Channel 9 - Discussions by Vasudev

Coffeehouse - MSDN Downloads

Vasudev — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 14:51:28 GMT

Yes, the workaround also works for me. Thanks !

Coffeehouse - MSDN Downloads

Vasudev — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 11:11:51 GMT

Here also getting the error, "Top downloads page" opens but when clicked on any VS2008 gets an error.
"See all available download" page also getting error.

Coffeehouse - goodbye BIOS: first EFI-enabled motherboard soon after Vista SP1

Vasudev — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 05:05:21 GMT

UEFI Support and Requirements

Windows Server 2008 fully supports UEFI, and Windows Vista SP1 adds that UEFI support to the 64-bit version of Windows Vista.

Coffeehouse - Build Your Valentines card using Silverlight and Windows Live Services

Vasudev — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 05:00:13 GMT

Build your Valentines card using Silverlight and Windows Live Services:

Share the Love from the Silverlight Team-
Check this Cool Valentine's Day card brought to you byMicrosoft Silverlight and Windows Live teams , - Share the love.

Just go to http://www.microsoft.com/silverlight/sharethelove/default.html and start building your own Valentines Card.

You can add any photos from your flickr account or Windows Live Spaces, then you can type your Message to be sent and select a nice tune to make it musical and send this valentine Mail.

(source:Build Your Valentines card using Silverlight and Windows Live Services)

Coffeehouse - First review of Windows 7 ??

Vasudev — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 06:26:05 GMT

And one cant judge or disappoint by a product at such an early stage.
But somehow I don’t like such leaks, instead MS release the progress of its products at regular intervals for curious people.
I still feel its not real.

Coffeehouse - First review of Windows 7 ??

Vasudev — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 05:53:46 GMT

First review of Windows 7 Milestone 1 Build 6.1.6519.1

source : www.istartedsomething.com

Is it real ??

Coffeehouse - Compatibility and IE8

Vasudev — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 05:49:32 GMT

Compatibility and IE8

Coffeehouse - Installing IE6 along side IE7 on Vista

Vasudev — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 04:52:08 GMT

IE6 and IE7 Running on a Single Machine
IE7 Virtual PC Image and IE6 Virtual PC Image Refresh

Can't say whether it succeeds for Vista. btw Is there any purpose or advantage of running IE6 and 7 on Vista or just for testing/trying it out?

Tech Off - Zune 30 Audio Trouble

Vasudev — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 04:42:55 GMT

bjklabs wrote:

My zune 30 sounds like the vocals are using an echo or reverb fx through ear buds - it is VERY annoying. It sounds fine when the zune is hooked to my stereo (??!!).

I have tried all file types and bit rates has no effect.

I have tried 7 different ear pieces ranging from $9 - $100.

I have loaded the new firmware twice.

I have reset the machine dozens if times.

I have tried various eq settings with the same results.

The radio sounds GREAT with all earbuds (??!!).

THe video sounds TERRIBLE - like the music.

If it is insturmental it sounds good - that makes me think it is a DSP issue.

In all cases it sounds great through the stereo - that makes my think it is an output impedance issue (I find that hard to believe especially when the radio sounds fine.)

OK - suggestions???

Mike

You say you have loaded the new firmware twice. So it has been upgraded to
ver 2.3(1145)
bootloader 1040
Xldr 2.2.1040.0

This is what my Zune shows, assuming this to be the latest upgrade.

But you also say, "I have tried various eq settings with the same results"...
But I have read that the Eq settings are not present after the upgarde for Zune 30 ( As new Zune , Zune ver2 does not come with EQ)

Are you still getting Eq settings for your Zune 30 even after upgrade ?

Coffeehouse - any XP SP3 testers here

Vasudev — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 13:22:29 GMT

Windows XP Service Pack 3 white paper

Microsoft has released a white paper on Windows XP SP3, which can be downloaded from the Microsoft download center.
Windows XP Service Pack 3 Overview

Although at present XP SP3 is in RC1 stage and is available only at Connect and was also recently made available to TechNet/MSDN subscribers, this white paper has been released. This will be very useful for those who wants to deploy this service pack.

This white paper summarizes what's new in this service pack.

I have installed SP3 RC1 and haven't faced any problem.

Coffeehouse - WL translator Widget ?

Vasudev — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 10:22:12 GMT

Windows Live Toolbar Translator Button is available now at Windows Live Gallery. Install it and one click on the Translator button shows you the web page you are currently looking at along with its translation into up to 12 languages. You can use the button menu to select and change your translation languages after which it will remember your most recent selection. ....

Windows Live Toolbar Translator Button

Coffeehouse - CodeNames Unveiled

Vasudev — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 02:05:01 GMT

Added :
Kahuna - Windows Live Mail
Tahiti- SharedView Beta2

Coffeehouse - WL translator Widget ?

Vasudev — Sat, 10 Nov 2007 15:19:28 GMT

Thanks vikman, actually i posted about it yesterday only
here : http://channel9.msdn.com/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=355080#355080

I should have posted it here.
Anyway, yes its very useful for making use of Windows Live Translator.

Coffeehouse - Windows Live Translator

Vasudev — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 11:40:45 GMT

Check this, Add the Windows Live Translator add-in to your Blog / Site

Here it is, what I have been requesting since the start of Windows Live Translator Service. Availability of add-in or widget to ones blog or site to make use of Translation service.

Coffeehouse - OMG! Thanks Jeff!!!

Vasudev — Sat, 03 Nov 2007 01:16:43 GMT

WoW ! Well done jamie ! 2 boxes of Vista & Office 2007 !! really nice !
btw where and what is that patrol video?

Coffeehouse - CAPTCHA Busted

Vasudev — Sat, 03 Nov 2007 01:11:51 GMT

Has anybody tried Asirra ?
About which I had posted : Secure your website with cats and Dogs
long time back.

Coffeehouse - Guys (Jamie?) where's the Channel9's Halloween decoration?

Vasudev — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 04:13:33 GMT

Nice Work !

Coffeehouse - Popfly

Vasudev — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 11:53:14 GMT

Check out the release notes.

Microsoft® Popfly™ Beta Release Notes
So what do you need to know? Here are the top things you probably want to know about our site......

Coffeehouse - Paste-From-Console Live Writer PlugIn

Vasudev — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 05:46:59 GMT

I came across this nice plugin for Windows Live Writer, Paste From Console by Mike Stall,

Using this plugin, you can paste text copied from console. This will paste with a fixed width console font, optionally compensate for console line wrapping, and optionally format the console prompt and input separate from the console output.

This can be very useful who often use output from Console for their Blog.

Paste-from-Console Live Writer PlugIn

Coffeehouse - Popfly

Vasudev — Sat, 20 Oct 2007 10:37:56 GMT

And a Book on Popfly will be releasing.
Eric Griffin, the author, announced about this new book from Apress, "Foundations of Popfly-Rapid Mashup Development" to be released in January/February 08.

Popfly goes Beta and Book on Popfly to be released

Coffeehouse - Is live finally coming together?

Vasudev — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 14:50:38 GMT

Calendar.live.com is yet to start working.

At present the working Calendar option is the earlier one which was in Hotmail.

What's the update on the Calendar.live.com ?

Coffeehouse - Listas - All your lists in one place

Vasudev — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 14:47:56 GMT

Listas is a tool for the creation, management and sharing of lists, notes, favorites, and more. It allows you to quickly and easily edit lists, share them with others for reading or wiki-style editing, and discover the public lists of other users.

It's a way for you to create lists of anything you like and store them on a central place. You can invite others to participate in your lists, and you can publish them to the web or an RSS feed.

In the Listas Community Section, you will find a number of highlights of the most popular and random items from around the community of public lists such as the most used tags, the hottest lists, and prolific contributors. You can even add others’ lists (or any RSS feed) to your own Listas so you are always up to date.

You could keep a real time grocery list online, invite family members to add to it, and subscribe to it on your phone. You could use it as a to-do list and feed it into your Sidebar using a PopFly RSS block.

(Source: Listas - All your lists in one place)

You can also watch a Demo of the same from Raj of Live Labs, courtesy 10.

Coffeehouse - Windows Live Photo Gallery Updated, supports Flickr

Vasudev — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 14:45:36 GMT

For users of Flickr, now WL Photo Gallery supports it.
With the latest update to WLPG , it has now option to publish to Flickr. Windows Live Photo Gallery Updated, supports Flickr

Coffeehouse - View< myWorld >New Microsoft website for job seekers

Vasudev — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 07:55:45 GMT

I am just quoting below what has been put on One Louder Blog. Check out this nicely designed site View< myWorld > ,a new Microsoft website for job seekers, which will actually show you what's its like being techie at Microsoft. Here you can have all the Q&A , you wanted to know about working at Microsoft. Lots of videos to check. Interesting way to put marketing stuff. So go on & Explore the World of Microsoft, may be in future designed in Silverlight.

"We recently launched a new website to give a funky little peak behind the curtain at Microsoft. If you don't have a sense of humor, you'll hate it. Trust me. Don't click on the singing cowboy videos.
The site is primarily aimed at tech folk, but a lot of the content makes sense for the rest of us non-coder-types as well. These are real Microsoft employees (disclaimer: the cowboy is an actor. Just thought I would let you know in case you wondered if we was on staff). I have long been, well, kind of complaining, that we don't do a good job of showing our real employees to the world. Past marketing has been full of clips of two-dimensional, perfect-looking people. I like the people on the View myWorld site much more. Check out Jasmine who writes one of my favorite blogs Pike/Pine. There are lots of videos too with people discussing a bunch of roundtable topics like careers at Microsoft and making an impact.

Yeah. so it's obviously marketing. But it 's real people telling about their actual experiences. In the staffing industry, recruiters lament the lack of any valuable career site content. Most corporate pages are transactional and boring. So although I had nothing to do with this web page going up (though you may see a video I produced up there in the future), I'm pretty proud of this."

This is as posted on my blog.

Coffeehouse - 7 Page Review of Windows Home Server

Vasudev — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 13:52:37 GMT

prndll wrote:

hhhhmmmmm........

Sounds more like a cheap way for MS to take control and watch (all by remote) of personal networks. I personally see nothing about this other than the cheap price that makes it worth having. Sorry guys. I can do the same things with almost any other computer connected to my network already.

You can do , but everybody cant be a geek like you to do it, that too an average HOME user.
What you can do is, taken care by Windows Home Server helping a Home user to do.
I think, if its taken care of properly, in promoting WHS, it'll be a huge success in years to come.