Channel 9 - Discussions by j0217995 http://mschnlnine.vo.llnwd.net/d1/Dev/App_Themes/C9/images/feedimage.png Channel 9 - Discussions by j0217995 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/j0217995/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/j0217995/Discussions en Sat, 18 May 2013 06:56:33 GMT Sat, 18 May 2013 06:56:33 GMT Rev9 0 0 0 Coffeehouse - Software Documentation As someone who writes documentation for Ubuntu/Kubuntu and also has worked on The Official Ubuntu book, I would agree that documentation is the most often forgotten part of a project.  Too many times the developers of a project will put in shiny new app X and then forget to update those who write the documentation that shiny new app X is now the default app and needs to be used.   (Change app to feature and you have the same problem)

One of the great things about the Ubuntu/Kubuntu/etc world is the hard freezes that go into effect that allow people to create/change/modify the documentation before the release.  Then the documentation is frozen for translators.  While it often times provides for a great flurry of commits at the end, the freezes strive to solve the problem of shiny app X sneaking in at the end.

I would echo someone's else thought that Open Source software has some of the worst documentation (if any documentation) out there.  People volunteer to create something new, not document something new.  THere are some great examples of Open Source documentation (GNOME, KDE, Gentoo) but a greater number of terribly documentated products.

Jonathan

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the-laughing-man wrote:


 

  • More backwards compatibility than Vista would be great, I've managed to find replacement programs for most things but I'm sure you can sandbox things so I can still run my beloved WinXP games that flat out refuse to work on Vista?

<snip>
Is it MS fault that older programs don't work in Vista?  Why should MS be forced into backwards compatiablity for all applications?  ISn't that part of the problem that Vista currently has is maintaing that backwards compatiblity?

I want to see search built further into things.... and speed improvemnt

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Dharma Punk wrote:
Whither OpenMoko?

I'm glad you linked to OpenMoko.  My first  thought on the "first open" platform was what don't they know about OpenMoko which has been along for a long time?

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]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/258627-worlds-fastest-computers/de4e9555a3cf456d8e679deb00237c84#de4e9555a3cf456d8e679deb00237c84 Wed, 31 Oct 2007 19:32:49 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/258627-worlds-fastest-computers/de4e9555a3cf456d8e679deb00237c84#de4e9555a3cf456d8e679deb00237c84 j0217995 7 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/j0217995/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - XP Pro OEM keys... Why would I want to install torrented versions of MS software in an enterprise environment?  Also why would I admit to using torrented software on a Microsoft owned software. 

I hope that none of the computers I have to support have software from MS that has been installed from something downloaded via a torrent.

I can't imagine duing this

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/258554-XP-Pro-OEM-keys/c57426a267cd482fb4c19deb00225110#c57426a267cd482fb4c19deb00225110 Sat, 27 Oct 2007 22:58:49 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/258554-XP-Pro-OEM-keys/c57426a267cd482fb4c19deb00225110#c57426a267cd482fb4c19deb00225110 j0217995 22 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/j0217995/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - Microsoft Certs, are the books any good? I would like to question how many people have actually braindumped there way to there MC* cert. I have been taking the tests for a long time and have seen vast improvment in both the quality of the question and the subject mattered asked in the question.

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I'm trying to figure out how to setup VMWare Workstation w/ the same IP Address when I dual boot, both Windows Vista and Kubuntu 7.10.

Right now when I'm in Kubuntu, my VMWare Workstation is giving out a 192.168.50 IP address and when i boot into Vista I have an ip address of 192.168.90.X.

Anyways when I look into VMWare I'm trying to figure out how to change it.

Any ideas?

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DMassy wrote:
If IE7 is crashing take a look at the troubleshooting steps at http://www.enhanceie.com/ie/troubleshoot.asp
As has been mentioned before the most likely culprit of IE7 stability and performance issues are poorly behaved addons.

I use vista on my primary machine and wouldn't dream of going back to XP

Thanks
-Dave
www.dmassy.com


Interesting, running w/ no add-ins installed and got a "internet explorer has stopped responding" message...

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More videos w/ this group please Smiley

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It is pretty easy to learn how to write, however you still have to write valid XML to get it to work

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heesub wrote:


I strongly recommend you try to install the latest hardware drivers, especially RAID controller if you're using.  I/O intensive work by iTunes cause BSOD on Vista. I don't know exactly why.

After updating my hardware drivers to the latest versions, all problems disappeared.

heesub



I have installed the latest drivers from Dell for my computer, both the recommended and the suggested ones.  So far no such luck yet, but here's hoping?

I didn't realize that iTunes was disk intesive?  What part is?  Updating the library?

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Skriker V1.0 wrote:


 

As for iTunes, seriously Wink



So what would you use to manage yoru iPod instead of iTunes?

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DMassy wrote:
If IE7 is crashing take a look at the troubleshooting steps at http://www.enhanceie.com/ie/troubleshoot.asp
As has been mentioned before the most likely culprit of IE7 stability and performance issues are poorly behaved addons.

I use vista on my primary machine and wouldn't dream of going back to XP

Thanks
-Dave
www.dmassy.com


Thansk Dave,

I have enjoyed Vista but when my wife is always complaining abotu it crashing or not working correctly its time to take a look at going back to what is was running and not crashing...

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For those that asked, Yes I uninstalled my Anti-Virus and had problems with that as well

My USB Controllers are as listed

USB Controllers Intel(R) 82801FB/FBM USB Universal Host Controller - 2658
Intel(R) 82801FB/FBM USB Universal Host Controller - 2659
Intel(R) 82801FB/FBM USB Universal Host Controller - 265A
Intel(R) 82801FB/FBM USB Universal Host Controller - 265B
Intel(R) 82801FB/FBM USB2 Enhanced Host Controller - 265C

It doesn't matter which controller I plug into the all freeze

My dispaly adapater:
Display Adapters Intel(R) 82915G/GV/910GL Express Chipset Family (Microsoft Corporation - XDDM)

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]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/257736-Frustrated-w-Vista-thinking-about-going-back-to-XP/025219345d344ebfabf49deb00180d19#025219345d344ebfabf49deb00180d19 Thu, 20 Sep 2007 14:11:31 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/257736-Frustrated-w-Vista-thinking-about-going-back-to-XP/025219345d344ebfabf49deb00180d19#025219345d344ebfabf49deb00180d19 j0217995 21 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/j0217995/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - Frustrated w/ Vista thinking about going back to XP Good morning,

I saw an earlier post about someone removing Vista nad going back to Vista and someone mentioned posting concrete problems w/ Vista instead of just trying to jump on the bandwagon of Vista Sucks.

So here is why on the main computer at home I'm thinking about going back to Vista, or at least sick of trying to troubleshoot....

My computer is a Dell, Pentium D w/ 2 Gigs of RAM.  Currently I don't have the Video Card to run full Aero, but that's fine w/ me....

Anyways here is the list of issues I'm sick of dealing w/

1.  IE7 crashing:  My wife uses the computer a lot and when she is on various sites, Facebook, some chatboards, Snapfish, Flickr IE7 will freeze and stop responding.  The troubleshooter doesn't list any specific problems or steps to resolve this problem.  My wife just wants to do her webmail, chat on her chat boards, and check pictures people post.

2.  USB drives stop responding:  I have my music collection on a 120 GIG usb drive and want to listen to music.  Media Player stops repsonding 9 times out 10, mostly between changing songs.  While the music keeps playing

3.  iTunes freezes:  I have the latest version of iTunes, downloaded it via the Apple Updater and every time I plug-in my iPod, my wife's iPod the application stops responding, probally linked to problem #2


None of these were problems before when I was on XP and starting to wonder if I shouldn't have upgraded.  I've downloaded drivers from Dell, made sure my system was completly up to date, ran anti-virus scans and anti-spyware scans and spent about a month and half trying to troubleshoot all the problems.

Anyone got any hints or suggestions for me or should I just format and start back w/ XP that was working?

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