Comment Feed for jlomax http://mschnlnine.vo.llnwd.net/d1/Dev/App_Themes/C9/images/feedimage.png jlomax en Sat, 18 May 2013 21:31:05 GMT Sat, 18 May 2013 21:31:05 GMT Rev9 Re: How To: Setup and use File History on Windows 8 Just remember that File History is what it says, FILES.  Your programs are not backed up.  In order to do that, you need to use the "Windows 7 File Recovery" mentioned near the end of the blog post.

However, there ARE some important differences for "Windows 7 File Recovery" in Windows 8. 

First, the recovery partition now has to be 350MB, which is larger than Windows 7 used.  If you upgrade a Windows 7 machine and your System Image fails, this is likely the cause.  Find a 3rd party tool that can expand it or do a clean install and it's fixed.

Second, the recovery disc is now UEFI boot.  This means if you have an ultrabook and don't use optical drives, the "Windows 7 USB DVD Download Tool" Microsoft provided for Window 7 will fail to create a bootable USB Flash drive from your recovery disc for you.  Microsoft hasn't bothered to update it.

Speaking of that, can anyone recommend a tustworthy took that can create a bootable EFI Win 8 Recovery USB Stick from the ISO?  Anyone know WHY Microsoft doesn't just let us choose a USB Flash drive to store our Recovery Disk to?  Let's hope Microsoft realizes it's a optical disc free world faster than they did for floppy drives...

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]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Windows-Blog/How-To-Setup-and-use-File-History-on-Windows-8#c635043235728584717 Thu, 16 May 2013 17:52:52 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Windows-Blog/How-To-Setup-and-use-File-History-on-Windows-8#c635043235728584717 jlomax Re: TWC9: VS 2012 Update 2 CTP3, Save Project As, Zooming Windows 8 and more BLINK is not available for Windows Phone 7. 

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]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/This+Week+On+Channel+9/TWC9-February-15-2013#c634968923529728700 Tue, 19 Feb 2013 17:39:12 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/This+Week+On+Channel+9/TWC9-February-15-2013#c634968923529728700 jlomax Re: TWC9: Sharing Code, Cheat Sheets, and Jump Starting! PhotoBeamer requires Windows Phone 8, Nokia Lumia 900 owners are not invited.

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]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/This+Week+On+Channel+9/TWC9-December-07-2012#c634907648877060719 Mon, 10 Dec 2012 19:34:47 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/This+Week+On+Channel+9/TWC9-December-07-2012#c634907648877060719 jlomax Re: TWC9: Windows 8 Release Preview, Visual Studio 2012 RC, Storyboards, HTML5 and more If you said "I really like the advancements in VS 2012" then MAYBE YOU HAVEN'T SEE THE IDIOTIC ALL CAPS SHOUTING MENUS. 

Seems like there is another shortage of pink paper in Redmond.  HOW COULD YOU EVEN THINK ABOUT DESTROYING VISUAL STUDIO's UI?

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]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/This+Week+On+Channel+9/TWC9-June-01-2012#c634744131628204047 Mon, 04 Jun 2012 13:26:02 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/This+Week+On+Channel+9/TWC9-June-01-2012#c634744131628204047 jlomax Re: Visual Studio Toolbox: Visual Studio 2012 Release Candidate Where are the ISO's on the download page?

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]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Visual-Studio-Toolbox/Visual-Studio-Toolbox-Visual-Studio-2012-Release-Candidate#c634741587001060704 Fri, 01 Jun 2012 14:45:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Visual-Studio-Toolbox/Visual-Studio-Toolbox-Visual-Studio-2012-Release-Candidate#c634741587001060704 jlomax Re: Hot Apps: Monster Island, DODONPACHI MAXIMUM, Crazy Kitties, Keymon Goes Fishing, Starbucks Finder Microsoft Store opening in Austin TX tomorrow.  Sure wish they would have had a Cyan Lumia 800.

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]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Hot-Apps/Hot-Apps-Monster-Island-DODONPACHI-MAXIMUM-Crazy-Kitties-Keymon-Goes-Fishing-Starbucks-Finder#c634709560736631515 Wed, 25 Apr 2012 13:07:53 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Hot-Apps/Hot-Apps-Monster-Island-DODONPACHI-MAXIMUM-Crazy-Kitties-Keymon-Goes-Fishing-Starbucks-Finder#c634709560736631515 jlomax Re: Windows Phone & HTML5 Could you please try to put something in the download filename that relates to the title?  It's hard to remember later that cristianhelle is the WP7-HTML5 video...

Thanks.

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]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Windows-Phone--HTML5#c634691418697966455 Wed, 04 Apr 2012 13:11:09 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Windows-Phone--HTML5#c634691418697966455 jlomax Re: Internet Explorer 10 Consumer Preview Why is private browsing effectively hidden? 

Won't people running on a real computer want to save off a graphic? 

Where is tabbed mode? 

 

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]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Internet-Explorer-10-Consumer-Preview#c634674114456090178 Thu, 15 Mar 2012 12:30:45 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Internet-Explorer-10-Consumer-Preview#c634674114456090178 jlomax Re: What Windows 8 Consumer Preview Means for Your Business Need to restore the Start Menu for the desktop UI immediately.  Issue a patch to restore it if you want any business users at all.

Also, the mouse/keyboard experience with all the hidden UI is extremely poor.  We understand the need to be touch first, but Consumer Preview treats mouse/keyboard users as persona non grata.

 

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]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Windows-Blog/What-Windows-8-Consumer-Preview-Means-for-Your-Business#c634666717331544844 Tue, 06 Mar 2012 23:02:13 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Windows-Blog/What-Windows-8-Consumer-Preview-Means-for-Your-Business#c634666717331544844 jlomax Re: Ping 133: Googlighting, Lumia Bundle, Facebook & Bing, Visual Studio 11 Beta Nokia Lumia Bundle without the cyan model???  Way overpriced? 

Looks like Microsoft and Nokia just want to prove they can't sell.

Microsoft needs to offer all variations of the correctly sized Lumia 800 (instead of the massive Lumia 900 that just helps AT&T protect it's right-sized iPhone market) and at a reasonable price.

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]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/PingShow/Ping-133-Googlighting-Lumia-Bundle-Facebook--Bing-Visual-Studio-11-Beta#c634661245674217323 Wed, 29 Feb 2012 15:02:47 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/PingShow/Ping-133-Googlighting-Lumia-Bundle-Facebook--Bing-Visual-Studio-11-Beta#c634661245674217323 jlomax Re: MVVM Part 2 The use of Blend was a bad idea and took you completely off topic.  You never actually showed the source you were trying to make in the video.  You should have shown how it worked, not glossed over it in Blend.

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]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/The-Mango-Videos/MVVM-Part-2#c634621720023792526 Sat, 14 Jan 2012 21:06:42 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/The-Mango-Videos/MVVM-Part-2#c634621720023792526 jlomax Re: Episode 62 - Marketplace with Christian Liensberger Any chance you would post a link to the Bing Translator spreadsheet ?

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]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Cloud+Cover/Episode-62-Marketplace-with-Christian-Liensberger#c634550674922059254 Mon, 24 Oct 2011 15:38:12 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Cloud+Cover/Episode-62-Marketplace-with-Christian-Liensberger#c634550674922059254 jlomax Re: Defrag: How to make a Win7 thumbdrive, Running old games on Win7, Imaging old laptop for XP Mode. Could you cover how to move your System drive from a smaller drive to a new large drive?  I tried the latest Ghost and it completely failed to handle the hidden partition.  Is Acronis worth a try? 

How would Gov copy a 250GB system drive to a nice new 3TB drive, without reinstalling?

Thanks

 

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]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/The-Defrag-Show/Defrag-How-to-make-a-Win7-thumbdrive-Running-old-games-on-Win7-Imaging-old-laptop-for-XP-Mode#c634503184180000000 Tue, 30 Aug 2011 16:26:58 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/The-Defrag-Show/Defrag-How-to-make-a-Win7-thumbdrive-Running-old-games-on-Win7-Imaging-old-laptop-for-XP-Mode#c634503184180000000 jlomax Re: TWC9: August 19 2011 Think of TouchStudio (TouchDevelop) as a modern version of the arrival of the Borland IDE, but for SmartPhones.  Borland brought the ability to create programs to people who never considered it before.  If Microsoft executes properly, TouchDevelop can do the same for phones, and set a new standard, while giving many young people a new opportunity to learn.

Great start guys, now let's see it change they way we see our phones.

 

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]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/This+Week+On+Channel+9/TWC9-August-19-2011#c634496181400000000 Mon, 22 Aug 2011 13:55:40 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/This+Week+On+Channel+9/TWC9-August-19-2011#c634496181400000000 jlomax Re: Introduction to Cloud Computing (Part 1, Episode 1 - Hands-on Windows Azure Webinar) PLEASE do not title things "Hands On" then they are just a slide deck!

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]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/HOWAP01E01#c634426331280000000 Thu, 02 Jun 2011 17:38:48 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/HOWAP01E01#c634426331280000000 jlomax Re: A Quick Look At "Windows 8" Dead on arrival.

Nobody wants full-screen only apps, nobody wants live tiles on a desktop covered up by their work.

This will make Vista look like a run away success.

 

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]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/A-quick-look-at-Windows-8#c634426146140000000 Thu, 02 Jun 2011 12:30:14 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/A-quick-look-at-Windows-8#c634426146140000000 jlomax Re: Ask the Experts - Evan Lew Why does Word 2010 have a Save to Web but not an Open from Web???  When you save, it adds a link to your recent files.  If you clear your recent files, there is no Open from Web.  Users must navigate to SkyDrive, find the file, and then open it in Word from there.  Why not support seamless Open from Web from within Word?

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]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Ask-the-Experts-Evan-Lew#c634249236080000000 Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:20:08 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Ask-the-Experts-Evan-Lew#c634249236080000000 jlomax Re: Aman Kansal: Inside Joulemeter Brand new Dell Core i7 laptop, Windows 7 64 bit, calibration utility crashes, Taskbar launces and immediately closes.

 

Don't bother with the download.

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]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Charles/Aman-Kansal-Inside-Joulemeter#c634201551670000000 Wed, 15 Sep 2010 13:46:07 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Charles/Aman-Kansal-Inside-Joulemeter#c634201551670000000 jlomax Re: Updated! Windows Phone 7 Jump Start (Session 1 of 19): Introduction There is no code in the video.  You'll want to skip at least 22 minutes in to avoid the blather.  Hopefully the next sections will actually get into something not aimed at marketing people.

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]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/egibson/Windows-Phone-7-Jump-Start-Session-1-of-12-Introduction#c634178330960000000 Thu, 19 Aug 2010 16:44:56 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/egibson/Windows-Phone-7-Jump-Start-Session-1-of-12-Introduction#c634178330960000000 jlomax Re: Introducing the Windows Azure Platform Appliance Very different and far more advanced than Amazon's notion of a "Private Cloud".

 

Let's hope this includes an ability to use the Azure Public Cloud for scale seamlessly from within a Private Cloud.

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]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/dunnry/Introducing-the-Windows-Azure-Platform-Appliance#c634145504570000000 Mon, 12 Jul 2010 16:54:17 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/dunnry/Introducing-the-Windows-Azure-Platform-Appliance#c634145504570000000 jlomax Re: Simon Calvert & Scott Hunter: WebMatrix and the new Razor Syntax  

This is a serious step backwards.  It looks like these guys don't realize classic ASP was a bad idea and we've moved on for good reason.  Don't know that inline SQL is a travesty, and isn't simpler, it's harder.

 

Instead of integrating out-of-the-box with good practices, OR/M (NHibernate), seperation of concerns, they have created a tweaked view language and encouraged terrible development.

 

Microsoft shouldn't spend it's time creating a bad toy, yet "another way" to do the same thing.  It should lead and encourage best practices, and make them as developer friendly as possible.

 

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]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Dan/Simon-Calvert--Scott-Hunter-WebMatrix-and-the-new-Razor-Syntax#c634141223000000000 Wed, 07 Jul 2010 17:58:20 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Dan/Simon-Calvert--Scott-Hunter-WebMatrix-and-the-new-Razor-Syntax#c634141223000000000 jlomax Re: Ping 64: IIS Express, IE Reversing the Trend, RIP Kin, Hulu Plus and more...  

Kin was just another in a long line of failures by Microsoft in the critical mobile space.

 

http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/02/life-and-death-of-microsoft-kin-the-inside-story/

 

Windows Phone 7 is a hail mary pass, Microsoft will need a miracle or they will be out of the mobile business by 2011.  Ballmer should have been forced out as CEO when he handed the market over without even a fight.

 

Microsoft is correct to fix the developer experience on the phone, the competition has that truly wrong.  But developer experience alone cannot combat a huge market share and loyalty advantage.

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]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/PingShow/Ping-64-IIS-Express-IE-Reversing-the-Trend-RIP-Kin-Hulu-Plus-and-more#c634141092860000000 Wed, 07 Jul 2010 14:21:26 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/PingShow/Ping-64-IIS-Express-IE-Reversing-the-Trend-RIP-Kin-Hulu-Plus-and-more#c634141092860000000 jlomax Re: Ping 62: Azure Tools, Kinect, Xbox, Visual Studio 1.2 While we do appreciate the explanation of SQL Azure pricing not considering CPU time vs. Amazon RDS, it still remains embarrassing that SQL Azure if toy-sized only.  Amazon RDS allows a terabyte database, Microsoft can only muster a puny 50GB?

If Microsoft was in any way serious about Azure they wouldn't insist on toy use only.

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]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/PingShow/Ping-62-Azure-Tools-Kinect-Xbox-Visual-Studio-12#c634129031380000000 Wed, 23 Jun 2010 15:18:58 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/PingShow/Ping-62-Azure-Tools-Kinect-Xbox-Visual-Studio-12#c634129031380000000 jlomax Re: Introduction to Creating Coded UI Tests with Visual Studio 2010 Extremely remedial.   Only for people who have no idea what automated testing is.

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]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/kmcgrath/Introduction-to-Creating-Coded-UI-Tests-with-Visual-Studio-2010#c634033074200000000 Thu, 04 Mar 2010 13:50:20 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/kmcgrath/Introduction-to-Creating-Coded-UI-Tests-with-Visual-Studio-2010#c634033074200000000 jlomax Re: First Look: Windows Phone 7 Series Hands on Demo  

The Blue Box home screen is tragic.  Dead on arrival.  Have no idea why anyone would ever demo it except to make Steve Jobs laugh.

 

Nice to see MS work on IE after all these years, but why not demo Flash?  Silverlight?  If it  ships without both of those, it's road kill and Android takes #2 spot while MS is finished.

 

This is clearly the social media phone.  But, is it Facebook only, or is it able to adapt as the world changes?

 

All in all, this demo didn't recognize the competition.  Microsoft has stood by and let Apple score 3 unanswered touchdown passes.  The score is 21-0 and we're in the fourth quarter.   If it isn't far better than this demo, it looks like they are thinking about scoring one field goal. Ballmer should resign over the losses in the mobile space thus far alone.

 

Let's hope this demo does not show us WM7, or we all need to sharpen our Android dev skills.

 

 

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]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/LauraFoy/First-Look-Windows-Phone-7-Series-Hands-on-Demo#c634019244180000000 Tue, 16 Feb 2010 13:40:18 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/LauraFoy/First-Look-Windows-Phone-7-Series-Hands-on-Demo#c634019244180000000 jlomax