Channel 9 - Discussions by jmacdonagh http://mschnlnine.vo.llnwd.net/d1/Dev/App_Themes/C9/images/feedimage.png Channel 9 - Discussions by jmacdonagh http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/jmacdonagh/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/jmacdonagh/Discussions en Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:49:47 GMT Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:49:47 GMT Rev9 0 0 0 Coffeehouse - Apple thinking ahead for Vista? http://img87.imageshack.us/img87/1321/uacdi5.jpg

I get confused with all the image hosting companies.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/229504-Apple-thinking-ahead-for-Vista/b85e876add844e27bf299dea010b5c72#b85e876add844e27bf299dea010b5c72 Thu, 14 Sep 2006 14:23:40 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/229504-Apple-thinking-ahead-for-Vista/b85e876add844e27bf299dea010b5c72#b85e876add844e27bf299dea010b5c72 jmacdonagh 13 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/jmacdonagh/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - Apple thinking ahead for Vista? This came up when I opened up iTunes today after disabled my CD-ROM's Autorun.

http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c169/jmacdonagh/UAC.jpg

Notice the LUA icon next to the Yes button.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/229504-Apple-thinking-ahead-for-Vista/229504#229504 Thu, 14 Sep 2006 07:28:51 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/229504-Apple-thinking-ahead-for-Vista/229504#229504 jmacdonagh 13 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/jmacdonagh/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - iTunes updated to look more like... WMP? Yeah, actually I'm starting to like it.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/229040-iTunes-updated-to-look-more-like-WMP/0538a79d913b43699f019dea010ae235#0538a79d913b43699f019dea010ae235 Tue, 12 Sep 2006 19:01:21 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/229040-iTunes-updated-to-look-more-like-WMP/0538a79d913b43699f019dea010ae235#0538a79d913b43699f019dea010ae235 jmacdonagh 45 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/jmacdonagh/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - iTunes updated to look more like... WMP? Just downloaded iTunes 7.

I love the ability to have this new view:

http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c169/jmacdonagh/iWMP11.jpg

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/229040-iTunes-updated-to-look-more-like-WMP/229040#229040 Tue, 12 Sep 2006 18:29:46 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/229040-iTunes-updated-to-look-more-like-WMP/229040#229040 jmacdonagh 45 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/jmacdonagh/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - Contacts, calendar, and e-mail - why can't they be connected? So I've just installed RC1 of Vista and I'm at a crossroads. Where do I keep my personal information? I have the option of keeping it in Outlook (2007), Windows, or Windows Live Mail. They're all Microsoft products, but none of them work together.

1. Contacts. Outlook has it's address book, Vista has it's Contacts folder which holds VCards, and Windows Live Mail has it's own area for contacts. Messenger integrates with Windows Live Mail's contact set.

2. Calendar. Outlook has it's own one, Windows Calendar allows me to create them, and Windows Live Mail has it's own calendar (which you can't sync anymore... yay).

3. E-mail. Luckily I can use IMAP for most of my e-mail accounts. Except Windows Live Mail. I can either hit the website or I can do it in outlook. Windows Mail does not support HTTP e-mail accounts.

Anyway, here's my rant. I'm using 3 Microsoft products / technologies. Why aren't they helping me keep everything in sync?

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/228171-Contacts-calendar-and-e-mail-why-cant-they-be-connected/228171#228171 Fri, 08 Sep 2006 19:47:11 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/228171-Contacts-calendar-and-e-mail-why-cant-they-be-connected/228171#228171 jmacdonagh 12 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/jmacdonagh/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - www.icalx.com and Vista's Windows Calendar Has anyone been able to publish Windows Calendar iCal files to www.icalx.com? I can publish them using Sunbird and I can subscribe to them in Windows Calendar. When I try to publish I get "Network path not found". Does Windows Calendar support HTTP authentication for publishing calendars?

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/227843-wwwicalxcom-and-Vistas-Windows-Calendar/227843#227843 Thu, 07 Sep 2006 19:00:44 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/227843-wwwicalxcom-and-Vistas-Windows-Calendar/227843#227843 jmacdonagh 3 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/jmacdonagh/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - Media Center + Dish Network + Extender So I've done a little research and it looks like most MCE PCs come with IR Blasters, which basically convert MCE remote commands to STB commands.

So I'm assuming that hitting Channel Up on the Xbox remote while it is extending Media Center will send that command to the actual media center, which will convert it and "blast" it to the STB.

I'll have to do a little more research on this.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/225637-Media-Center--Dish-Network--Extender/7400f532cb794eedbd6a9dec000b80a7#7400f532cb794eedbd6a9dec000b80a7 Wed, 30 Aug 2006 20:07:07 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/225637-Media-Center--Dish-Network--Extender/7400f532cb794eedbd6a9dec000b80a7#7400f532cb794eedbd6a9dec000b80a7 jmacdonagh 3 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/jmacdonagh/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - Media Center + Dish Network + Extender I'm wondering about the ability to change channels while using a Media Center Extender (my XBox 360 in this case), when the actual Media Center / Dish Network STB is in a different room. I know that the STB is connected via Coaxial to my wall, and then my TV is connected to the STB. The TV always has to be on Channel 3, and the STB is the one which changes channel.

The question is, I'm thinking about hooking the STB up to a Media Center PC in a different room and using my 360 as an extender. I'd watch TV basically through my extender. The question is, can the actual Media Center PC actually change the channel? If not, is there a solution to this (fairly common I would assume) problem?

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/225637-Media-Center--Dish-Network--Extender/225637#225637 Wed, 30 Aug 2006 19:43:29 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/225637-Media-Center--Dish-Network--Extender/225637#225637 jmacdonagh 3 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/jmacdonagh/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - Buying a student car on a new interest free credit card? Here are some things that I wanted to introduct / reiterate:

1. Of that $700 montly net income, none of it goes towards rent, food, or utilities. I have already saved up enough for two years worth.

2. I intend on paying off the entire balance before my introductory period expires.

3. The minimum monthly payment on a $4000 balance is $160 (calculating at 4%). It goes down from there. It would be very easy to save that up each month, put it aside, and put other extra income towards it as well. When summer begins in May, my income will go from $700 to about $4000 per month. I have already saved up enough for the next school year, so all of that $4000 is expendable.

4. I disagree with maintenence costs. I used to drive 200 miles + per week during the summer and would only have to fill up every 1.5 weeks. The driving to and from campus would be considerably less that 200 miles per week.

5. I have a girlfriend who lives on campus. She doesn't care if I have a car or not, but I do like to go over there and back to my apartment every once in a while.

6. Some of my work shifts could end as late as 3 in the morning. Walking back might not be so fun.

7. I see that some of you are from Europe. I've lived in the UK and I know how easy it is to walk everywhere. In the US, most cities are not designed for walking. To get to campus, I have to cross a 5 lane highway with a light that's really out of the way.

So I guess my question has become, do credit card companies have stipulations against doing something like this? Would they be angry that I would only put on one or two charges on the card and pay them off before the period ends?

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Larsenal wrote:

Arowin wrote:
If you want to pay back a credit card at the minimum rate only, you'll end up paying it off still into retirement...


I think he meant that he would only have to pay some minimum for a few months until he could pay down the entire balance with the better paying job.


Right. I'd pay it off before the 0% interest period goes away. Even a $4000 car with 0% for 15 months (American Express Blue) would be about $267 per month, well within my net income.

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]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/221397-Buying-a-student-car-on-a-new-interest-free-credit-card/bb3657483e694c3cb3469dec00055122#bb3657483e694c3cb3469dec00055122 Thu, 17 Aug 2006 05:03:24 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/221397-Buying-a-student-car-on-a-new-interest-free-credit-card/bb3657483e694c3cb3469dec00055122#bb3657483e694c3cb3469dec00055122 jmacdonagh 24 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/jmacdonagh/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - Buying a student car on a new interest free credit card? I'm starting my Junior year at college here and after moving off campus into an apartment, I'm realizing that a car would sure speed up the 25 minute walk to campus.

There are a couple used car lots around campus. There's not much in my original price range ($2000-$3000). I was thinking today while I was walking to campus, why don't I increase my price range and put it on a new interest free credit card?

I work for the University doing ITS Help Desk duties, and I can pull in up to $700 or so a month. I've already saved up enough to pay for rent, food, and utilities for the entire school year. Virtually all of my net pay could go to paying off a car.

But bank loans are a pain. Most of the time you have to know the make, model, and year before you apply. By the time you hear back, the car is already gone.

But credit cards are different. You can have a huge available credit, put the entire car on it, and start paying off the minimum montly payments (is it 2% of your balance or 4% now?) Additionally, you are not tied down to certain payment terms. When I go back home for the summer my job which pays QUITE a bit more could pay off the rest of my loan within a few weeks.

So my question is, would it be really stupid to apply for an interest free credit card (hoping for 12 months), putting a cheapo car on it, and paying it off before interest kicks in?

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/221397-Buying-a-student-car-on-a-new-interest-free-credit-card/221397#221397 Thu, 17 Aug 2006 04:41:31 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/221397-Buying-a-student-car-on-a-new-interest-free-credit-card/221397#221397 jmacdonagh 24 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/jmacdonagh/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - This is exactly why Linux/OSS scares people away... This story got dugg:

http://www.digg.com/linux_unix/Microsofties_in_the_Wild

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/220005-This-is-exactly-why-LinuxOSS-scares-people-away/405151e024b84820be759dec00033449#405151e024b84820be759dec00033449 Mon, 14 Aug 2006 05:46:48 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/220005-This-is-exactly-why-LinuxOSS-scares-people-away/405151e024b84820be759dec00033449#405151e024b84820be759dec00033449 jmacdonagh 77 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/jmacdonagh/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - Media Center album view I'm having trouble with my dad's Media Center. Usually when he goes into My Music and into the Albums section it shows all his albums in a grid with album art. Recently, however, it has been showing up in a text only list. I've looked through all the settings but I can't seem to find it. It seemed to happen after I installed Windows Media Player 11, but uninstalling that didn't help.

Any suggestions?

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/219446-Media-Center-album-view/219446#219446 Fri, 11 Aug 2006 02:15:17 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/219446-Media-Center-album-view/219446#219446 jmacdonagh 5 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/jmacdonagh/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - Vista speech recognition video, It actually works
longzheng wrote:


That's funny. But really, what else is it going to do?

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JohnAskew wrote:

jmacdonagh wrote: I'm all for including WinFX into the .NET framework. I really don't think "3.0" is the best name for it though, simple because it will cause problems with C# 3.0 is released. I'd rather call it .NET 2.8 or so.


You need to watch the video on C9 about this.
It is C# 3.0... no core changes to C# .NET 2.0... watch the video?


Yeah I understand that. My comment might have been a little confusing. What I meant was that the .NET Framework 3.0 is still the old 2.0 compilers and CLR with the WinFX libraries. This will cause confusion when C# 3.0 (with LINQ enhancements, etc...) is released (language, compilers, CLR, etc...).

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/219149-WinFX-and-the-quotNET-30quot-misnomer/42b719f5b8264e3cac2f9dec0002327a#42b719f5b8264e3cac2f9dec0002327a Thu, 10 Aug 2006 17:47:17 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/219149-WinFX-and-the-quotNET-30quot-misnomer/42b719f5b8264e3cac2f9dec0002327a#42b719f5b8264e3cac2f9dec0002327a jmacdonagh 12 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/jmacdonagh/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - WinFX and the ".NET 3.0" misnomer I'm all for including WinFX into the .NET framework. I really don't think "3.0" is the best name for it though, simple because it will cause problems with C# 3.0 is released. I'd rather call it .NET 2.8 or so.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/219149-WinFX-and-the-quotNET-30quot-misnomer/291a43ae51914d05bf1a9dec00023201#291a43ae51914d05bf1a9dec00023201 Thu, 10 Aug 2006 15:21:17 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/219149-WinFX-and-the-quotNET-30quot-misnomer/291a43ae51914d05bf1a9dec00023201#291a43ae51914d05bf1a9dec00023201 jmacdonagh 12 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/jmacdonagh/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - Vista & Treo 700w Never mind. I fixed it. There's a thread in the Mobile Device Center newsgroup called Favour. It has a link to the updated build that syncs correctly.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/219102-Vista-amp-Treo-700w/e063a985784945fc90fb9dec000228b1#e063a985784945fc90fb9dec000228b1 Thu, 10 Aug 2006 01:13:16 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/219102-Vista-amp-Treo-700w/e063a985784945fc90fb9dec000228b1#e063a985784945fc90fb9dec000228b1 jmacdonagh 7 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/jmacdonagh/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - Vista & Treo 700w
Steve411 wrote:
You like the treo man? I've had mine for about a month or so now, it seems to work fine with the latest vista for me.

- Steve


I like it so far! So you have the 700w? Are you able to sync Outlook information into it?

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/219102-Vista-amp-Treo-700w/5ba09cc47e34470a81c89dec0002288b#5ba09cc47e34470a81c89dec0002288b Wed, 09 Aug 2006 23:46:30 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/219102-Vista-amp-Treo-700w/5ba09cc47e34470a81c89dec0002288b#5ba09cc47e34470a81c89dec0002288b jmacdonagh 7 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/jmacdonagh/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - Vista & Treo 700w I just recieved my 700 and I'm having trouble syncing my Outlook information with Windows Vista.

I was having trouble to even get Vista to recognize it to begin with. I would plug it in, the device installation wizard would open, and then I would get some strange error message. I was going to take a screenshot and post it, but I got past that.

What I ended up doing was disconnecting the device and restarting the computer. Before I reconnected the device I ran Windows Mobile Device Center (which I couldn't find on the start menu unless I searched). I hit Ok on the dialog that came up and connected my device. The device installation wizard pops open and I didn't recieve an error message!

LONG story short, the device is connected. I can browse it through Explorer and sync music to it via Windows Media Player. What I'm not able to do is sync Outlook appointments, contacts, etc...

Now when I connect the device the Windows Mobile Device Center pops up:




When I click on Set up your device I get this message:



I've searched and searched, but I can't seem to find this software. Does anyone know how to get this set up?

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/219102-Vista-amp-Treo-700w/219102#219102 Wed, 09 Aug 2006 23:33:41 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/219102-Vista-amp-Treo-700w/219102#219102 jmacdonagh 7 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/jmacdonagh/Discussions/RSS Tech Off - Function Pointers C++? Yup.

Seemed kinda pointless. We built a simple calculator application with them.

Delegates (.NET) are easier IMHO.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/TechOff/219014-Function-Pointers/214ebcb0963e4676add19dea01460a78#214ebcb0963e4676add19dea01460a78 Wed, 09 Aug 2006 18:44:20 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/TechOff/219014-Function-Pointers/214ebcb0963e4676add19dea01460a78#214ebcb0963e4676add19dea01460a78 jmacdonagh 5 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/jmacdonagh/Discussions/RSS Tech Off - Basic HTML problem By the way, if you aren't changing the URL when you refresh, you dont need the url= in the content attribute of the meta tag.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/TechOff/218766-Basic-HTML-problem/d61018a7016c48debbd29dea014607c6#d61018a7016c48debbd29dea014607c6 Wed, 09 Aug 2006 18:43:14 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/TechOff/218766-Basic-HTML-problem/d61018a7016c48debbd29dea014607c6#d61018a7016c48debbd29dea014607c6 jmacdonagh 5 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/jmacdonagh/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - Vista 2.0
ChrisA wrote:
I just finished the keynote and I will agree that they are taking way too many jabs at M$.  While unprofessional they are correct.  Microsoft hasnt come up with anything innovative in the last 6 years.  Simply copies of OS X and Google wares.   Microsoft is in trouble and not just from the Apple front but Lenovo is going to start offering a Linux desktop on its ThinkPad lines.  Google is killing them on the desktop and web search department and pretty soon with their online word processor, spreadsheet and calendar Microsofts other products are in dire straits.   The writing is on the wall.  I also think its funny that while Apple has been working on a major upgrade to their OS, Microsoft had a chance to wow everyone and work on shipping VPC for the Mac.  Getting a universal binary out the door and optimmizing it so it could beat the new kid on the block, Parallel and their old rival, VMWare.  But they didnt.  The cancelled VPC for Mac and announced Messenger.  Now that was boring and probably a bad move.


I don't want to start a flame war, but it's funny that you should mention Lenovo selling Linux desktops. I came across this today on digg:

Lenovo Group Posts 89% Drop in Profit

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/218123-Vista-20/21c637da2a984cb996a49dec000125b2#21c637da2a984cb996a49dec000125b2 Tue, 08 Aug 2006 04:40:22 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/218123-Vista-20/21c637da2a984cb996a49dec000125b2#21c637da2a984cb996a49dec000125b2 jmacdonagh 107 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/jmacdonagh/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - Vista + 2GB of RAM = useful I've been running the latest build of Vista on my 1.6Ghz Pentium M with 512MB of RAM (actually, I believe my video card was "sharing" 128MB of that). It actually ran pretty good. Start-up was a little slow, and opening Windows Live Mail Desktop took a while, but all in all it was OK for a beta.

Anyway, I just installed 2GB of RAM and now it's flying! Whee!

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/218433-Vista--2GB-of-RAM--useful/218433#218433 Mon, 07 Aug 2006 23:01:09 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/218433-Vista--2GB-of-RAM--useful/218433#218433 jmacdonagh 9 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/jmacdonagh/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - Vista 2.0 I realize that Leopard is just a preview as of now, but does anyone else think the interface for Time Machine is REALLY cheesy?

http://images.apple.com/macosx/leopard/images/timemachinebrowser20060807.jpg

Do you always see those stars, or was that simply the background of the desktop?

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/218123-Vista-20/a2d9df5c00c24786913f9dec000123fa#a2d9df5c00c24786913f9dec000123fa Mon, 07 Aug 2006 20:54:15 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/218123-Vista-20/a2d9df5c00c24786913f9dec000123fa#a2d9df5c00c24786913f9dec000123fa jmacdonagh 107 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/jmacdonagh/Discussions/RSS