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Installing Zune 3.0 on Windows Server 2008 (x64)

If you're like me, and would like to run Zune 3.0 on your Windows Server 2008 (x64), here's the workaround - Thanks to Kit Kai for providing the link.

Posted to Microlau's Blog by microlau on 10-03-2008

Filed under: Zune

Resources for Oct 2008 UG Event

For those who're trying to copy down Apurva's blog - Here's the link . Here's some other resources which he mentioned: - Deep Zoom Composer - Deep Zoom Tag Browser

Posted to Microlau's Blog by microlau on 10-02-2008

Filed under: Events

Search crawler reports access denied, even though default content access account has rights via policy

I had a single server moss setup on a windows 2008 virtualised box, and it was crawling fine. I don't do much search, it was until when I wanted to install iFilter for pdf from FoxIt, I realised the crawler is hitting access denied error. Application...

Posted to Kit Kai's Tech Blog by kitkai on 10-02-2008

Filed under: SharePoint

Oct 2008 UG Meeting

Our next UG Meeting is held on 2nd October 2008, Level 22 CF12, NTUC Building from 1830 hrs – 2130 hrs. Food will be served before the session. Deep Zoom – A Walkthrough Apurva Deepak Lawale 1925 – 2025 hrs Apurva will be showing a few...

Posted to Microlau's Blog by microlau on 09-28-2008

Filed under: Events

Unable to upload big files when running SharePoint on Windows 2008

I had that problem for quite a long time. Changing the maximum allowable file size in SharePoint, or web.config doesn't help. I will just keep hitting a 404 error. Very frustrating indeed. It was until recently, I found this KB, http://support.microsoft...

Posted to Kit Kai's Tech Blog by kitkai on 09-26-2008

Filed under: SharePoint

Strange System Volume Information folder on WinXP

Recently, I saw a trojan able to sneak itself into my f drive "System Volume Information" read-only folder without my knowledge. However when i tried to access this folder to delete the trojan, it prompts me access denied on this folder. Why...

Posted to DarenHan's Blog by darenhan on 09-26-2008

Pitfall of storing dataset in a session variable

1. Session("dataSetXXXX") = dsSelect 2. dsSelect = CType(Session("dataSetXXX"), DataSet) In (1), what if your dataset contain 60,000 rows of data? (2), the conversion of a big session variable to a dataset will take up resources (memory...

Posted to DarenHan's Blog by darenhan on 09-24-2008

Microsoft PC vs Mac advertisements

Recently, I just found some interesting ads from microsoft advertising PC vs Macs. Just sharing the links as of below. I am PC Ads http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWk8ouioXgE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hhVjSbV_oQ Mac vs PC Ads http://www.youtube.com...

Posted to DarenHan's Blog by darenhan on 09-20-2008

Cloud computing may expose your health records.

I got this from windowssecrets.com in my email today, just sharing the info... Your private health information is migrating wholesale onto the public network with the advent of online health-care records stored in massive data centers around the world...

Posted to DarenHan's Blog by darenhan on 09-19-2008

Encoding content for Zune player

Recently, I managed to get my hands on a black 80GB Zune player (Thanks to Chewy) and I was trying to pump all my webcasts over to the small screen so that I can watch webcasts (and podcasts) on the move... I was rather disappointed that the Zune software...

Posted to Microlau's Blog by microlau on 09-12-2008

Filed under: Zune

Interesting how Microsoft and other vendor differs when it comes to positioning ESB and BPM products.

I have a slight background in BizTalk, after having the luxury of working with a BizTalk Expert in one of the projects. BizTalk doesn't really differentiate short running processes from long running processes by requiring the architect to first categorise...

Posted to Kit Kai's Tech Blog by kitkai on 09-08-2008

Filed under: Tech Stuff

Running HyperV, and miss your sleep?

http://blogs.technet.com/robse/archive/2008/09/03/not-the-best-work-around-for-getting-sleep-back-wiht-hyper-v.aspx

Posted to Kit Kai's Tech Blog by kitkai on 09-04-2008

Filed under: Virtualisation

Just got an Iphone ? want to prevent lost iphone?

I found this url http://www.aphonetracker.com/Register to track your iphones toprevent lost. You can see the location of your lost iphone online at the web site.

Posted to DarenHan's Blog by darenhan on 09-01-2008

Sept 2008 UG Meeting

Our next UG Meeting is held on 4th September 2008, Level 22 CF12, NTUC Building from 1830 hrs – 2130 hrs. Food will be served before the session. Silverlight and WCF Bronk Han, Solutions Consultant 1925 – 2025 hrs Beginners’ guide to...

Posted to Microlau's Blog by microlau on 09-01-2008

Filed under: Events

New NCS-SCS ‘a force’ in Singapore

SingTel will strengthen its foothold in Singapore's IT services market with a controlling stake in SCS, but it remains to be seen if SCS can lend weight to the telco's regional expansion plans, according to analysts. In a statement issued Monday...

Posted to Microlau's Blog by microlau on 08-26-2008

Filed under: Random Rantings

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