I wanted to use CamStudio to record how to do things on Windows computers. I downloaded v2.6 beta from the website and installed it. (My OS of choice here is Windows 7 x64). When I first installed it I got an error message 14001, Unable to execute file, CreateProcess failed. What’s happening is that this… Read More »
SQL Server 2012 has now been released to manufacturing and is available to try here: http://www.microsoft.com/sqlserver/en/us/get-sql-server/try-it.aspx Microsoft have also kindly release a Microsoft Press Book on the new features here in PDF format (epub and mobi formats to follow next week). I’ll have a quick look and see if there’s anything I can show you… Read More »
I love virtualisation. It means I can experiment to my hearts content with all sorts of OSes and not have to by lots of seperate kit. My latest pet project is to try and control a Vmware host using some CSharp (or maybe powershell and PowerCLI) to enable cloning of guests without a human being… Read More »
My friends at work have created some great apps with this framework for their phones and pads. I’ve wanted to get in there and give it a go, but the cost kept me away. Until now 😉 Unity3D site
I’ve been on a project where a number of prerequisites needed scripting and we’re provided in the MSI format. This is the Microsoft Installer format. There are a number of switches you can use which can streamline an application install. Problem was that the way our installing system operates here, the execution environment runs as… Read More »
Starting up Windows 8 for the first time was not so much a shock, as I’ve seen the user interface on the Xbox and friends phones. It was more of a departure though, than I was expecting. As a long term advanced user if Windows, you do expect certain things to be in certain places… Read More »