Tag: Microsoft
Sub-tags: HyperLapse, Live Mesh, MS Access, Office, OneDrive, Windows
Windows 11 Release Date
Microsoft have just announced the release date for Windows 11, and that date will be October the 5th 2021. Further details on the latest version of Windows are available at…
Read more →Microsoft Hyperlapse
Microsoft have released Hyperlapse for Windows, Windows Phone and Android, which is a really cool way to make smooth time lapse videos from original videos you shoot on your mobile phone and cameras…
Read more →Windows 10 on Raspberry Pi 2
As we all know Windows 10 is mooted for release later in 2015, probably with the initial desktop releases in about July, and other variants following later in the year. One version of Windows 10 that…
Read more →Microsoft Band desktop Sync App
Recently I took delivery of a Microsoft Band in order to improve my fitness and lose weight and so far so good! I'll probably do a more in depth write up when I have had a chance to really get to…
Read more →Microsoft's OneDrive now offers UNLIMITED storage
It looks like Microsoft have just set the cloud storage market on fire by giving completely unlimited storage on OneDrive, (neé SkyDrive), to it's Office 365 users. This is barely a month after they…
Read more →Windows Process Explorer
Ever had a problem deleting, moving, or renaming a file only to get a message box with an error saying something like "The file is in use by another program or user" or that access is denied or a…
Read more →Microsoft Project Siena
Microsoft have just released Project Siena, which looks like Microsoft's first big push to encourage app development for Windows 8 and RT. Siena is targeted at “business experts, business analysts…
Read more →Windows 8.1 Initial Thoughts
So Microsoft had an about face as regards releasing 8.1 early to TechNet and MSDN subscribers and made it available for download on 9th September. I've now downloaded it and nuked my work PC so that…
Read more →Windows 8.1 release date
So Microsoft have finally announced the release date for Windows 8.1, (formerly known as Windows Blue), and they confirmed that Windows 8.1 will be launched at 4am PDT (12 noon GMT) on the 17 October…
Read more →Windows 8 'gripes' and a fix...
In the course of work, I keep meeting people who have recently had computers replaced with new Windows 8 machines, and generally speaking most people seem to hate it! This is basically a fear of…
Read more →Visual Studio 2012 updated
For those that have started dabbling with Visual Studio 2012, you may be interested to learn that there is already an update available for this IDE. Available from…
Read more →Learning Programming Languages from Scratch
If you ever fancied learning how to program, why not take a look over at Channel 9 where there is a series of "how to" videos dedicated to doing just this. Most of the videos are by Bob Tabor from…
Read more →Office 2013 RTMs
The new releases continue to flow! According to http://www.itpro.co.uk/643489/microsoft-releases-office-2013-to-manufacturers Office 2013 has now been released to manufacturers, which means general…
Read more →Microsoft Server 2012 Essentials Released
Microsoft have finally released Microsoft server 2012 essentials, the spiritual heir to Windows Home Server, (WHS), according to…
Read more →Windows 8 Hyper-V and SLAT
Having run my my main home PC as a Windows Server 2008 R2 machine for a while, primarily so that I could make use of it's Hyper-V capabilities to run various other OS's; I was really pleased to see…
Read more →Me and Programming
Although my work life is in a specific area of IT not specifically related to programming, it would seem I've always had some level of involvement with this side of computing. In fact I started my…
Read more →Converting MS Access to MySQL
Have you ever wanted to convert a Microsoft Access database to MySQL? A quick and easy way of doing this is with the excellent Bullzip Access to MySQL tool available from…
Read more →WHS 2011 and Disk Extenders
I’ve been a long term fan of the Windows Home Server, (WHS), environment and have run both WHS and WHS 2011 machines. I started with a physical machine for WHS, but then migrated this to a virtual…
Read more →Mesh Endpoints
James Senior has published a new post on mesh here describing using Live Mesh with different kinds of devices. In essence there are four types of devices available - Creators, Consumers, Rich…
Read more →PDC 2008 - What a Day!
What a day at PDC, ( Microsoft's Professional Developer Conference )! A number of new technologies have either been launched or previewed - all of which look pretty interesting.
Read more →Windows Home Server
I have to admit right up front that I am a huge fan of Microsofts Windows Home Server. Much as it's name implies it's a server for the home - all clear? no? Let me explain!! Generally in an office…
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