August 2006 - Posts

31 August 2006
Microsoft XNA Game Studio Express Beta 1 is out!
Beta 1 of the Microsoft XNA Game Studio Express Beta 1 is out and can be downloaded here: http://msdn.com/directx/XNA/gse/ I haven't installed it mostly because it requires Visual C# Express and I've just recently paved this box and wasn't planning on installing any of the "Express" products this round... Read More...
21 August 2006
Microsoft Online Crash Analysis thinks I'm running Vista
But I'm actually running Windows XP SP2 . I am a Vista Beta Tester, but I don't actually have it installed on any machines and certainly not the one I took this screen shot on! Read More...
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18 August 2006
SQL Server 2005 SP1 coexistence with SQLExpress SP1
The issue I had with trying to get SQL Server 2005 SP1 to coexist with SQLExpress SP1 was that the "default" database instance, which in this case is SQL Server 2005 Enterprise SP1, wouldn't appear in SQL Management Studio when browsing for network servers. I'm not sure if this is a bug or some kinda... Read More...