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02 May 2009
How-To Get Matroska (.mkv) Files to Play in Windows 7 RC (Build 7100) using FFDShow-tryouts or MPCVideoDec
It seems like all the buzz in the Media Center community lately is about DivX Labs latest project: A “Technology Preview” of Matroska support in Windows 7 . I’ve tried out their solution and it seems to work, however, I need to have subtitle support and alternative audio stream support (for reasons that... Read More...
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30 January 2009
How-To Configure Windows 7 To Play Matroska (.mkv) Files
UPDATE : Now that the Release Candidate (build 7100) of Windows 7 is out, only the Haali Media Splitter or the DivX Labs MKV Splitter are needed to get Matroska files playing in Media Center and Windows Media Player. However, neither splitter supports subtitles yet, so if you need subtitles, check out... Read More...
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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...
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28 July 2006
Domain Controller Installation Notes
I've installed my fair share of Windows 2003 domain controllers over the years and there are always a few things that for some reason aren't configured when running the Active Directory Wizard (DCPromo.exe): Time Server COM+ Security DNS Settings This whole time server thing is sorta weird. From what... Read More...
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24 June 2006
.NET Framework 3.0 June 2006 CTP and other goodies
Microsoft Pre-Release Software Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 - June 2006 CTP Direct links: x86 and x64 Microsoft Visual Studio Code Name “Orcas” Community Technology Preview – Development Tools for .NET Framework 3.0 Microsoft® Visual Studio® 2005 Extensions for Windows® Workflow Foundation Release Candidate... Read More...
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18 June 2006
VistaTorrent foxed already
Looks like Microsoft foxed the Vista torrents already: http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1977916,00.asp Read More...
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12 June 2006
Vista Beta 2 Torrent
Some guys put up a non-official-but-close-enough torrent for Vista Beta 2: http://www.vistatorrent.com/ Read More...
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12 June 2006
Windows Vista Beta 2
Well it looks like some of Microsoft's servers are completely hammered due to this one: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsvista/getready/preview.mspx I can barely get the new IIS.net site to load. For those that aren't in the Vista/Office/IE7 beta you can use that link to get your own copy of Windows Vista... Read More...
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23 May 2006
Beta Overload
Looks like "Beta 2" for a lot of the next generation of Microsoft products came out today: Windows Vista Office 2007 WinFX Orcas WinFX Development Tools for WinFX Visual Studio 2005 Extensions for Windows Workflow Foundation (Beta 2.2) Windows SDK And a few CTP's: Expression Graphic Designer Expression... Read More...
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19 May 2006
Windows Media Player 11 Beta
I installed Windows Media Player 11 Beta on my laptop. I figured if it screws something up, at least it will only be my laptop and not one of my primary computers. Well it seems like there was nothing to worry about because as far as I can tell this is the same piece of software they've been shipping... Read More...
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