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• HP TouchSmart software update: Touch Optimizer

  Lots of people find that once they’re outside the touch optimized environment that the HP TouchSmart software provides, things in Vista are not all that easy to use with touch. This is something we addressed with what we called a “Touch Optimizer”... Posted Nov 21 2008, 01:06 AM by GeekTieGuy Filed under: Vista, Software, HP TouchSmart

• Steven Sinofsky’s Vista UAC discussion at PDC 2008

  One thing I haven’t written about yet is my impression of a few moments in Steven Sinofsky’s PDC 2008 keynote. It was when he talked about User Account Control. UAC was not well received when it was put in Vista, to put it mildly. At around... Posted Nov 14 2008, 12:36 PM by GeekTieGuy Filed under: Vista, Opinion, Software

• Make WordPress MU work in a development environment without a domain

  If you’re trying to get WordPress MU to work on a machine that isn’t on any domain, i.e. doesn’t have a dot in its name, this article by Will Norris leads you down a possible path. To tie a bow on it, this is what I did to get things... Posted Oct 15 2008, 11:00 AM by GeekTieGuy Filed under: Software

• Fix Windows Live Photo Gallery file associations

  Not sure this is something people run into a lot, but if you are using Windows Live Photo Gallery and you can’t use it to view files by double-clicking on them anymore, the fix is to re-register the PhotoViewerShim.dll like this: regsvr32 "... Posted Sep 11 2008, 12:35 AM by GeekTieGuy Filed under: Software

• Listen to you hard drive’s S.M.A.R.T. status - part 2

  In which I learn that even though the SMART status and drive self-tests report "No problems found", you can’t trust them all the time. To make a long story short: Even though I’ve mentioned in the past that it’s a good idea to... Posted Sep 10 2008, 02:12 AM by GeekTieGuy Filed under: Software, Tech Toys

• The cat’s finally out of the bag - The new HP TouchSmart IQ500 has been announced

  The big day is here and gone. The new TouchSmart PC has been announced to great fanfare on the web, and I’m sure there’s more to come. The blogs are full of praise and criticism already, of course. Since I was closely involved with the creation... Posted Jun 10 2008, 07:18 PM by GeekTieGuy Filed under: Software, Tech Toys, Work in general

• Inside the HP TouchSmart PC software: HP SmartCenter - Part 4

  This is part 4 of the mini-series on the HP SmartCenter software. Hear about the team’s reaction to the Engadget leak and the launch plans at CES 2007. If you missed the first three parts, they are here, here and here. — One of the really... Posted Apr 24 2008, 10:33 PM by GeekTieGuy Filed under: WPF, Vista, Personal, Software

• Inside the HP TouchSmart PC software: HP SmartCenter - Part 3

  Welcome to part 3 of this mini-series. Last time around you heard a little bit about the early prototypes and how things progressed from there. This time I’ll talk a bit more about some of the functionality in HP SmartCenter and some of the things... Posted Apr 17 2008, 10:30 PM by GeekTieGuy Filed under: WPF, Vista, Personal, Software

• Inside the HP TouchSmart PC software: HP SmartCenter - Part 2

  In the first part of this mini-series, I introduced you to the early planning stages of HP SmartCenter. This time you’ll get a little more information on the early development, including a few screenshots of prototpyes. — I hacked together... Posted Apr 10 2008, 10:12 PM by GeekTieGuy Filed under: WPF, Vista, Personal, Software

• Inside the HP TouchSmart PC software: HP SmartCenter - Part 1

  I thought some people might enjoy reading a little “behind the scenes” story about the most high-profile piece of software I’ve been involved with so far. I feel pretty lucky to have had the chance to work on a unique product and to... Posted Apr 05 2008, 01:23 AM by GeekTieGuy Filed under: WPF, Vista, Personal, Software

• Vista SP1 - still no audio after resume from sleep

  I have a laptop that has an issue with properly restarting the sound subsystem after Vista resumes from sleep. Microsoft brought out a hotfix about 6 months ago that supposedly fixed issues like this. On my system, the problem persists, even after installing... Posted Feb 12 2008, 12:45 PM by GeekTieGuy Filed under: Vista, Software

• Can’t install .NET 3.5 on Vista x64? Try uninstalling KB110806.

  The title says it all. Several attempts I’ve made at installing the .NET Framework 3.5 on x64 Vista boxes failed with Error 1603. After a prolonged Google search, I found a forum with someone mentioning to uninstall KB110806, which seems to be related... Posted Feb 01 2008, 12:22 PM by GeekTieGuy Filed under: WPF, Vista, Software

• CardSharkV - now with screenshots

  It occurred to me that my CardSharkV page didn’t have any screenshots to show how the program works or what it looks like. That has now been remedied. Here’s the central part of it (grouping the photos): So head on over to the CardSharkV page... Posted Dec 11 2007, 01:46 AM by GeekTieGuy Filed under: Vista, Software

• Introducing CardSharkV

  Check out this program I’ve developed, called CardSharkV. It’s a digital picture storage card/camera “downloader” with a twist. It’s a bit of an experiment, and I’m looking for some real-world “beta” testers... Posted Nov 25 2007, 03:06 AM by GeekTieGuy Filed under: WPF, Vista, Software development, Software

• Crossloop, a free remote assistance program that works!

  I spent about three hours with my mom today. I helped her pick out photos from a trip we’d taken together this summer for a little presentation she’s going to give to her local community, printed out some information from the web and helped... Posted Sep 01 2007, 10:59 PM by GeekTieGuy Filed under: Personal, Software