This week I wanted to try the Windows Automated Installation Kit (AIK) for Windows 7 RC in order to play with the new feature that allows you to boot from VHD files . After I downloaded the WAIK I hit my first stumbling block - it’s distributed as an...

Having enough of not being able to use that last 1GB of the 4GB physically available on my machines, I used the recent release of the Windows 7 Release Candidate to move into the world of 64 bit computing. As a typical end-user the transition has been...

I’m learning to speak Polish. As someone who enjoys learning challenges I certainly found one in this wonderful language. (And any language that calls November “Listopad” has got to be interesting.)   Generally I create my own study materials whenever...

As a very distributed engineering organization, our teams in Dynamics AX periodically schedule “workshops” that bring team members from our sites worldwide to meet at a single site and learn hands-on about our plans, features, and visions for our areas...

After I installed with the Windows 7 Release candidate, I discovered that Windows 7 comes with some additional variants of the Segoe UI font that first shipped in Vista. I love the Segoe UI (and original Segoe font) and so it’s nice to see that we now...

I purchased a Kingston DataTraveller 400 (4GB) to try out ReadyBoost on my Dev workstation. My initial impression is that it has visibly improved application launch time (Visual Studio 2008 was definitely faster – but YMMV). Out of curiosity I had to...