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September 2005 - Posts

File shares in XP that aren't shared

As I've discussed before, ASI won't work unless your clients can get to the file shares created by the ASI server setup. Here's an issue that is difficult to troubleshoot. If you're using Windows XP SP2 the UI will tell you that the images folder is being Read More...
Posted Wednesday, September 28, 2005 1:16 PM by craigrow | 2 Comments
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Windows XP and Server 2003 logos in the DTM

A hot topic of discussion today was support for Windows XP and Server 2003 logo testing in the WDK. I actually had slides on this in the presentation I used, but I pulled them because I figured driver developers wouldn't really care. Anyway, we are going Read More...
Posted Wednesday, September 28, 2005 12:53 PM by craigrow | 0 Comments
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Technology in the morning

We're doing a WDK presentation this morning for a bunch of driver development groups. When we arrived yesterday we discovered that each attendee had been provided with two systems, a laptop and a 64-bit system connected via cross-over cable. We decided Read More...
Posted Wednesday, September 28, 2005 8:34 AM by craigrow | 5 Comments
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What in the world is going on?

First we heard the rumors that Microsoft was buying AOL and now this ...Windows will run on Palm devices! What's next? Read More...
Posted Monday, September 26, 2005 9:25 AM by craigrow | 2 Comments
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Company meeting

A lot of people have been asking me to share my thoughts on the company meeting. First, Safeco Field was very cold. I know everyone from the mid-west thinks we're whimps for calling 60 degrees cold, but it was. It was actually very plesant outside but Read More...
Posted Monday, September 26, 2005 8:55 AM by craigrow | 5 Comments
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Company meeting today

I have a love-hate relationship with the company meeting. Microsoft has three big company-wide events each year, the holiday party, picnic and the company meeting. I usually make it to two a year. If I don't I really miss it because I always walk away Read More...
Posted Friday, September 23, 2005 8:39 AM by craigrow | 2 Comments
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Predictive Markets

The Google Blog has a rather un-interesting post on how Google uses predictive markets to gleen important information from their collective minds. Microsoft Research has been running predictive markets for some time now. I personally participated in one Read More...
Posted Thursday, September 22, 2005 10:03 AM by craigrow | 1 Comments
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Success for ASI

I received an email yesterday from one of the TAP sites we visited last month in Silicon Valley. They've made ASI their primary mechanism for deploying operating systems to system in their logo testing lab. This is a lab with significant automation, on Read More...
Posted Thursday, September 22, 2005 9:35 AM by craigrow | 1 Comments
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Getting RSS feeds for search terms

Morten pointed out to me the RSS feeds that are available on the Google Blog search page. This allows you to subscribe to a blog search feed; cool! As you may have guessed, Google Blog search has created a bit of conversation internally as well. I said Read More...
Posted Monday, September 19, 2005 9:20 AM by craigrow | 0 Comments
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ASI Security tips up our customers

When we decided to retire the HCT, DDK, DCT and IFS and replace them with one kit, the WDK, on of the main focuses was moving the driver development community to the same tools we use internally to develop and test drivers. The benefits of this strategy Read More...
Posted Monday, September 19, 2005 9:13 AM by craigrow | 0 Comments
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Google blog search: I don't get it.

I'm sure I'm not the first one to tell you Google has launched a blog search tool . I really don't get it though. Blogs always showed up in Google searches. Google Search on "Windows Driver Kit." Google Blog Search on "Windows Driver Kit." The Google Read More...
Posted Wednesday, September 14, 2005 9:40 AM by craigrow | 10 Comments
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Steve Carbone gives Ximage a try

I think he liked it. Read More...
Posted Wednesday, September 14, 2005 8:49 AM by craigrow | 0 Comments
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LA Power Outage

I guess the LA Times has confirmed the power outage was caused by an employee who cut the wrong cable. So much for my theory that it was all the PDC attendees charging up their portable devices when arriving at their hotels. Read More...
Posted Monday, September 12, 2005 4:09 PM by craigrow | 0 Comments
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Preview new draft of the WDK Automated Deployment Tools Quick Start Guide

Here is the latest draft of the WDK Automated Deployment Tools Quick Start Guide. Please let me know what helps, what doesn't and what is still needed. By the way, it will look better when it's in the kit, it is just too much work to fix the formatting Read More...
Posted Monday, September 12, 2005 2:19 PM by craigrow | 5 Comments
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eBay buys Skype

There has been a lot of action in the IP phone business lately. It won't be long before that business explodes and somebody is going to become very rich. Unfortunately for owners of eBay I think the announcement that Skype has been purchased is an opportunity Read More...
Posted Monday, September 12, 2005 8:17 AM by craigrow | 9 Comments
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How easy is this: installing additional drivers

One of the things that became very obvious while working with customers last week was that our support for adding drivers via ASI isgoing to be critical. Here are two common scenarios I saw. Install the ASI server. Copy Windows XP to the server. Boot Read More...
Posted Friday, September 09, 2005 5:01 PM by craigrow | 4 Comments
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Wireless at the ballpark

Last week we were able to take a side trip to SBC park in San Francisco to catch a ballgame. SBC is now my favoriate park . That was the second out of town park I've been able to visit this year and both had fee WiFi at the park. This led me to ask, why Read More...
Posted Wednesday, September 07, 2005 11:51 AM by craigrow | 3 Comments
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Architect is not a verb

Devhawk has a post on one of my pet peeves, the use of the word “architect” as a verb; people say “architecting.” I also find the debate about what an architect is and does to be interesting. One of my mentors here at Microsoft started his career as an Read More...
Posted Tuesday, September 06, 2005 5:12 PM by craigrow | 1 Comments
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Changing ASI server defaults

As you know, I was in Silicon Valley last week showing customers the DTM and ASI. One thing I had to explain over and over was the server defaults in ASI. For most people, the first OS they put on their ASI server is Windows XP. The built-in default for Read More...
Posted Tuesday, September 06, 2005 11:47 AM by craigrow | 0 Comments
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