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re: Visual Studio 2010 got a new logo – you like?

Brian Madsen — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 23:18:45 GMT

@Jenny,

I actually think the point was to align it more with the .Net logo.

the "Wave" (eg. .Net logo) was received really well.

VS also hasn't had a logo upgrade in a LOOONG time, so i definitely think it was about time that it got a facelift into the 21st century :)

Thanks for your comment..

re: Visual Studio 2010 got a new logo – you like?

Jenny — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:21:54 GMT

My personal opinion -- while I think it's better than the previous VS logo, I also think it might now be TOO similar to the .NET logo in color and style. Then again, maybe that's what they're trying to go for -- a more unified look?

Thanks for sharing with us,

Jenny

re: Visual Studio 2010 got a new logo – you like?

Brian Madsen — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 04:21:59 GMT

@Nope,

tell me why then?

oh, put your name to the comments :) nobody bites!

re: Visual Studio 2010 got a new logo – you like?

Nope — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 02:24:45 GMT

nay

re: LIDNUG: Visual Basic.Net with Lisa Feigenbaum, Oct 29

Shawty — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 10:59:17 GMT

Also posted here Brian

cid-4515677bdf99b35f.spaces.live.com/.../cns!4515677BDF99B35F!290.entry

re: Dell replaces my XPS M1710 laptop

Adam — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 22:00:24 GMT

Richard, stay on them!!!! If you are under warranty you are a bit safer but if not call everyday, take names, play dumb, ask questions. I was on them everyday and it was still a month because of the old "back order" nonsense.

re: Dell replaces my XPS M1710 laptop

Richard — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 19:19:52 GMT

I had an accident with my m1730. Was at a friends house took my laptop out side on the balcony to smoke a cigarette when my friend said something so I turn to ask "what" and hit my laptop by accident with my elbow an it fell damaging it.

I contacted dell once I got home they sent a overnight box been a little over a week with no response from dell.

Should I just keep waiting or bug the hell out of them?

re: LIDNUG: Scott Guthrie session recording now available for download

Brian Madsen — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 00:14:59 GMT

Apolon,

There is indeed:

isaacabraham.calendar.live.com/.../calendar.xml

this is for upcoming presentations though..

the archives contain previous recordings.

re: LIDNUG: Scott Guthrie session recording now available for download

Apolon — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 23:59:59 GMT

Is there an rss feed for the presentations?

re: Tech.Ed AU 2009 – Sara Ford fan club

Brian Madsen — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 01:06:26 GMT

We'll reserve one for you buddy!!

no probs :)

re: Tech.Ed AU 2009 – Sara Ford fan club

Nick Hodge — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 00:50:31 GMT

OMFG

DO WANT

re: Dell replacing motherboard and graphics card in my XPS M1710, again – 4th time now

Nick — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 03:35:29 GMT

THANK YOU Russell Carolla!!!!!!! I cannot believe it, but the oven technique actually worked. I felt stupid even trying it, but my laptop is now working like new! I'm going to invest in some good thermal paste and cooling and then I think I should be ok to go. I CAN'T BELIEVE IT WORKED EITHER!! I've had that laptop sitting on my shelf for over a year and I've since bought a new computer. Now I have a laptop again! I'll get that fan control from dell as well for sure.

re: Dell replacing motherboard and graphics card in my XPS M1710, again – 4th time now

Nick — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 19:44:01 GMT

Are you serious? Putting the video card in the oven fixed the issue for you?

I also had the exact same problem as you are all describing. The problem is that I only had a one year warranty and wouldn't you know it... the whole thing crashed about 1 month past the warranty date. So after hours on the phone with Dell getting nowhere, I found that they could sell me the video card replacement for about $750 (if I remember correctly). I never did get that and my laptop has been a big paperweight for about a year and a half now. If this "oven technique" works, I'll give it a try as rediculous as it sounds since I've got nothing to lose. I'll post my results..

re: SSRS 2008 Add-in for MOSS 2007, Report Viewer 401: unauthorised error

eleven — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 13:52:11 GMT

hello Brian, could you explain, how do you resolved why Windows Authentication mode isn’t working? a little step-by-step explanation :) thank you

re: Windows 7 and my new rig

Brian Madsen — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 22:38:03 GMT

@Mitch,

does it?

Which part of it is it that's coming across to you as arrogant?

re: Windows 7 and my new rig

Mitch Wheat — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 14:48:49 GMT

"Excellent question Mitch, would have assumed that you were aware of some of the benefits already.." - Hi Brian, do you think that sounds a bit arrogant?

re: DELL XPS M1710 Laptop saga continues…

Jason Farr — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 06:52:30 GMT

Hi. I am yet again another sad M1710 owner. I bought the laptop in September 2006 right after I graduated from Great Lakes for the US Navy. The machine was wonderful at first. Played Guild Wars and other games great.

Then about a year later I returned one night to see my laptop had the imfamous BSOD NMI parity check error. Sadly by that time my laptop was out of the one year warranty but I could have sowrn when my father ordered the laptop we bought the extended one.

Well needless to say I have gotten nowhere with technical support. They gave me the typical run around and as far as the warranty they had no "record" of us purchasing the extended version.

So now I am one of the lucky others with a paperweight. Particle effetcs, blue screens. And now it is so bad the BIOS or any image will not come up on the machine. And I cant afford the 400+ dollar replacement fee for a 3 year old graphics card thats over two series behinds the newest ones.

Your best bet is to go online and buy from ibuypower.com and get a decent desktop for around 500 bucks that can play games at a decent level.

If anyone could possibly help me to maybe work on getting a replacement laptop or even an extended warranty on this nightmare let me know.

jazyjason@gmail.com

re: Windows 7 Punkbuster fix

asddas — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 22:24:14 GMT

cant play et on win7x64 darh HEELP!!!

re: DELL XPS M1710 Laptop saga continues…

Harry — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 14:32:05 GMT

I'm very sorry you have all these problems, however, Dell is not an evil company in my experience. This is my M1710 video card failure story. (Note: I live in Europe so I dealt with Dell-Europe)

On Feb 21 2009 the video card (Nvidia 7950 GTX) of my M1710 failed. At that time the machine was 18 months old. I only bought one year coverage so I thought this would cost me extra money. However, within a week Dell sent a technician and he replaced the card at no charge! Then on April 1st (no joke) the video card failed again. Again Dell replaced the card within a week at no charge. Then on Jun 2 the card failed again. This time I told Dell I had lost confidence in the Nvidia 7950 GTX card in light of the production problems Nvidia admitted to having last year. (I suspect that all remaining 7950 GTX'es suffer from these production problems.) I asked if Dell wanted to replace my M1710 with an M1730 and that I was willing to pay the price difference for better graphics (I was thinking of the dual SLI 9800M GT). Dell agreed and proposed an M1730 configured similarly to my old M1710 (RAM and harddisk) but with a faster CPU and the dual SLI 9800M GT video option all at no extra charge unless I wanted more memory, bigger harddisk, etc. I agreed to Dells proposal and 3 weeks later I got the M1730 and I'm a happy gamer again. I've been using Dell computers since 1997 and I have never had any trouble getting occasional problems (this was the 3rd time) fixed by Dell.

re: Windows 7 Punkbuster fix

Madmax — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 09:12:17 GMT

Same here when playing ET on W7 RTM 7600 x64. Get kicked for Unknown Windows API Function [131152].

Also tryed every fix i found and nothing works.