Microsoft on Nick Berardi

Thought This Was Funny

Thu, 30 Jun 2011 08:09:12 -0500

With Each Step Forward, Microsoft Takes Two Back

Mon, 09 Aug 2010 02:09:54 -0500

Today I was browsing a Microsoft published document on creating ASP.NET Web Pages using the Razor Syntax and to my surprise I found this gem on page...

Performance Optimizations Made By Microsoft, Google, and Yahoo JavaScript Minimizers

Wed, 20 Jan 2010 12:46:52 -0500

In my first post about JavaScript compression and the different levels supported by the three major competitors in the JavaScript minimization,...

Yahoo YUI Compressor vs. Microsoft AJAX Minifier vs. Google Closure Compiler

Mon, 18 Jan 2010 10:12:12 -0500

A little more than a year and half ago I created a MSBuild Task for the YUI Compressor that was very well received, and even highlighted on the YUI...

Linus: "Microsoft Hatred Is a Disease"

Fri, 24 Jul 2009 06:08:27 -0500

I am not going to comment too much on Linus Torvald's comments in this Linux Magazine article, because I feel they are very transparent and they mirror my...

Windows 7 Blame Feature

Sun, 03 May 2009 16:01:54 -0500

Over this past weekend I installed Windows 7 (64-bit), and I have to say that it is a great upgrade from Windows Vista that nobody should be disappointed...

100 Million Lines of Code in Your Car

Tue, 10 Mar 2009 17:00:12 -0500

I was reading over on DevTopic today about how 100 Million Lines of Code is pretty common in cars today. We have come a really long way since 1977 when...

Philly .NET User Group Meeting for September 2008

Thu, 11 Sep 2008 08:57:55 -0500

I will be presenting September 17, 2008 at Philly .NET User Group Meeting. My talk will be on: Creating a modern, web 2.0, application with MVC and jQuery...

MySQL Officially Declared Microsoft SQL Server Compeditor

Sun, 10 Aug 2008 14:48:58 -0500

I have been a huge fan of MySQL for a long time. It is the perfect database for when the budget is tight or you are not working in a Microsoft...

ASP.NET MVC Preview 2 CAPTCHA using ActionFilterAttribute

Sun, 09 Mar 2008 08:33:17 -0500

My last article on ASP.NET MVC CAPTCHA was very well received by many of my readers and it even caught the eye of the DotNetKicks crowd. Now that MVC...

TF220064 - Team Foundation Server 2008 - Reporting Service Permissions

Mon, 19 Nov 2007 17:34:15 -0500

I decided to be one of those early installers that brave the RTM and hope everything has been programed correctly, so my current system doesn't get blown...

Visual Studio 2008 and .NET 3.5 Released

Mon, 19 Nov 2007 16:07:27 -0500

Scott Guthrie has announced that Visual Studio 2008 and .NET 3.5 are now available for download and provides a tour of some of the new features. If you...

I have been a bad Blogger

Fri, 14 Sep 2007 10:41:55 -0500

Hi loyal readers, I have to apologize, I have been a really bad blogger lately. I have neglected my blog because of a new job and a brand new Web 2.0 site...

Vista Performance and Reliability Pack Unofficial Release

Mon, 30 Jul 2007 11:08:01 -0500

Please note: These fixes break all current methods of bypassing driver singing requirements except the good old F8 during boot (that you have to do every...

How To: Disable Driver Integrity Checks on Windows Vista x64

Sun, 22 Jul 2007 03:39:24 -0500

One of the new features of Windows Vista was the Driver integrity Checks. In the x64 version of the product it is turned on by default, and is a great...

SQL Server 2008 Will Have 7 New Datatypes

Tue, 26 Jun 2007 08:57:49 -0500

I haven't even herd of a new version of SQL Server 2008, coming out, but according to this blog the new version has some very interesting and new data...

How To: Connect To Cell Phone Internet Though Windows Vista

Thu, 21 Jun 2007 05:21:51 -0500

Since my last article I have updated the OS on my cell phone to AKU 3 for Windows Mobile 5.0. This has been a huge productivity increase, since there is...

Apple Safari Browser Welcomed To Real World With 6 Zero Day Exploits

Tue, 12 Jun 2007 03:17:59 -0500

Apple has just released a public beta of its Safari browser for Windows yesterday. And there have been already 6 zero day exploits and many, many crashes...

Apple iTunes 7.2 Released

Wed, 30 May 2007 11:26:32 -0500

I am happy to announce that Apple iTunes 7.2 has been released and this is the first release since Windows Vista was released 6 months ago that worked...

Is there really a "Microsoft Tax" when support is involved?

Sat, 26 May 2007 05:02:52 -0500

You'll see many posts out on the web talking about what a great thing it is that Dell is offering a Free OS on their hardware. And many stories talking...

Fumbled Fumbles on the Microsoft Excel "Save As" Issue

Fri, 20 Apr 2007 09:34:16 -0500

I read a Digg post today, that some how made it to the front page, that just made me laugh. The author of the post was obviously very ignorant in his...

Speeding up a Slow Outlook 2007

Mon, 16 Apr 2007 06:11:15 -0500

Just found a recent post by Scott Hanselman on how to speed up the slow load times of Outlook 2007, and I thougt it was worth passing on to my readers....

Apple announces Leopard delays due to the iPhone

Thu, 12 Apr 2007 15:50:00 -0500

For all the Apple fans out there expecting Leopard to be released in June, David from TUAW has some news for you. Apparently late October is the new date...

Creating a Vista like Search Box

Mon, 26 Mar 2007 23:14:01 -0500

Introduction In this post we are going to go over what it takes to create a control, and more specifically a Vista Search Box like control. Definition of...

Apple iTunes: Changing the error message doesn't fix the problem

Tue, 20 Mar 2007 04:25:39 -0500

Well it's been a whole 8 days since the last Apple iTunes release 7.1 where Apple wanted us Windows Vista users to be unsecured so they could install the...

Windows Vista EULA Modified for Windows Anytime Upgrades - No More Limits

Fri, 16 Mar 2007 08:21:42 -0500

We're making a small but significant modification to the Windows Vista End-User License Agreement (EULA) for Windows Anytime Upgrade. Customers who...

Using Distributed Transactions in your Data Layer

Fri, 16 Mar 2007 04:59:32 -0500

Many developers use a pattern called ORM or Object Relation Mapping to generate data layers for their application. Many other developers choose to create...

Remote Desktop for Linux

Wed, 14 Mar 2007 05:49:41 -0500

One of features in Windows that I could not live with out is the Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP). It is one of the best tools out there for remote viewing...

Apple iTunes 7.1 Released for Windows Vista

Mon, 12 Mar 2007 03:31:58 -0500

Well its offical Apple iTunes 7.1 was just recently released. This is the quote from the Apple Site on the release: About iTunes 7.1 for Windows iTunes is...

Visual Studio 2005 Update for Windows Vista

Wed, 07 Mar 2007 06:00:44 -0500

I was reading Tim Sneath's blog today and noticed his post on the release of a Visual Studio 2005 Update for Windows Vista was released. It is a...

Visual Studio Team Edition for Database Professionals Error Connecting in Vista

Thu, 01 Mar 2007 17:44:33 -0500

As you may all know I have Windows Vista Ultimate x64 and last post I talked about upgrading to SQL Server 2005 SP2. However while starting my first...

Microsoft SQL Server 2005 SP2 for Vista

Wed, 28 Feb 2007 16:45:38 -0500

Microsoft with out much fan far released service pack 2 for SQL Server 2005. There is a whole laundry list of new features and bug fixes listed on MSDN....

Why Does Vista Use All My Memory?

Wed, 28 Feb 2007 11:31:28 -0500

This question comes up a lot when my friends and co-workers are arguing over the merits of Windows Vista. They say, "My {insert some Linux distro here}...

Cell Phone USB Modem Driver for Windows Vista

Sun, 25 Feb 2007 06:28:15 -0500

When Windows Vista first came out nearly 3 months ago, I had a difficult time getting my XV-6700 PDA Phone from Verizon to connect to my laptop as a CDMA...

Virtual PC 2007 available for free download

Tue, 20 Feb 2007 08:48:12 -0500

Microsoft has made the full version of Virtual PC 2007 available for download from their web site. The program is supported on the following servers:...

Apple: None Of Our Products Is Windows Vista Compatible

Fri, 09 Feb 2007 14:55:06 -0500

It seems like the multi-billion dollar children are at it again. The bitter rivalry between these two companies ceases to amaze me. Apparently none of...

Setting up iTunes on Windows Vista 64-bit

Thu, 08 Feb 2007 06:37:24 -0500

Many of my co-workers and friends have been having trouble setting up iTunes on Windows Vista 64-bit. So I thought I would put together a quick reference...

Windows Vista Blue Screen (of Death)?

Wed, 07 Feb 2007 05:11:49 -0500

I woke up this morning and found the following error on my Windows Vista 64-bit box. I am guessing the Blue Screen happened from some chipset drivers I...