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I hate Windows Update right now. Or Windows Live writer. Take your pick.

24August2007GeekTieGuy8 CommentsMicrosoft, Software, Software development

I spent 45 minutes or so writing up a post in Windows Live Writer this evening. All the while I repeatedly dismissed a Windows Update countdown dialog that was asking for a restart. “Not now, dammit. I’m writing something.” Then the phone rang. Someone wanted to talk to my wife. She was in the process

ProcessExplorer process tree view gone? Here’s a fix

8February2007GeekTieGuyMicrosoft

My Process Explorer view got messed up a while ago. The process tree view wouldn’t display any more no matter what I did in the View menu. At the time I searched for solutions on Google, but found nothing. Today I repeated my search – and Google found a site that mentioned the same problem:

Fixing my missing ntldr problem for the second time

30November2006GeekTieGuyMicrosoft

This happened to me once before, and I didn’t write down how to fix it then. This time I will, just so I can look it up easily next time. If your ntldr goes missing, here’s one way to fix it: Boot from your Windows XP SP2 CD. Choose the “R” option to repair using

Vista RTM bits on MSDN now (and keys, too)

16November2006GeekTieGuyMicrosoft, Vista

If you’re a lucky MSDN subscriber and have been waiting for the final Windows Vista bits, they’re available for download now. What I’ve been waiting for is also ready: the ability to request a key for your Vista development system. I’ve got mine and am writing this from Windows Live Writer running on my shiny new

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I hate Windows Update right now. Or Windows Live writer. Take your pick.

ProcessExplorer process tree view gone? Here’s a fix

Fixing my missing ntldr problem for the second time

Vista RTM bits on MSDN now (and keys, too)