Humberto's Thoughts

Annoyed by Windows Vista constast disk activity? If you have a desktop you may not even notice, but in a laptop it is utterly annoying. To me, turning off "shadow copies" resolved my problem. Right click on computer, properties, go to the system protection tab (wait a few seconds) and uncheck your hard drives. Read the help file if you need more info on "shadow copies" which is basically a small version control system that, in my case, was not needed. Why is it "on" by default... well, because is a feature right? they had to turn it on otherwise who would use it? ;)

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Never. ever buy Corsair "value" RAM; it almost completeley destroyed my wife's laptop. What appeared to be a corruption on the OS (you know, Windows XP still has issues) it turned to be a corrupted RAM module. It was in fact a bit hard to diagnose at first since the OS booted properly in "safe" mode and the errors when loading in "normal" mode were consistent; the screen freezed always on the same "step". Gladly, something weird happen between reboots; Dell diagnostics found an error r/w the "RAM"... the actual weird thing is that the test failed only once; once the machine rebooted the RAM test was passing just fine. Anyway, long story short, the problem was a faulty "value" RAM module from Corsair. I tested the same module on another laptop and the damn thing almost messed up my whole system with corrupted memory that produced buffer overuns and errors in applications that never gave problems before. Thankfully both la

“Ancient Blindness” Too many words, too little meaning, so much time, most of it wasted, senseless babblings that get drawn in foolishness, foolishness disguised as experience, that gets in the way of brilliance. Bad place, bad time, too much nonsense? or simply the wrong route, a way that leads to nowhere, and at the same that will get you there. Look at me when you talk, don’t blind yourself and see that I’m better, and so the day will come, when I’ll make that you regret it. Are screams the only sounds you listen? So be it, you got me screaming, Wake up now! I may still hear you

Not only we design great software but we prepare delicious meals :) he he he.. http://blogs.msdn.com/crm/archive/2007/07/06/our-pms-design-great-crm-software-but-can-they-cook.aspx Cheers

Will the Xbox ever make money? It will, eventually; The trick is to keep breathing [is that from a song? :) ] Here is the strategy that almost every aspiring platform follows: Get to the market, get as many consumers as you can, keep them happy by giving away free or subsidized hardware and once you have your platform deployed in a decent amount of individuals then start charging for the value added "content" you deliver through it. The Xbox hardware was never meant to be profitable in the first place; it was meant to open a door for MS to get closer to your "home"... outside the office. Still, 1B to extend the guarantee... Gee, I won't watch the stock markets tomorrow.

Ok, I give up. It is too much the temptation to write something about a new gadget everybody is talking about. The thing is cool, no doubt about that. I've been eagerly looking for critics about its flaws but to be fair...they seem minimal. Apple did it again and the whole computing/telecommunication industry will certainly benefit from the IPhone; I've been waiting for a similar device for years and Apple seems to be giving the final push to a sector that have been dragging its feet for years (at least on the user interface aspects). No, I don't think I will get an IPhone. I will wait from the competitors response, one that includes "real" impact applications such as a browser that supports flash and silverlight, a decent document reader (pdf and xps), office and of course, exchange. IPhone 2.0.... maybe? Will Microsoft come with a Zune Phone?...mmm highly unlikely. Will Motorola, Nokia and the Blackberry makers hit Apple back with a similar product? You bet. All

For those enthusiast interested in SilverLight (MS answer to Flash/Flex) I have recently posted a small sample of how to use it in conjunction with Microsoft Dynamics CRM. The original post as well as the link to the download can be found here Cheers