Archive for March, 2010
Windows 7 x64 + nforce chipset + >= 4 GB RAM + large file copy = disaster
Posted by suddenelfilio in General, Windows on 24/03/2010
I’ve wasted an entire day AND evening on some stupid issues at work. I reinstalled my portable with windows 7 x64. Only to notice that after 6 hours of installing that some software that I need for work doesn’t play nice with x64 (I know because I tested it in x86 where it works just fine). So I decided to install the x86 version of windows 7. I downloaded it and wanted to copy it to my USB stick only to discover that the file copy got stuck around 700 MB left to copy. It seems there is an issue with windows 7 x64 with at least 4 GB ram of copying large files. Microsoft released a so called hotfix: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/w7itprohardware/thread/38f25c1d-de67-4c74-8845-2cd3a15d8e41 but as it turns out my system already had this update and it seems that it doesn’t work at all. So now I’m stuck with an >2GB iso file I can’t copy away from my desktop because copying fails halfway through. I recently upgraded my system to 8GB so downgrading to 32 bits is not an option as the extra 4GB will go to waste. Maybe I should put back windows xp x64?
If you recognize this issue and have found a working solution please let me know by posting a comment!
Suddenelfilio.net goes Microsoft BizSpark
Posted by suddenelfilio in .net, General on 19/03/2010
Today I got accepted into the Microsoft BizSpark Program. Looking forward to use the excellent Microsoft tools for my benefit.
Now all I need to do is stay committed to the project and see this one through.
Suddenelfilio.net is participating with Earth Hour 2010
Posted by suddenelfilio in General, Help, wordpress on 13/03/2010
This year suddenelfilio.net will participate with Earth Hour using the Earth Hour WordPress plugin created by BraveNewCode.com. On March 27th 8:30 pm the website will show the following message:
Ofcourse some of the text will be different because it uses dynamic counters. But you get the picture 
So if you are running on a WordPress system why not participate and install the plugin which will do the heavy lifting for you!
Microsoft Tag gets an update to their API?
Posted by suddenelfilio in .net, MSTagLib, Visual Studio .Net, Web Services on 12/03/2010
I’ve been reading through the MS Tag support forums over at getsatisfaction.com and noticed that it seems they’ve picked up on adding new features that have been asked as business cases as well as a possible update the TAG API to be released. Note that I have not got any comfimation on all of this but it does make me hopeful!
Microsoft Tag Rest API & Silverlight
Posted by suddenelfilio in .net, Asp.net, MSTagLib, Silverlight, Visual Studio .Net, Web Services on 11/03/2010
Recently I was contacted by a developer that was working with my MS Tag REST service. He was was calling the REST API from within silverlight. I helped him out with some questions and in return I got a sample project that I can distribute as reference sample. The sample will allow you to create a vcard Tag from within a silverlight application and then display the generated tag.
Live demo : http://tag.ws.suddenelfilio.net/demo/silverlight/Default.aspx
Source Code: Download
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I would foremost like to thank Brian King for his effort in creating this sample for everyone that is interested in it. If you like it, please leave a comment to thank him!