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Blog moved to WordPress and new domain...

I've moved my blog to my own domain and onto a WordPress engine, CS + SPAM was driving me nuts!

Catchup posts: Oh yes, I've been in Japan for a couple of months, first 2 weeks of photos are uploaded on Flickr, I still havent had a chance to upload the thousands after.

Whats more, I've actually written some information about me so you can finally find out my sad sad way of life. See About Thushan Fernando.
posted Sunday, June 29, 2008 2:57 PM by Thushan Fernando

Windows Vista SP1-RC and Office 2007 SP1 Released to public

Grab it while its hawt, Windows Vista SP1-RC and Office 2007 SP1. I think most people on Vista would be most pleased with SP1 as it smooths some of the roughness RTM brought with it.

posted Thursday, December 13, 2007 10:17 AM by Thushan Fernando with 0 Comments

SOFTWARE: Visual Studio 2008 RTM Next week!

Well what an exciting few weeks/month this has been. We've had:
Just when you thought things couldnt get better and as predicted in an earlier post (well I cheated a bit!) now Microsoft will finally RTM Visual Studio 2008 early next week. MSDN Subscribers can download it from the "Top Subscriber Downloads" list according to the MSDN Subscriptions Blog.
posted Saturday, November 17, 2007 10:51 AM by Thushan Fernando with 1 Comments

ORCAS: Visual Studio 2008 coming end of Movember!

Thats right, it appears S. Somasegar let werd out that Visual Studio 2008 (aka 'Orcas') will ship sometime this month. I cant wait to get my hands on the final, read more on his blog entry.

While on the topic of Movember, did you know:
  • Depression affects 1 in 6 men...Most don't seek help. Untreated depression is a leading risk factor for suicide.
  • Last year in Australia 18,700 men were diagnosed with prostate cancer and more than 2,900 died of prostate cancer - equivalent to the number of women who die from *** cancer annually.
  • Men are far less healthy than women. The average life expectancy of males is 5 years less than females.
Please get involved and contribute to fighting depression and prostate cancer. Find out more about Movember.
posted Wednesday, November 07, 2007 10:13 AM by Thushan Fernando with 1 Comments

DRIVERS: Creative X-Fi Drivers for Windows Vista updated!

After so long, Creative have updated their X-Fi drivers for Vista.

Changes

This download is a driver providing Microsoft® Windows Vista™ 64-bit and Windows Vista 32-bit support for Creative Sound Blaster® X-Fi™ series of audio devices. For more details, read the rest of this web release note.

This download supports the following audio devices only:

  • Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeMusic
  • Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeGamer
  • Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Platinum
  • Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Fatal1ty®
  • Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeGamer Fatal1ty Pro
  • Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Platinum Fatal1ty Champion Series 
  • Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Elite Pro 

Current release features:

  • X-Fi Crystalizer™
  • X-Fi CMSS®-3D
  • MIDI Playback
  • EAX® Effects
  • PCM stereo output through Optical Out
  • Line-in connectivity
  • SPDIF passthrough is supported on both Vista 32-bit and Vista 64-bit
  • Recording capabilities

Fixes:

  • Resolves an issue for Windows Vista 64-bit systems with 4 GB RAM 
  • Resolves loud speaker noise when restarting your computer
  • Resolves an issue that causes OpenAL games not to respond

Known issues:

  • Applications from the original Sound Blaster X-Fi CD (for Windows XP) will not work with this download.
  • The following are not supported:
    • Decoding of Dolby® Digital and DTS™ signals (Cyberlink® PowerDVD™ or InterVideo® WinDVD® is required)
    • DVD-Audio (PowerDVD may support selected DVD-Audio content)
    • EAX or DirectSound®3D (Download Creative ALchemy to restore this feature in Windows Vista)
    • 6.1 speaker mode (not supported by Windows Vista)


Download page for x64 | Download page for x86 | Other OS's

posted Wednesday, November 07, 2007 7:36 AM by Thushan Fernando with 0 Comments

VMWARE-FIX: Explorer.exe crashes when using Shared Folders in Windows XP

If you notice that your explorer process (inside the VM) crashes when you map a shared folder in VMWare your not alone. Just goto Tools -> Folder Options -> and check 'Classic Folders' option (so use Classic folders instead).

Shouldnt crash anymore. Simple!
posted Friday, October 26, 2007 1:18 PM by Thushan Fernando with 12 Comments

BETA: Official Release Dates on MSDN for XP SP3 and Vista SP1

The MSDN Subscriptions Blogs have given an indication into when MSFT plan to release Vista SP1 (Q1-2008) Windows XP SP3 (1H CY2008) and Windows Server Home (TBA). Meanwhile, Office XP Service Pack 3 is already available for download.

See the official notification on the MSDN Blog page.
posted Tuesday, October 09, 2007 4:56 AM by Thushan Fernando with 0 Comments