David Vielmetter

Category: Reviews

  • Exporting Google DOCS in Word format

    A month or so ago I needed to collaborate on a Software Engineering project with a couple of classmates. The task was to write a requirements document for a fictional software application which our team would be working on for the remainder of the semester. I decided that we should use Google DOCS because of…

  • Free Anti-virus Program from Microsoft

    Microsoft hasn’t made much money on its security software suite called OneCare so they scrapped it in July, renamed the Anti-virus component “Security Essentials” and decided to give it away for free. I’ve tried all the leading free Anti-virus contenders (AVG, AntiVir, Kaspersky and Nod32) and most have either annoying purchase reminders or are bloated…

  • Hulu Desktop vs BOXEE

    After spending months patiently waiting for BOXEE to come out with a version that actually worked on Windows I was saddened to finally find an interface that is buggy, slow and unintuitive. Meanwhile Hulu – the online video portal for which BOXEE was in part designed – comes out with it’s own beta desktop software.…

  • $98 Wal-Mart Blu-ray player

    After a bad experience with a Magnavox Plasma TV I had some reservations about the brand, but at $98 bucks I just couldn’t resist and picked one of these up a couple of weeks after their release in July. Two months later, I’ve got nothing but good things to say about the Magnavox NB530MGX Blu-ray…

  • Crap! Xbox error E74

    So I don’t know how many of you read or kept up with my original Xbox E64 post a few months ago, but this is a kind of a continuation of my my original Xbox troubles. When my first gen Xbox got an E64 error I tried repairing it without success. So, to replace it…

  • Windows7 x64 a few months later

    It’s been a few months since I installed Windows 7 RC1 x64 and the initial glamor of the latest and greatest operating system from Microsoft has worn off. Although Windows 7 is both easier to use and more useful than ever, there are still some issues with 64bit computing that need to be worked out.…

  • Windows live movie maker

    One thing I was surprised to find amiss in Windows 7 x64 was Windows Movie Maker. Well, it turns out that some people have managed to get WMM 2.6 (the version supplied in Windows XP) to work in Windows 7. But in the spirit of trying beta software, I thought I’d give the new Windows…

  • iTunes x64 on Windows mission impossible?

    Today I spent two hours trying to get the 64-bit version of iTunes to work in 64-bit mode. Apple has been distributing 64bit versions of its iTunes software since version 7.4, but somehow no one can get it to run in 64-bit mode on Windows VISTA/7. The quick time symlink trick, the orca launch condition…

  • Windows 7 RC 64-Bit first impressions

    My school’s MSDN Academic Allicance portal recently got updated with the long awaited Microsoft Windows 7 release candidate ISO image. Now that finals are over, my computer isn’t constantly tied up with seemingly never ending homework assignments or school projects, so I’ve had a chance to take the wraps off Windows 7 64-Bit.

  • A detailed look at Exchange Server & OWA 2010

    The beta became available a couple of months ago, but I’ve just haven’t had the time to install it till this weekend. The installation is easy and straightforward if you’ve got all the requirements in place. That said, don’t even bother trying to deploy it on a fresh install of Windows 2008 64bit Server. You’ll…