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Found a DVD converter that works on Windows Vista

I’m playing with my Zune today and I needed an app that can convert DVD movies to WMV format (for the Zune, but also for a Windows Mobile device). I used DVD to PocketPC a while back, prior to moving to Windows Vista. It worked well then, but today I found out it doesn’t work with Windows...

Posted to Rod Trent at myITforum.com (Weblog) by rodtrent on 10-10-2007
Filed under: Software, Windows, Windows Mobile
PMC -- we hardly knew you...

The Windows Portable Media Center is dead , Jim , so says Microsoft in a newsgroup posting . In the event the link ever disappears, here’s the message: Microsoft is no longer licensing the PMC software. Here is an announcement that was sent out last year to our PMC partners: In early 2006, Microsoft...

Posted to Rod Trent at myITforum.com (Weblog) by rodtrent on 05-08-2007
Filed under: Hardware, Windows, Windows Mobile
Slow this, slow that...I'm just about done

2007 will be dubbed “The Year Software Ate Your Hardware.” As I’ve chimped about previously, I loaded Office 2007 — it slowed my computer down. I installed Windows Vista — my computer slowed down even more. Well, now Windows Mobile Device Center (the new connection software...

Posted to Rod Trent at myITforum.com (Weblog) by rodtrent on 03-01-2007
Filed under: Office, Windows, Windows Mobile
First rule of setting up Windows Mobile Device Center

After installing Windows Mobile Device Center on Windows Vista, I couldn’t get my mobile device to connect properly. But — I forgot an all important thing I’ve learned: always soft reset your Windows Mobile device after installing a new version of ActiveSync, or in this case, Windows...

Posted to Rod Trent at myITforum.com (Weblog) by rodtrent on 01-13-2007
Filed under: Windows, Windows Mobile
Windows Mobile Device Center installed

Beta 3 of the Windows Mobile Device Center is happily installed. One thing I notice, right away, is that the connection between my mobile device and Windows Vista is severely slower than with Windows XP. Hmmm… I recently upgraded to Office 2007 from Office 2003. Office now runs slower. I upgraded...

Posted to Rod Trent at myITforum.com (Weblog) by rodtrent on 01-13-2007
Filed under: Windows, Windows Mobile
What is YOUR boot-up time?

I remember many years ago, sitting in a IBM corporate office for training on OS/2. During the training, they suggested that their operating system was designed to boot up slowly. It gave you enough time to hit the power button on the PC, login, and go get a cup of coffee and chat with your fellow employees...

Posted to Rod Trent at myITforum.com (Weblog) by rodtrent on 08-17-2006
Filed under: Windows, Windows Mobile
Sharepoint Mobile!

Every list and library in MOSS 2007 or WSSv3 is capable of hosting ‘Mobile Views’. These are standard views of lists or libraries that an administrator has defined as being mobile enabled. You can also view individual list items in mobile form. Read more and see pictures…

Posted to Rod Trent at myITforum.com (Weblog) by rodtrent on 08-01-2006
Filed under: Software, Windows, Windows Mobile
Sony Delivers World's First Full-Function Pocket-Sized PC

SAN DIEGO, May 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Sony Electronics today introduced the VAIO(R) UX Micro PC, placing full-size computer performance in a pocket-sized package. Weighing just over a pound, the new PC has a Microsoft(R) XP Professional operating system and an Intel(R) Core(TM) Solo Ultra Low Voltage CPU...

Posted to Rod Trent at myITforum.com (Weblog) by rodtrent on 05-16-2006
Filed under: Windows, Windows Mobile
Not included with the Windows Vista installation...

Is the Windows Mobile Device Center, which, apparently is still only on Beta 3. Here’s more information on it: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsmobile/devicecenter.mspx I just downloaded it and getting ready to install.

Posted to Rod Trent at myITforum.com (Weblog) by rodtrent on 01-13-2007
Filed under: Windows, Windows Mobile
The Microsoft folks love us...

Here’s some goodness for the myITforum.com crowd. There’s some reformatting to do, but the Microsoft folks have given us access to the vLabs… http://www.myitforum.com/vlabs/msvlabs.asp

Posted to Rod Trent at myITforum.com (Weblog) by rodtrent on 09-08-2006
Filed under: Messaging, Office, Patch Management, Scripting, Security, Software, Systems Management, Windows, Windows Mobile, Training

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