When I first started development for Windows Phone I remember excitedly travelling down to Microsoft in London for the day as I had the chance to test out my Apps on a real live Windows development phone! At the time I had several Apps that I had developed in Silverlight with a view to porting... Continue Reading →
App Roadmap
A few people have asked about plans around Live Tile Browser, App Aid, Live Tile News and related Apps so I thought I would take this opportunity to create an outline of current and future plans. Live Tile News This kicked off the whole ‘ChApp’ (Charity App) concept with all the developer proceeds from the... Continue Reading →
Rotating the Screen on a DELL Inspiron Duo under Windows 8
NB At the time of writing there is no accelerometer driver for the DUO under Win 8. Until we get that fixed it is possible to add the ‘Windows Mobility Center’ applet as a shortcut on the Metro Desktop (which in turn has an option to rotate the screen) Here are the steps to take:... Continue Reading →
The PKU2U protocol encountered an error while attempting to utilize the associated certificates.
I am getting the following error when trying to remotely logon from a 32bit Win8 DP Client to another (64Bit) PC also running Windows 8 DP. The issue only occurs from the Win8 machine (I can access the remote machine fine from other machines running Windows 7) If anyone can cast any light on... Continue Reading →
Installing the Windows Developer Preview on a Dell Inspiron Duo
Disclaimer: I am not suggesting that this is the defacto way to upgrade this tablet to the Windows 8 Developer Preview, but this is what I did (so far so good, all the usual disclaimers etc) The basic steps I took were: Back up the supplied Windows 7 installation using the instructions provided Install Windows... Continue Reading →
Windows App Certification Kit Walk Through
While it isn’t yet possible to submit apps to the store you can ensure that your App will pass the ingestion process. this is a walkthrough of one of the sample apps (Weather). Noting that it fails the test tells us that things are very much still at an early stage with the preview build... Continue Reading →
Windows 8 – Nice Touches
Boot Up time It is rare that I boot up Windows 8 from scratch and the time from standby (which I think is probably now the default) is negligible. LogIn With picture based login logging in is now almost fun! Decompressing a large zip folder I was almost disappointed when it finished …. The... Continue Reading →
Hard Work, Persistence and Passion . . . . 