Friday, November 21, 2008
My Kingston Flash Drive Just Survived the Washing Machine & the Dryer!
Just a quick note: if you're looking for a high quality, durable USB Flash Drive, let me suggest the Kingston DTI series flash drives. I just bought it last week and was wondering where it went to yesterday... My wife handed it to me last night as she was doing the laundry - it had been through both a wash and a dry and it still works great! Thanks, Kingston :)
Buy it at amazon or newegg (my two favorite places to shop online for tech stuff)
How to Install Windows Live Writer on Windows Server 2008
So you're annoyed, right? You use Windows Server 2008 as a workstation and now Windows Live Writer won't install. I'm annoyed too - can anyone even think of the logical reason this was not allowed? I doubt it. I assume that it's just some lazy coding.
How to get Windows Live Writer to Install on Windows 2008
- Step 1: Install Windows Live Writer on a Windows XP or Windows Vista machine
- Step 2: On that same machine, copy c:\Program Files\Windows Live\Writer folder to your the same location on your Windows Server 2008 machine
- Step 3: Create the necessary shortcuts to the executable.
That's it!
Why does it work?
Windows Live Writer is built using .NET and, like many .NET applications, it can use xcopy deployment - which means the installer's main function is just to extract the files and create the shortcuts.
I tested this on Windows Server 2008 in November of 2008. I can't support it so, if it doesn't work for you, all I can say is "Works for me!"
