"In home computing, a hacker is a computer hobbyist putting software or hardware of their system to the extreme."
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Donavon is a developer of gadgets, those little thingies that sit on your Windows Vista Sidebar. His company LiveGadgets.net is one of the leading gadget developers. You can see some of his work by viewing the Gadget Gallery, but here are some of his most notable works:
Traffic by Live Search Maps
The traffic gadget has has become one of the most popular Microsoft branded gadgets.
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Microsoft Office system Tips & Tricks offers helpful hints designed to simplify everyday tasks. Get a different tip delivered to your desktop each day.
Say It!
Say It! is the wildly popular gadget that allows you to perform text-to-speech right from your Vista Sidebar.
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2 comments:
Hi Donavan - Thanks for a resourceful and intuitive web site about the Home Server. I've done the CPU and RAM upgrade and couldn't be happier for having your instructions and photos to refer to. Wow - what a difference in perfromance and speed!
One question: Why haven't you added the Windows Media Player 11 Hack to your site yet? It seems this is probably the most popular software hack amongst Home Server enthusists and gives a broader range of Media Devices on the home network access to sharing media from the Home Server than does the Mdeia Connect crap that the Home Server comes bundeled with. (such as the 802.11 Momento Photo frame). As well as supporting a wider range of codecs and streaming media.
The community at large has utilized the following post to upgrade to Windows Media Player 11 and it's Network Sharing Services on the Home Server:
http://forums.microsoft.com/windowshomeserver/showpost.aspx?siteid=50&postid=2710107
However, you'll notice that while this hack has been working great for months, it apears that a patch from Microsoft that was distributed in the April 10 timeframe "broke" Windows Media Network Sharing Services from working properly on the Home Server. We'd love to have your help in troubleshooting and resolving that one if you're up for it.
Kind Regards - and thanks again!
Ron
My daughter loves Say It 2 but on my PC, the guy just says "Blah" when a word is typed :(
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