Comments for Life on Planet Groove

Comment on Installing Windows 8 on an HP TouchSmart IQ800 Series by Rick Arnold

Rick Arnold — Sat, 18 May 2013 23:23:41 +0000

I have just upgraded my HP Touch Smart IQ 500 desktop PC from Vista to Windows 8,
I can not find a Windows 8 driver for it. The problem I have is : The microphone does not work in Skype, but the speakers are working fine. I have tried searching HP web site for drivers but there is none available, and the computer tells me the drivers are up to date for the mic . Any ideas anyone please.

Comment on Introducing the SharePoint Service Application Starter Kit by Raghavendra Shanbhag

Raghavendra Shanbhag — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 16:39:42 +0000

Hi Adam,

Thanks a lot for the great kit. I am finding it difficult to get these template work on SharePoint Foundation 2013 with Visual Studio 2012. Is SharePoint Foundation 2013 supported by this kit ?
I have posted the issue detail on the Q & A section. Awaiting your response.

Comment on Introducing the SharePoint Service Application Starter Kit by Adam Toth

Adam Toth — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 20:36:29 +0000

Hi Fox,

Thanks for the kind review. Have you seen the Powershell commands that come with the starter kit? They already have commands registered with the SharePoint management shell for installation and creation of the pieces.

https://serviceappstarterkit.codeplex.com/wikipage?title=Powershell%20Cmdlets

If you are using the starter kit classes that include the SPDatabase, you can get a reference to the connection string from the service application class’s Database property, see the example code in the HelloWorldWCFService class.

myServiceApplication.Database.DatabaseConnectionString

Comment on Introducing the SharePoint Service Application Starter Kit by Fox

Fox — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 10:38:49 +0000

Hi there Adam.
First of all, thank you very much for writing this template. I think it’s a fantastic tool and you’ve saved me a lot of time. I have one or two questions and suggestions. Firstly, I ‘ve used your template and implemented a ServiceapplicationInstaller class, which basically just creates a pwershell cmdlet and allows the user to run it and then the service app is available for manual creation via the SharePoint GUI (New Service Application dropdown). If you want, I can send you the code I used for that. Secondly, I have a quick question. My service application which I’m planning , has to do with reading data from the Service App SPDatabase. My question is how can I get the connectionstring for the SPDatabase in my WCFClient code. Should I pass it through when executing on the channel? Thanks again for the great work. Keep it up.

Comment on Windows 8, UAC, Visual Studio, and always Run as Administrator by Sanjay Chakravarty

Sanjay Chakravarty — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 09:24:31 +0000

Excellent tip. I have been searching for this ever since I got Win8.

Comment on Installing Windows 8 on an HP TouchSmart IQ800 Series by Adam Toth

Adam Toth — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 18:01:18 +0000

Sam – I did, and I didn’t have to do anything special. Windows seemed to detect it and grab the right driver for it . Of course until you install Windows Media Center, there isn’t any program that will actually use the TV tuner. Have you tried Windows Update for any updated drivers?

Comment on Installing Windows 8 on an HP TouchSmart IQ800 Series by Sam

Sam — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 02:42:15 +0000

So did you get your TV tuner to work? I have not had any luck. You have the Avermedia A323 Minicard Hybrid ATSC right? Thanks!

Comment on Installing Windows 8 on an HP TouchSmart IQ800 Series by Daniel

Daniel — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 09:05:11 +0000

Hey what’s up?

Thanks for your info, it was very helpful to me and I’m pretty sure to others as well.
Did you get any luck in making the “touch and hold” do a “right click” for popping options? I just can’t find a way to set it. Also, any luck with programming the HOME button on the bottom right of the computer?
Any help will be appreciate it. Thanks a lot.

Comment on Installing Windows 8 on an HP TouchSmart IQ800 Series by admin

admin — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 22:22:15 +0000

Hey Bob,

I did a Windows Update the other day and got a new display driver. No problems yet, but I’ll be on the lookout. Thanks!

Comment on Installing Windows 8 on an HP TouchSmart IQ800 Series by Bob

Bob — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 01:56:43 +0000

I have had to restore to the original restore point after update changed the display driver on my IQ800. I had to do this many times with the developer’s preview & the RTM. Let us know if you see this and if you have a fix.