Early this morning we were alerted by our customers that there was a widespread issue affecting our 2006 model Zune 30GB devices (a large number of which are still actively being used). The technical team jumped on the problem immediately and isolated the issue: a bug in the internal clock driver related to the way the device handles a leap year. The issue should be resolved over the next 24 hours as the time change moves to January 1, 2009. We expect the internal clock on the Zune 30GB devices will automatically reset tomorrow (noon, GMT). By tomorrow you should allow the battery to fully run out of power before the unit can restart successfully then simply ensure that your device is recharged, then turn it back on. If you're a Zune Pass subscriber, you may need to sync your device with your PC to refresh the rights to the subscription content you have downloaded to your device.
Customers can continue to stay informed via the support page on zune.net (zune.net/support).
We know this has been a big inconvenience to our customers and we are sorry for that, and want to thank them for their patience.
Q: Why is this issue isolated to the Zune 30 device?
It is a bug in a driver for a part that is only used in the Zune 30 device.
Q: What fixes or patches are you putting in place to resolve this situation?
This situation should remedy itself over the next 24 hours as the time flips to January 1st.
Q: What's the timeline on a fix?
The issue Zune 30GB customers are experiencing today will self resolve as time changes to January 1.
Q: Why did this occur at precisely 12:01 a.m. on December 31, 2008?
There is a bug in the internal clock driver causing the 30GB device to improperly handle the last day of a leap year.
Q: What is Zune doing to fix this issue?
The issue should resolve itself.
Q: Are you sure that this won't happen to all 80, 120 or other flash devices?
This issue is related to a part that is only used in Zune 30 devices.
Q: How many 30GB Zune devices are affected? How many Zune 30GB devices were sold?
The problem is, VISTA seems to slowly degrade in stability over time with blue-screens appearing quite often after a few months of regular day to day use.
I'm using my original February 2007 installation of Vista and haven't had one BSOD to this day. I haven't noticed any slowdown either.:-/
I have no idea what version it is they tested, but I'd guess it's build 6801 that was handed out at the PDC the other week. The article starts off by saying...
"If you've been following the PC Pro blogs, you'll know that we recently received a preview build of Windows 7. Useful work has pretty much ground to a halt as we've all set about nuking our Vista installations and upgrading our work PCs to this unsupported pre-alpha OS."
Imagine all the photographs of naked children that could be taken with 66 cameras. Imagine all the child porn that could be download/stored/viewed using 31 laptop computers. Imagine all the phone calls paedophiles could make with 20 cell phones. Imagine all the children that could be lured into a paedophiles house with 17 sets of electronic games, and 13 pieces of jewellery. Imagine all the children that could be tracked with 12 GPS devices. Imagine all the children that could be deafened by paedophiles letting children use 11 MP3 players at high volume. Imagine the sick movies made and viewed using six video cameras and two DVD players. And the eight camera lenses......dear God the eight camera lenses!!!
In order to keep things simple for our users, we try to use the same set of legal terms (our Universal Terms of Service) for many of our products. Sometimes, as in the case of Google Chrome, this means that the legal terms for a specific product may include terms that donâ(TM)t apply well to the use of that product. We are working quickly to remove language from Section 11 of the current Google Chrome terms of service. This change will apply retroactively to all users who have downloaded Google Chrome.
Rebecca Ward, Senior Product Counsel for Google Chrome
There is a known compatibility issue between Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 and Netflix. Users of Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 cannot view On Demand movies by using Netflix. Microsoft and Netflix are working together to resolve this issue as quickly as possible. This release note will be updated as soon as this issue is resolved.
Implementing a feature Opera has had for years, now that's what I call innovation.
Opera doesn't recover tabs. If a webpage crashes it takes Opera down with it. IE8's crash handling gracefully closes/reopens the offending tab without having to close the browser.
First of all, the hack takes advantage of the way Internet Explorer handles scripting languages, implying that Firefox/Safari/Opera users are safe.
FTA: "This feat was achieved by taking advantage of the way that Internet Explorer (and other browsers) handle active scripting in the Operating System."
Slashdot Mirror
You are correct sir/madam. You can do a clean install with the beta; no previous OS required.
Early this morning we were alerted by our customers that there was a widespread issue affecting our 2006 model Zune 30GB devices (a large number of which are still actively being used). The technical team jumped on the problem immediately and isolated the issue: a bug in the internal clock driver related to the way the device handles a leap year. The issue should be resolved over the next 24 hours as the time change moves to January 1, 2009. We expect the internal clock on the Zune 30GB devices will automatically reset tomorrow (noon, GMT). By tomorrow you should allow the battery to fully run out of power before the unit can restart successfully then simply ensure that your device is recharged, then turn it back on. If you're a Zune Pass subscriber, you may need to sync your device with your PC to refresh the rights to the subscription content you have downloaded to your device.
Customers can continue to stay informed via the support page on zune.net (zune.net/support).
We know this has been a big inconvenience to our customers and we are sorry for that, and want to thank them for their patience.
Q: Why is this issue isolated to the Zune 30 device?
It is a bug in a driver for a part that is only used in the Zune 30 device.
Q: What fixes or patches are you putting in place to resolve this situation?
This situation should remedy itself over the next 24 hours as the time flips to January 1st.
Q: What's the timeline on a fix?
The issue Zune 30GB customers are experiencing today will self resolve as time changes to January 1.
Q: Why did this occur at precisely 12:01 a.m. on December 31, 2008?
There is a bug in the internal clock driver causing the 30GB device to improperly handle the last day of a leap year.
Q: What is Zune doing to fix this issue?
The issue should resolve itself.
Q: Are you sure that this won't happen to all 80, 120 or other flash devices?
This issue is related to a part that is only used in Zune 30 devices.
Q: How many 30GB Zune devices are affected? How many Zune 30GB devices were sold?
All 30GB devices are potentially affected.
Matt Akers
Zune Product Team
It doesn't seem to be possible at this time. Only these games can be added using retail keys: https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=7480-WUSF-3601#which
Not true. I bought Football Manager 2009 and used the key on the manual to install the game via Steam's 'Activate a product on Steam...' feature.
Do you have any examples of that?
Google Chrome.
The problem is, VISTA seems to slowly degrade in stability over time with blue-screens appearing quite often after a few months of regular day to day use.
I'm using my original February 2007 installation of Vista and haven't had one BSOD to this day. I haven't noticed any slowdown either. :-/
Why is this modded down?
He/she took a swipe at Apple.
MS only licenses that for Vista Ultimate
Home Premium too!
I'm sure that expression will change when you look up and see Ceiling Cat watching you masturbate.
I don't know about launching apps, but boot time is supposedly faster in 7: http://lifehacker.com/5082336/windows-7-vista-and-xp-bootup-benchmarks-updated
"If you've been following the PC Pro blogs, you'll know that we recently received a preview build of Windows 7. Useful work has pretty much ground to a halt as we've all set about nuking our Vista installations and upgrading our work PCs to this unsupported pre-alpha OS."
Let's also not forget that the beta versions on which the tests were done...
The version they tested isn't even at the beta stage.
Imagine all the photographs of naked children that could be taken with 66 cameras.
Imagine all the child porn that could be download/stored/viewed using 31 laptop computers.
Imagine all the phone calls paedophiles could make with 20 cell phones.
Imagine all the children that could be lured into a paedophiles house with 17 sets of electronic games, and 13 pieces of jewellery.
Imagine all the children that could be tracked with 12 GPS devices.
Imagine all the children that could be deafened by paedophiles letting children use 11 MP3 players at high volume.
Imagine the sick movies made and viewed using six video cameras and two DVD players.
And the eight camera lenses......dear God the eight camera lenses!!!
So, that said, I think it's enough to create an ad campaign that goes directly to Microsoft's/Vista's image. Cause the OS itself is pretty good.
What's that over there?! Hmmm...a group of people carrying pitchforks and torches. Boy, they sure look angry!
(ps: I agree with you about Vista)
This is the main thing that bothers me about Chrome. Nobody has yet (to my knowledge) supplied any details of what the program sends back to Google.
Check the privacy policy for details: http://www.google.com/chrome/intl/en-GB/privacy.html
I guess I should have read the Ars Technica link. :-/
In order to keep things simple for our users, we try to use the same set of legal terms (our Universal Terms of Service) for many of our products. Sometimes, as in the case of Google Chrome, this means that the legal terms for a specific product may include terms that donâ(TM)t apply well to the use of that product. We are working quickly to remove language from Section 11 of the current Google Chrome terms of service. This change will apply retroactively to all users who have downloaded Google Chrome.
Rebecca Ward, Senior Product Counsel for Google Chrome
I can't vouch for the following piece of software (it could be utter s**t), but when I when I read the description it reminded me of your post. http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail/Internet_Explorer_Collection/1217189605/1
Netflix
There is a known compatibility issue between Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 and Netflix. Users of Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 cannot view On Demand movies by using Netflix. Microsoft and Netflix are working together to resolve this issue as quickly as possible. This release note will be updated as soon as this issue is resolved.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/949787
He is my favourite Transformer.
And if I upgrade to IE8, I can't test against IE7 or IE6.
You should be able to test against IE7 using IE8's compatibility mode
Right-click on link>Open in new window...? Works as intended for me.
I was prompted to reboot once it was installed.
Implementing a feature Opera has had for years, now that's what I call innovation.
Opera doesn't recover tabs. If a webpage crashes it takes Opera down with it. IE8's crash handling gracefully closes/reopens the offending tab without having to close the browser.
First of all, the hack takes advantage of the way Internet Explorer handles scripting languages, implying that Firefox/Safari/Opera users are safe.
FTA: "This feat was achieved by taking advantage of the way that Internet Explorer (and other browsers) handle active scripting in the Operating System."