Thomas Hounsell

Steam Deck: First Impressions

Steam Deck: First Impressions

After just under a year of waiting, my Steam Deck finally arrived this week. Here's a round-up of my thoughts on it, now that I've had a few days to play around with it.

Software Development – Options for Windows 8.1 IoT

Here’s a quick round up of software development options that are either mentioned in the documentation or hinted at in the image. Visual C++ This is the only currently supported development platform. The Windows IoT image supports only a limited subset of Win32 – so most existing applications will not

Windows IoT 8.1 under VMWare

Windows IoT 8.1 under VMWare

You can run the Windows on Devices Developer Preview image for the Intel Galileo within a VMWare virtual machine.

Unlocking a new Start Menu – Chicago Build 73g

Unlocking a new Start Menu – Chicago Build 73g

This guide will walk you through unlocking a hidden start menu prototype in Windows "Chicago" build 73g - and give you an insight into reverse engineering.

Tutorial: Install any WIM-based Longhorn build from USB

Learn how to install any Windows Longhorn build on modern hardware by booting the setup from a USB flash drive in a tutorial from WIMPack

ChevronWP7: Now without the sideload limit.

It wasn’t long ago that ChevronWP7 was released, finally enabling everyone to take advantage of the Windows Phone 7 platform by running homebrew applications on it. Rafael Rivera said we could expect an update [https://web.archive.org/web/20101130092011/http://www.withinwindows.com:80/2010/11/26/that-windows-phone-7-side-load-application-limit-was-what-again/

Avoiding Reflection: Adding the InteropServices library to the WP7 SDK

It’s a bit of a hassle to have to reflect the code as and when you want to use it in your code, so adding it to the files with the Windows Phone 7 SDK allows you to reference it just like any other included library. You must have