FlishFun.com

Windows Live Messenger 9 was released to a limited number of testers… check it out:

Neat, huh? Now, don’t ask me for a copy, Microsoft was very specific about not spreading this build. If you’d like some more information, check out Neowin’s post on this:Windows Live Messenger 9 Info

In October of 2003 I was working in a small Law Firm as their IT support. One of the things I had to do was update many, many computers and using Windows Update was taking forever! I came up with a batch “auto-patcher” to help speed things up, and since I was a member of Neowin, I thought I’d share. Add in the VB coding talents of Antonis Kaladis, and the AutoPatcher was born. I worked day and night with releases for 2 years before I needed a break. Antonis got a bunch more helpers to help with releases and AutoPatcher thrived. Cut to yesterday…

Microsoft Ceases AutoPatcher Project

I had a call from Microsoft Legal this morning and they have told me that we are no longer allowed to endorse AutoPatcher on Neowin.

Microsoft will only allow updates to be downloaded from its own servers.

Read more here: Goodbye AP!

I can’t figure out why Microsoft would wait 4 years to shut down the project… if they didn’t like it, they could have said so 3.5 years ago (and yes, they were aware of it). Oh well… who am I to question the all-knowing powers that be over in Redmond?

Anyway, I just wanted to share my thoughts on the subject. Feel free to comment, either here, on Neowin, or on AutoPatcher.com.

R.I.P. AutoPatcher

Today is Neowin’s 5th Birthday! I hope everyone is enjoying the festivities! Also, if you didn’t already check, here’s a preview of Neowin 5.0… the link is inside (make sure you look… I spent most of my time in Denver workin’ on it on my laptop). I hope it’s enough to hold you over for awhile. Okay, back to the old grind, if I don’t make these images, who will?

Another update, with Neowin v.4 approaching, I decided to focus more on the new graphics for that, rather than my new blog. Don’t worry, don’t worry… it’ll get done when it gets done. Now then, who wants some juicy Neowin tidbits? Okay, here’s some info for you:

First of all, Neowin v. 4 will have ▓▓▓ of ▓▓▓ ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ and a few ▓▓▓ ▓▓▓▓▓. Of course, you must be thinking, “▓▓▓▓▓▓?”, and I will have to answer “Definately ▓▓▓!”

Next, about Neowin v4’s graphics, what will it look like? Well if you just go here, you can see a sneak peak:

http://▒▒▒▒▒.▒▒▒▒▒▒.net/▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒/?▒▒▒▒.php

Not bad, huh? I’m sure you wonder what the ░░░░ on the ░░░░░ ░░░░ is. Well, let me be the first to tell you it’s ░░░ ░░░░░ ░░░░░░░!!! I bet you’ll all ░░ ░░░░░ when you ░░░ ░░ ░░░!!!

And last, but not least, the ▓▓▓▓▓▓! I’m sure you want to know what things we’ll be doing there as well! Okay, here it goes, we’re ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒, including ▒▒▒ ▒▒▒▒▒▒ and the ▒▒▒▒▒!! We’ll also be ░░░░░░ a few ░░░ ░░░ ░░░░░░ for you to ░░░░░ ░░░.

Okay, that’s all you get for now! I hope that can hold you over!