In my rush to migrate over to my Dell XPS 720, I neglected to perform an application level backup of the SQL data I use with Microsoft's Office Accounting 2007 and Outlook Business Contact Manager. However. I am happy to report that after a little research, database file portability does work with SQL Server 2005 and Express.
The process involves, creating and attaching the database. I did this by restoring a previous application level backup using the data tools in Office Accounting 2007 matching my previous database name. I then shut down the SQL Server services, copied my database's Master Data File (.MDF) and Log Data File (.LDF) from for my Acronis backup. Restarted the SQL services and accessed my current using Office Accounting.
This is a great feature of SQL server...Although the configuration method is different Exchange 2007 also allows for database portability of its mailboxes.
I am pretty much back up and running on my new XPS 720, so far I am very impressed with its performance...I did have to upgrade the BIOS and update the nvidia drivers but so far the Dell support has been very good.
The week of December 31st in My Digital Life
Last week I went on hiatus. I hope that everyone who celebrates Christmas, had a good holiday.
I finally figured out what I was doing wrong with my Acronis backup scheme. My scheme involves two tasks; one full backup I run on Friday nights and an incremental task I run every other day. During one of my upgrades to the latest version, the tasks were modified. A 1 was added to the end of the full backup file name, however the incremental task's backup file name was not altered. When the incremental task ran it could not find the base backup (because of the extra 1) and tried to create another full backup which would not fit on the drive thus creating the out of space error. Acronis needs to simplify their logs to easily point out such discrenpencies.
I missed Directv's latest beta build the 21st and there was no build on the 28th. I am still running Ox1D9 and some of the posts on dbstalk.com pointing to issues with the transmission of mpeg4 channels were clearly on the right track. The stability of the image during playback has improved dramatically over the last 2 weeks (no dropouts). The smoothness of fast forward and rewind have reverted back to the pre November 19th national release. Directv has also fixed the permission issues when recording pay per views before purchasing. The lip sync issues on local channels is much less noticeable. They did however create an HD extra pack which includes HDNet, MGMHD, MHD, UHD, and SmithsomianHD. They did a very poor job of advertising this (probably by design). This in essence amounts to a price increase. They are offering it free for three months. I will just have to see if it is worth keeping. But in the end Directv provides an excellent value and the picture quality via HDMI on my Sony KDL46XBR2 is outstanding. All I need now is for them to turn on web based scheduling, especially on mobile devices...
Last week I received an email from Sony regarding a software upgrade for my KDL46XBR2 "which may further improve picture uniformity when receiving very dark image sources under dim lighting conditions". I ordered the kit, it will be interesting to see how you update the firmware. I have to commend Sony on providing this software upgrade. If you own an XBR2 or XBR3 and did not receive the email you can go to this page.
I received my unlocked AT&T Tilt (TynTn II/Kaiser) and after applying an xda-developer ROM, I am impressed with its performance and usefulness (more to come seperately). I feel like a broken record, but every generation of Windows Mobile device gets better other then the HP hw6315 which was a piece of junk.
I am T - 6 days from leaving for CES. This is going to be an exciting three days and I will hopefully report on some great gadgets.
This week:
Posted by sskarlatos on December 31, 2007 at 07:39 AM in Acronis, AT&T Tilt, Commentary, Directv, Microsoft, Tablet, Windows Mobile, Windows Vista | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
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