Well, I was all set to start learning Visual C++, and I tried to create a project in Visual Studio 2010, only for it not to let me for some reason. Which was weird. I’d try and create all manner of projects in Visual C++, but for some reason, it just wouldn’t create a project for me.
I’m not sure why this was. I did try an abortive install of Service Pack 1 for VS2010, (folks told me it wasn’t necessarily a good update, as they’d had issues with it.)
So I downloaded the from Microsoft to get rid of it, and I’ve now started a web install of it again. I did toy with getting the express edition, but I’ll see if a re-install works first. If that doesn’t, then the express edition it is, or I’ll move wholesale across to Linux.
Secondly, also a Microsoft issue I’m afraid, is that I can’t install Service Pack 1 for my Windows 7 installation. I got an obscure error code, so I clicked on the link, and got told that the service pack must be able to access the boot loader.
Ah….
You see, currently I dual boot on my computer, I have Open Suse (but that may be changed for Ubuntu 11.04 possibly…) on one partition of my drive, and Windows 7 on the other. So Grub handles the boot loading stuff, and sadly it seems that Microsoft has had a complete tizzy over this, and it petulantly refuses to update my computer.
I’m pretty sure I’m not the only one who dual boots, but the way things have gone in the last month, I may not have to worry about Windows again, I may well end up moving to Linux and run Windows in a virtual machine on a linux box…Yes Microsoft it really has come to that!
So to install this Service Pack that Windows Update keeps insisting I install, I have to boot a windows 7 DVD, do a fixmbr to reset the boot loader, and then reboot in to Windows, and then somehow get Grub back so I can access my linux stuff all over again.
Yet again, this is a clear indication of a lack of forward thinking on the massive company’s part. Not everyone has a single operating system on their computer. Especially not geeks like me.
