In a previous post I mentioned that I was using an unsupported tool from Microsoft called the Virtual CD-ROM Control Panel for WinXP. Well, I think I've just discovered why it is unsupported. I'm using it to run an install direct from an ISO, and the install is complaining about a missing file. However, if I burn the ISO to CD, the file is there.

Thankfully, someone just pointed me at Daemon Tools, which is also free but works just fine with the ISO that caused the other one to fail.

Channel 9 : Windows is not the most important OS

Bill Hill, the co-inventor of ClearType and the head of the typography team at Microsoft, has a couple of short video interviews up on Channel 9. The one on Windows not being the most important OS made me smile (It might have something to do with the fact that he sounds a bit like my grandmother). Channel 9 so far has been a bit hit and miss, but it's only the first day I think, so too early to unsubscribe from their feed.