About this tag
The studio tag on WindowsForum.com covers a mix of topics, including a detailed retrospective on how Microsoft rebuilt its demo staging and USB testing processes after the infamous COMDEX 1998 BSOD, as well as several image-based threads featuring artistic depictions of studios and artists. Additionally, there is a technical troubleshooting thread about an "h_result e_fail" error encountered when using the AllJoyn Studio plugin. Recurring themes include Microsoft's presentation engineering and device testing practices, along with general studio imagery and a specific COM component error in a development context.
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    COMDEX 1998 BSOD: How Microsoft Rebuilt Demos with Staging Rooms and USB Testing

    Bill Gates’ wry on-stage line—“That must be why we’re not shipping Windows 98 yet”—has become one of technology’s most enduring demo gaffes, but the fallout was more than an awkward clip: the Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) that occurred during the COMDEX Windows 98 demo changed how Microsoft staged...
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    ART Head In The Clouds

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    ART Woman In Profile

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    ART Artist In His Studio

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    ART A Young Artist

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    ART The Studio

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    ART Apple

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    Windows 10 h_result e_fail returned from call to COM

    Hi, I am trying to create alljoyn application using "ÄllJoyn studio" plugin. Am facing error saying that ""hresult e_fail returned from a call to a com component"". Can anybody help me to resolve this issue? I tried deleting ProjectsTemplateCache and built. But It did not work
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    Windows 10 Alljoyn application using alljoyn studio

    Hi All, Can anybody help me to create alljoyn application using c++ and alljoyn studio plugin of visual studio 2015. I just have seen documentation just to use the existing interface in C#. But I want to create my own c++ application using AllJoyn Studio. Can anybody help me in this? How to...
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    Windows 8 Batch or toggle for turning WiFi on / off

    Hey all, hope everyone's good. For my studio pc (not laptop) I'd like to be able to disable my wireless network (either full capability or just disable my usb adapter). Basically it interferes with my audio output and causes pops and clicks when writing music so I'd like to be able to disable...
  11. whoosh

    VIDEO The 5 Key Home Studio Components - TheRecordingRevolution

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    Windows 7 minidump file for an BSOD on win 7 64 bit

    Hi everyone I am experiencing an infamous BSOD, I don’t recall seen one of those since win 98 so I felt quite surprised at first, fortunately I found that win 7 creates a minidump file which I understand contains some information about the crash conditions, yet I have not been able to read it...
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    VIDEO ♞ Metallica - All Nightmare Long Studio Version ♞

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    Photographer spends hours waiting for frogs to strike poses

    Photographer Bob Garas has revealed his favourite subject to work with are frogs and he can spend hours waiting for them to strike the perfect pose in his studio. Garas often spends hours working with his subjects – his frogs – waiting for them to stretch for the perfect pose. ‘Every...
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    Windows 7 How to have two different profiles/user accounts on one Windows 7 laptop for general and music use

    Hi, I use my laptop for general use but also for processor intensive home studio audio recording. Rather than disable wirless, anti-virus software and a bunch of other things that can help me reduce processor drain each and every time I use it for music, I'd love to be able to have a different...
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    Windows 7 Something Cool !! Key Synth Virtual On Your Own Computer

    Hey I found this really cool site. It hooks a virtual key synthesizer up to your own computer. You can play anything with your computer keyboard, no installation required. This works on Vista well with the connections. They will pop you for a $ 1.95 a shot. Play Synth
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    Windows 7 TorrentG's Rig and Home Studio pics/tour

    Hey. I figured it'd be cool to show some pics of my rig (specs in profile) and home music studio. I'll tell ya about each picture and what it is. I'll start with my actual rig. As you can see it is not very neat but that doesn't bother me much. I don't have a cable long enough for the Caviar...
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    Windows 7 Dell studio 1737/DVD RW stuck in PIO mode...

    hi guys!!! i have a dell studio laptop 1737... its specs are 2.18 dual core intel.4gb ram,320gb hdd with sucker dvd rw drive... i have a problem,since the 1st day i bought it,it burns everything,but when i try to make bootable disk,it says the drive is in PIO mode n not in DMA or DAO mode and...
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    Windows 7 new dell studio laptop windows 7 problem

    i got a new laptop for my bday and i dont have a wireless router yet so i just plugged in the original internet line which is an ethernet cable from a router.. and it says its connected but i cannot find a browser button ( internet explorer) anywhere! its not on the desktop, not on the start...
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    Windows 7 Network Controller Driver

    Ok so I upgraded my Dell Studio XPS m1640 from Vista 64-bit to Windows 7 64-bit. When I started it back up, I had to install new drivers for my WiFi which is the Intel(R) WiFi Link 5150. I had no trouble getting the driver for this. However, I tried to start up my internet and the computer...