07Jan 2021 by richard@baronsoftware.com
What to do if you get Acecore couldn’t start last time.

What to do if you get Acecore couldn’t start last time.

Microsoft Development, Rad Studio Delphi Development, Software development
Sometimes you wonder about Microsoft and their wisdom on older applications that still work. Due to a recent Office Update, applications that use Microsoft Access as a backend database received the message "Acecore couldn't start last time". This file is part of the Microsoft Office system. ACECORE.DLL is developed by Microsoft Corporation. It’s a system and hidden file. ACECORE.DLL is usually located in the %PROGRAM_FILES% sub-folder and its usual size is 1,751,904 bytes. Somehow there was an update to the office application that damaged it. The following are steps you can take to repair it so the message cannot be displayed any longer. Go to any Office Application.Click AccountClick Update Allow office to perform the latest updates to repair any broken feature. Wait for the successful completion and then attempt to start…
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15Apr 2018 by richard@baronsoftware.com

Visual Studio Roadmap

Microsoft Development
  Visual Studio Roadmap This document provides a peek into what's next for Visual Studio. It captures some of the significant features we are currently committed to, and a rough timeframe for when you can expect to see them. It is not a comprehensive list of all new features in Visual Studio, but is intended to provide some visibility into our key investments. These feature sets and delivery timeframes are current, and are subject to change. Visual Studio will continue to ship to its Preview and Release audience by following the Visual Studio release rhythm process. You can install the latest Preview from the Preview downloads page. Once the features are vetted in the Preview they are promoted to Release. We welcome your suggestions! You can log your suggestions through the UserVoice forum.
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08Apr 2018 by richard@baronsoftware.com

Microsoft will bring 64-bit app support to ARM-based PCs in May

Microsoft Development
Microsoft will bring 64-bit app support to ARM-based PCs in May One of the biggest limitations of the Windows on Snapdragon platform is its inability to run 64-bit apps. Microsoft has said on multiple occasions that it intends to eventually offer that support, but we've not heard about a firm timeline until now. The company's general manager for Windows Erin Chappie told Engadget today that an SDK for ARM64 apps will be announced at the upcoming Build developer's conference. With the new SDK, developers would be able to natively recompile their apps to run in 64-bit on ARM-based PCs like the ASUS NovaGo. This opens up app support for the platform, which previously only supported 32-bit apps. The potentially greater app compatibility is welcome, since this was one of the biggest drawbacks of Windows…
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05Apr 2018 by richard@baronsoftware.com

Microsoft launches AI and entry-level software courses

Microsoft Development
Microsoft launches AI and entry-level software courses Microsoft  today launched two new courses in its online education program for developers: an entry-level software development class and an AI course for more advanced developers who want to expand their knowledge of machine learning. It’s no secret that there aren’t enough data scientists and machine learning developers available to fulfill the current demand. It’s no surprise, then, that a number of large companies have started to teach the fundamentals of these disciplines to their existing employees; starting today, anybody can take the AI courses that Microsoft first developed for its own employees. The Microsoft Professional Program for Artificial Intelligence is available for free on edX.org, though you can also opt to pay for a certificate. Each course runs three months and starts at the beginning of the quarter. Unsurprisingly, there’s…
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01Apr 2018 by richard@baronsoftware.com

Meltdown Patch Opened Bigger Security Hole on Windows 7

Microsoft Development, Software Events
Meltdown Patch Opened Bigger Security Hole on Windows 7 Microsoft's Meltdown patch has opened an even bigger security hole on Windows 7, allowing any user-level application to read content from the operating system's kernel, and even write data to kernel memory. Swedish IT security expert Ulf Frisk made the discovery earlier this month while working on PCILeech, a device he created a few years back for carrying out Direct Memory Access (DMA) attacks and dumping protected OS memory. Frisk says that Microsoft's Meltdown patch (for CVE-2017-5754) —released in the January 2018 Patch Tuesday— accidentally flipped a bit that controls the access permission for kernel memory. Frisk explains: In short - the User/Supervisor permission bit was set to User in the PML4 self-referencing entry. This made the page tables available to user mode…
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