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In my previous post I thought I had fixed my problems with TF215106 errors “TF215106: Access denied. TYPHOONTFS\TFSService needs Update build information permissions for build definition ClassLibrary1.Main.Manual in team project Scrum to perform the action. For more information, contact the Team Foundation Server administrator.”} Turns out I had not, acutally I not idea why it worked for a while! There could well be an API version issue, but I had to actually also missed I needed to do what the error message said!...

The upgrade experience for Windows 8 Enterprise is basically a reinstall, as you lose some many desktop apps and settings. So I decided to do a clean install, my PC was in need of a repave anyway. My PC has 3 disks, a bitlockered SSD for the OS, another bitlockered drive used for data and a non bitlockered drive I use for ISOs, downloads etc. Just to be on the safe side I removed the bitlocker encryption on my second drive, then I deleted the contents of my SSD and re-installed....

After upgrading to Windows 8.1 on my Media Center PC I have noticed a change in SkyDrive. The ‘upgrade’ process from 8 to 8.1 is really a reinstall of the OS and reapplication of Windows 8 applications. Some Windows desktop applications are removed. In the case of my Media Center PC the only desktop app installed was Windows Desktop Skydrive that I used to sync photos from my MediaPC to the cloud....

Updated 6th Nov 2013 - Also see this updated post , the API mentioned here maybe an issue, but the rights change in this other post is probably the real issue After upgrading a test server from TFS 2012 to 2013 I started getting the following exception when trying to set the retention for a build policy via the TFS API “TF215106: Access denied. TYPHOONTFS\TFSService needs Update build information permissions for build definition ClassLibrary1....

I am getting sick of the fact that the Samsung 500T tablet running Windows 8.1 I am installing applications on keeps going into sleep mode to save power. I start the install, leave it to run, look back later it has been saving power, started and stopped Wifi and I have one very confused install. It is not as if it is anything weird, just Office 2013. So the the workaround (as I admit I forgot to pickup it’s PSU this morning) is pop it into Presenter Mode (via the Windows key X and Mobility Center)....