Lately though, when I open the app, it tells me that it’s ‘shuffling tiles’ and just sits there until it errors out, letting me know if can’t reach the XBOX Live service.

It turns out, that the Windows Phone Service Agreement has been updated and you need to read and accept it before it will work again. Not sure how to do that? Well, just go into the Games hub on your phone and you should be prompted to do just that.

Once you accept, you should be good to go. Just restart AlphaJax and it should work once again as expected!

(Oh, and in case you’re wondering, my GamerTag is ‘UsefulShrimp’ if you’d like a challenge )

I ran into a problem recently where I couldn’t register for a native notification using Notification Hubs in my Windows Phone app and looking around for a resolution I came across someone else having this exact same issue:

https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/windowsazure/en-US/d43b0b6d-6c91-4891-8344-ea2a155092de/notification-hubs-call-registernativeasync-returns-registrationauthorizationexception-401?forum=servbus

Luckily for me, since I work at Microsoft, I have a wealth of resources at my fingertips, so I started by asking the team that develops it!

Well, as it turns out, the problem is the Windows Phone emulator and how it sets it’s clock and how often it syncs with the pc to keep that up to date. In turns out, when you try to register for a notification, a security token is generated from the client SDK and if the time settings are different you might be unauthorized, hence the exception I was seeing.

Once I manually set the clock in the emulator, everything started working fine. Problem solved!

I hope this helps you if you ever run into this issue.

1. Swipe in from the right edge of the screen, and then tap Search.

   (If you're using a mouse, point to the upper-right corner of the screen, and then click Search.)

2. Enter add features in the search box, and then tap or click Settings .

3. Tap or click Add features to Windows 8 and then do one of the following:

   • If you need to purchase a product key, tap or click I want to buy a product key online.

     You will be prompted through the steps to buy a product key from there and it will be entered for you.

   • If you already have a product key, tap or click I already have a product key.

4. Enter your product key and click Next.

5. Read the license terms, select the check box to accept the license terms, and then click Add features.

If you were running Windows 8, your PC will restart automatically and Windows 8 Pro With Media Center will be on it.

If you were running Windows 8 Pro, your PC will restart automatically and Windows Media Center will be available for use.

Easy I thought, just code up a quick class using SMTPClient and send the mail using my account. Well, not so much… Every time I tried to send a mail I received the following error message:

The SMTP server requires a secure connection or the client was not authenticated. The server response was: 5.7.1 Client was not authenticated.

As a lot of hair pulling, it turns out the you need to set the UseDefaultCredentials property of the SMTPClient before you set the credentials. After doing that it worked fine!

Here’s the code I’m using:

ServicePointManager.SecurityProtocol = SecurityProtocolType.Tls;

var client = new SmtpClient("pod51018.outlook.com");
client.UseDefaultCredentials = false;
client.Credentials = new NetworkCredential("[your username]", "[your password]");
client.EnableSsl = true;
client.Port = 587;
client.Send(message);

I’d imagine quite a few people will (or have) run into this, so I hope this helps!

Jason

So not much more I can add, except for the stats!

Calories burned: 203
Total Calories burned since day 1: 1103

Jason

• Cardio Boxing
• Stack em up
• Loop-a-hoop
• Light race
• Virtual Smash
• Zen

Cardio Boxing is still the best for calorie burning (and fun), with Stack em up being the least effective (although also fun and it does work some muscles you may not otherwise use). Zen seems to be the hardest to master as even though you feel like you’re getting the moves right, the Kinect thinks otherwise…

Calories burned: 192
Total Calories burned since day 1: 900

Jason

So, tonight I focused only on Cardio boxing, alternating between the Bronze and Silver programs. The great thing about the Silver program is the varying speeds, so you end up doing the same routine slowly and then faster at the end to complete each cycle.

Calories burned: 200
Total Calories burned since day 1: 708

Jason

Rest assured this has nothing to do with me working out – according to my doctor I’ve definitely got a virus that’s going around at the moment.

I’m starting to feel a little better, so hopefully I’ll be back to working out again tomorrow night. Stay tuned…

Jason

I started my workout today with some fitness classes, including Cardio Boxing (which I love btw!) and some Zen (Yoga).

After burning 167 calories in those two classes,  I decided to switch gears a little and play some of the gym games, which burned another 45 calories):

• Virtual Smash, which is smashing blocks by punching and kicking (so far my best score is 1307).
• Stack em up – think of it kind of like Tetris, except the blocks fall onto a platform and you need to keep it level and stop the blocks falling off before you have a chance to dump them into the pits on either side. The trick is to stack as many as you can before you dump them for maximum points.
• Light em up – Basically you stand inside a circle and move your feet to press the currently lit section.

Calories burned: 212
Total Calories burned since day 1: 508

A couple of notes:

• I’m really trying to vary the workout daily, both to have a more effective workout and also keep me interested and having fun.
• I was just informed by my wife that we have a date night tonight, so I may not get a chance to either workout or post tonight. If not, rest assured I’ll make it up either tomorrow with two workouts, or I’ll add a day onto the end of the 14 days – either way, I will definitively be doing 14 workouts

Jason

Still, I pushed through the pain with the hope that it would get better as each day goes on. Besides, I couldn’t disappoint you, dear reader

Tonight I did three separate workouts:

1. The “Nice & Easy” personal training program (which isn’t easy btw)
2. Virtual Smash
3. Cardio

Calories burned: 177
Total Calories burned since day 1: 296

A few notes:

• I’ve resisted weighing myself so far as I don’t think it will have changed just yet, but I will add it from Day 5.
• In addition to these workouts, I’m also trying to eat better, but I’m not ‘on a diet’ per se. I’m just trying to make the right choices where possible.

Jason