December 2005 - Posts
Everyone seems to be guessing the launch date - but this one is a little optimistic. MAYWindows Vista launches to much ballyhoo. Microsoft claims 10m copies shipped on day one. MSN announces Linkblogpod.com 'encyclopaedia of pod blogging'. Sony launches
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For years Windows has been the number one OS used around the world due to it's user friendliness (which is at times a debatable subject) and overall functionality. With each iteration we recieve, the features become more and more robust and the overall
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Microsoft has big plans for the trusty old C:\ prompt. For its upcoming Windows Vista operating system, the company is developing a new command-line interface, or shell, the text-based controls typically accessed by clicking Command Prompt (under Start
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Charlie Russel describes Windows Vista hardware. So you’re getting ready to buy a new computer, and you want to make sure that the computer you buy now will work well with Windows Vista. Well, the good news is that just about any new computer you
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A great discussion is occurring on Channel 9 regarding search engines. The replies to the post contain interesting opinions. It's duly noted that there was a major search provider (begining [sic]with G) missing from the alternative provider options of
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This step-by-step guide demonstrates centrally administering ADMX files and incorporating ADMX files when editing the administrative template policy settings inside a local or domain-based Group Policy object. Source: Only4Gurus.com.
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Overall, this build is impressive to say the least. While it is not beta quality, this build is more stable over the last two interim builds, and is showing a lot of improvement. We are also beginning to see a glimpse of Beta 2 with this CTP.Unlike our
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ActiveWin.com “posted 21 new screenshots showing in-depth the setup and functionality of Windows Media Center in Windows Vista Build 5270 (December CTP). These screenshots were taken using the 64-bit version of Vista.”
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Sometime in 2006, Microsoft will unveil a Windows Vista, the much- anticipated successor to the Windows XP operating system. Microsoft currently claims that Vista will work fine on the majority of mid- range computers currently in use. The company also
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Windows Vista could offer large organizations improvements in software development, security, reliability, systems management, and user interface. However, public demonstrations have been full of cool graphics effects and consumer features that probably
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Paul Thurrott writes: I think it's fair to say at this point that Microsoft has been through the wringer with Windows Vista. Originally envisioned as a revolutionary Windows client upgrade with a next-generation database-backed file system and a video-driven
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The device setup related messages are found in Windows\inf\setupapi.dev.log - errors here are not shown in the dec ctp setup gui after the failure happens (probably will be later), so at first I was given some totally unrelated error message (caused by
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Microsoft must find a compelling reason to upgrade to Windows Vista. Corporations were generally slow to deploy Windows XP, the desktop predecessor to Vista. Microsoft released XP in October 2001. But of 77 large companies surveyed by Forrester Research
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All major operating system vendors are on board and have, or soon will have, major releases that implement Web service entry points and tools. A major milestone for SOA adoption will be when Microsoft finally releases Vista (formerly known as Longhorn).
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Developers are closer to getting a full, pre-release copy of Microsoft's next client operating system with Microsoft's latest Windows Vista Community Technology Preview (CTP).Microsoft on Monday re-committed itself to delivering a "feature-complete" Windows
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One of the most intriguing new features in Windows Vista is a major change in the way user accounts work. Windows XP allows accounts to reside in either the Administrators group (where they have full control over the system, including the ability to install
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Prior to Vista, the locale data is always what we ship, which we trust. So GetLocaleInfo does not have to verify the length, it can just pick up its null-terminated string from its cache and return it. This is different than SetLocaleInfo, which has to
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Yesterday, Ashutosh Galande blogged a bit about the dangers of using the string version of the Administrator account.The reasons that it is a bad idea are numerous, but I thought I might explain a bit more about the particular problem behing bugs like
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Lately in the newsgroups for the Windows Vista beta and a number of different online forums people are disabling one of the key pillars of Windows Vista’s increased security, UAC (User Account Control) formerly UAP (User Account Protection). This
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According to Robert Stein, "fifteen new screenshots of Windows Vista 64-Bit Build 5270. In the screenshots we show the desktop, Windows Mail, and IE 7 64-bit.” Source: ActiveWin.com
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Sam Gentile says, "the Orcas Designer from Avalon totally utterly rocks!!”
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I have battled with the December WinFX Runtime Components and Dec WinFX SDK on Dec Vista for the last 6 hours. I would keep getting errors like “WinFX Runtime Components Not Installed” (they were and they were Dec) or that it was the wrong
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I’d like to get people’s opinions on what annoys them the most about faulty beta launches for products. For instance, do landing pages with email signups really annoy you, and would you rather not hear about a product until it is ready to
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Companies that offer RSS reader products and services are now in a race against time, as Microsoft prepares RSS functionality within Outlook.The ubiquitous presence of Outlook as an email client on corporate desktops could lead to the wider usage of RSS
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Ozzie notes the excitement building around Office 12, set for release next year:"I look forward to the Office ‘12’ and Vista introductions! It’s going to be great to see peoples’ reactions to the user experience innovations in
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Happy Birthday Browser ! When Tim Berners-Lee wrote the first Web client, or browser editor, in 1990, his aim was to build a creative tool that would allow people using the nascent system to organize information and present it to others in a fun, dynamic
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Sam Gentile gives us a blurb regarding the software he was able to get working with the latest Vista build. So now that things are working, at least without Glass, I have kept going. The following is what I have tried installing: Source: Sam Gentile
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Windows® Communication Foundation (WCF), formerly code-named "Indigo," is about to radically change the face of distributed programming for developers using the Microsoft® .NET Framework. WCF unifies the existing suite of .NET distributed technologies
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What happened to the user interface that was demonstrated a long time ago"? Build 5060, that was demonstrated a long time ago, had some very interesting features. Previewed thumbnails about what you can find within a document. Very nice icons and scalable!
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More positive posts about Microsoft Vista. So far this my 5270 experience has been very positive... I was greeted by an auto boot CD (Upgrade was disabled) which allowed to to properly load my SII3112 SATA driver, and recognized the drive. Installation
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Microsoft will overcome its challenges and win business users over for its upcoming Vista product, its most senior technical person in the EMEA region said last week.Analyst firm, Directions on Microsoft, this month said that getting businesses to upgrade
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It was almost nine months ago since I pointed out that The WinForms DateTimePicker and MonthCalendar do not support culture settings.And there was also the time I talked about Calendars in other languages.I tried to point out that WinForms was merely
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TheVista.ru is a updated regularly. The site just published a review of Windows Vista Build 5270. Here is a translated snippet: Reading the surveys of my foreign colleagues, I twist lips and smile. The reason for my merriment in the fact that they describe
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More and more people are posting their opinions about Windows Vista. After downloading and going through set up i really have to say it has come along very well since the Oct CTP 5231. Source: BlueScreenOfDeath’s Blog
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Tom says, "Windows Vista is AWESOME." We happen to agree Tom. Check out his link to a nifty Windows Vista screenshot too. Ain’t that 3D effect fantastic? Ok, Windows Vista is AWESOME. I'm messing around on it at work, as it's available via MSDN.
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A new blog is available on MSDN, the User Account Control (UAC) Blog. Welcome to the User Account Control (UAC) Blog. We'll be using this forum to talk about interesting, important, or whimsical aspects of UAC and Vista.It seems only fitting that we start
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These step-by-step guides will assist IT Professionals in deploying or migrating to Windows Vista. These guides will also provide step-by-step information on how to monitor performance, manage printing, control how CPU and memory resources are allocated
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The German daily newspaper "Sueddeutsche Zeitung" is reporting that Bad Homburg, Germany-based Linotype has filed a trademark complaint in Spain, alleging that Microsoft may have plagiarized its "Frutiger Next" font.In fact, Segoe UI and Frutiger Next
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I thought it might be useful to place links tothe four part series in one post. Happy Holidays. Part 1: Setup and User Interface Part 2: Bundled Applications Part 3: New Features Part 4: Wrapping Up
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Rob Short is the corporate vice president in charge of the team that architects the foundation of Windows Vista. This is a fascinating conversation with the kernel architecture team. It's our Christmas present to all of the Niners out there who've stuck
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Mark Reis is blogging on his new website, Tablet PC Research. I've been playing with the new CTP build of Vista of a desktop machine and have found a cool little tidbit. Under Add-Remove ->Windows Features, there is an option for “Tablet PC Optional
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Windows Vista will improve search functionality on a PC by letting users tag files with metadata but those tags could cause unwanted and embarrassing information disclosure.Gartner claims Microsoft is not paying enough attention to managing the descriptive
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Great news for MSDN Subscribers –Build 5270 is now available for download. The December Microsoft Windows Vista Community Technology Preview (CTP) is the third in a series of early Windows Vista builds being released to an extensive technical community.
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Windows Security Logging and Other Esoterica has published Whetting your appetite for Windows Vista This is one of our new events. I'm including the human-formatted view which you'll see in Event Viewer, and the XML view that apps will see (you can see
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From the new install look and feel to the subtle improvements you see immediately upon first viewing the 5270 desktop, it's clear that Microsoft has been busy fine tuning Windows Vista. The fit and finish work is apparently throughout this build, though
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Testers and developers looking forward to playing with Vista's most prominent new feature over the holidays will have to wait a bit longer. Microsoft officials confirmed to BetaNews late Monday that the Windows Sidebar won't be delivered in a public build
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With the December CTP, Windows AntiSpyware has been renamed Windows Defender. It features improved detection and removal of spyware and malware as well as a redesigned user interface, Boettcher said. Microsoft describes the anti-spyware offering in the
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Late next year, Microsoft hopes to bring to market the next version of Windows, named Vista. The fact that Vista will include the company's anti-spyware application - now called Windows Defender - will make for interesting times.The move is bound to raise
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Microsoft has been moving slowly, and lately more steadily, towards an approach of having users run, by default, with restricted privileges.The tools for letting users run in less-privileged accounts have for many years been better for domain-based managed
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With Windows Vista, Microsoft is evangelizing the use of “Standard User” accounts for most all users. You will also hear these accounts called LUA, or Least-privileged User Account. Running as LUA users will enable a much more secure environment
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Monday's release is the expected third Community Technology Preview (CTP) version of Vista, the successor to Windows XP due by the end of 2006. The preview releases allow Microsoft to gather feedback on the new operating system more quickly than it could
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Alongside the December CTP of Windows Vista, Microsoft has released build 5270 of Windows Server "Longhorn." Both operating systems are available on the same DVD image. Although development is currently in line with the client build, the next Windows
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Microsoft Corp. is banking on enhancements to what it has dubbed the fundamentals to entice enterprises to upgrade to the next version of Windows, known as Vista.The company will use upcoming industry shows to sing the praises of improvements to the Windows
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Aside from products, technologies that create bandwidth efficiencies are important. There are some improvements coming in all versions of Windows Vista, which ships later next year. Client-side caching capability is one in particular; improvements to
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Microsoft's biggest challenge in 2006 will be convincing corporations that they should upgrade to Windows Vista when it rolls out late in the year, a research firm said Friday.Directions on Microsoft, a Kirkland, Wash.-based company that tracks the developer's
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The Windows Server was updated with the lastest release of Community Server. There was an issue with the cs_Content_Load procedure on the frontpage which delayed the visibility of the server. All sites should now be functional but they do not have the
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Channel 9 has two videos of interest. Vista Audio Stack and API is a video with Larry Osterman, an SDE and 20 year Microsoft veteran, and Elliot H Omiya, a Software Architect and audio guru. The second video is Michael Kaplan, technical lead on the US-Windows
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Techworld is running a story Microsoft to move graphics outside OS kernel Vista's graphics subsystem, codenamed Avalon and formally known as the Windows Presentation Foundation, will be pulled out the kernel because many lock-ups are the result of the
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Microsoft has issued an updated build of WinFS Beta 1 to MSDN subscribers. WinFS is Microsoft's new SQL-based file system technology that is slated for release as an add-on shortly after Windows Vista. Source: SDA Asia Magazine
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b5 Media asks, "Will Windows Vista help prevent eyestrain?" Most likely the font size is a problem for every computer user. However, as noted in the article, members of our society who have eye trouble will probably not be relying on default settings
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"With Windows Vista, users won't have to restart their computers for most updates and application installations. Windows Vista knows which applications and services are using which files, and if a file needs to be updated, Windows Vista can coordinate
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