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Configuring Vista and Windows 7 boot manager (boot menu timeout)

Thu, 18 Jun 2009 00:30:07 GMT

Setting Windows 7 boot manager timeout.

Impementing Windows Ribbon

Thu, 21 May 2009 14:43:17 GMT

Steps require to enable your application with Windows Ribbon

Why Windows Ribbon

Thu, 21 May 2009 11:33:32 GMT

List downs the advantages/featues of Windows Ribbon framework which makes the development/management of the Ribbon UI a piece of cake.

Windows 7 as a platform

Tue, 19 May 2009 23:07:38 GMT

New additions in Windows 7 platform for developers and ISV. These are list of thee platform updates and pointers to where to find more about.

Windows 7 RC out this week

Tue, 28 Apr 2009 13:15:36 GMT

Go check-out the latest changes!

Windows Vista Performance Issue Illustrates Importance of Context

Thu, 12 Mar 2009 21:31:44 GMT

The details of the problems being experienced by the poster (which revolve around a globally load-balanced site that was for some reason not being distributed very equally) point to an interesting conundrum: just how much control over site decisions should a client have? Given the scenario described, and the conclusion that it is primarily the result of an over-eager client implementation in Windows Vista of a fairly obscure DNS-focused RFC, the answer to how much control a client should have over site decisions seems obvious: none.

Browser Wars? Turf Wars? Why?

Thu, 05 Mar 2009 08:55:58 GMT

Sarah has a brief but passionate discussion about the state of the browser wars, and specifically why anyone cares that Microsoft Windows ships with Internet Explorer.

Free Windows Vista E-Book

Tue, 24 Feb 2009 08:57:29 GMT

You will not get better price for this book.

SharePoint not reachable through IE, with Firefox no problem

Sat, 14 Feb 2009 03:06:21 GMT

Problem description: Internet Explorer cannot display the webpage At one of my customers, all of a sudden, the SharePoint website was not accessible anymore for some users. Those users were prompted for their credentials when trying to enter the SharePoint website, but then they got immediately a Internet Explorer cannot display the webpage error page. The SharePoint environment was a MOSS 2007 environment with Windows Authentication.

Vista-style dialog using TaskDialog (with Windows XP emulation!)

Wed, 04 Feb 2009 13:16:51 GMT

Examples and explanation on integrating a lightweight slick Vista-style task dialog (extended message dialog) within managed .NET code. Both Vista and lower compatible through emulation techniques.

Transactional File System Operations with C#

Sun, 25 Jan 2009 04:01:02 GMT

In this post Tuna tries to explain his approach to transactional file system operations. This piece of code uses two of the Vista's new features namely Kernel Transaction Manager(KTM) and Transactional NTFS.

Extensible Storage Engine

Wed, 24 Dec 2008 13:53:53 GMT

Did you know that Windows came with an embedded database?

XBMC is not just for XBOX anymore.

Fri, 05 Dec 2008 20:40:15 GMT

A video pirates deam movie player is now avaliable for your platform.

Partially automating TC22 (No, that's not a new designer drug)

Sat, 01 Nov 2008 22:41:13 GMT

Running some of the more repetitive tests for the Certified For Windows Vista program can be a deadly bore; why not script some of the pain away?

Windows Vista Web Browser Security

Fri, 03 Oct 2008 23:34:55 GMT

The web browser, an attacker can also get into your computer by using an exploit in a web browser by tricking you into installing a web component that has malicious code inside. Internet Explorer has many security settings built in that will help you keep safe.

Publishing a Windows Vista Calendar on the Network

Wed, 01 Oct 2008 00:36:23 GMT

Windows Calendar, a decent little program for managing your schedule. You can create appointments (both one-time and recurring), set up all-day events, schedule tasks, apply reminders to appointments and tasks, and view appointments by day, week, or month. This all works great for individuals, but a busy family needs to coordinate multiple schedules.

Top Ten Cool Windows Vista Tips and Tricks - Part I

Fri, 26 Sep 2008 11:31:09 GMT

In this article, we will cover some basic Windows Vista tips and tricks that will facilitate your experience with Windows Vista and increase productivity. You will see some 'Oh I did not know I could do that' with Windows Vista kinda tips. The tips and tricks have been tried out on Windows Vista Ultimate. Check them out!!

Top Ten Cool Windows Vista Tips and Tricks - Part I

Fri, 26 Sep 2008 11:31:09 GMT

Accelerators coming to Windows 7

Mon, 22 Sep 2008 15:00:17 GMT

Accelerators alas IE8 are coming to Microsoft's next OS. To my surprise I found through the leaked photos of Windows 7 that were published yesterday, that such features are enabled in the latest build of Windows which lead me to wonder been able to mash up services right from within my Desktop experience, using the myriad of web services available at the reach of a right click and contextual to my task at hand.

Getting rid of logon prompts when opening Office documents

Fri, 19 Sep 2008 03:18:51 GMT

Problem description: You are prompted to enter your credentials each time you open a Microsoft Office document stored in a SharePoint document library Each time you open a Microsoft Office document, you are prompted to enter your credentials again, even if you check the box remember my password. For non Microsoft Office documents, such as PDF files, you are not prompted to enter your credentials. The credentials prompt is not taken into account apparently: if you choose Cancel in the prompted window without entering your credentials, the Microsoft Office document is still opened.

IE7: Vista vs. XP

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 08:13:29 GMT

At the end of my post last week when I began a series on learning jQuery, I mentioned that I might have found a bug. This bug involved columns at the bottom of last weeks demo to be rendered differently when I viewed the same code on my Windows XP computer and my Windows Vista computer. At the time of the post, the images that you saw in last weeks post, were taken from my Windows XP computer and they looked fine in the browsers that I test in (IE7, IE8 beta 1, Opera, Firefox, and Safari). When I looked at the code on my Vista box, the columns had a line break after each one even with the CSS property of display:inline-block; and float:left;.

Vista Soda Auction

Sat, 09 Aug 2008 05:52:39 GMT

You know if you didn't work on the microsoft campus at the time Vista came out you missed the exciting Vista Soda. Well Someone has now posted his can on ebay. More..

Tutorial: Adding a Custom Place to CFileDialog

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 06:01:24 GMT

This tutorial describes the steps required to add a custom place to Microsoft Vista's File Open dialog.

Tutorial: Adding Controls to CFileDialog in Vista

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 05:57:40 GMT

This tutorial describes the steps required to add custom controls and control handlers to Microsoft Vista's file open dialog via CFileDialog.

VS 2008 on Vista 64-Bit

Mon, 04 Aug 2008 13:03:11 GMT

It was pretty painless to grab one of my existing 2.0 Web application projects from back-up and get it to work in VS 2008, using the multi-targeting feature.