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I am currently running Windows Vista Ultimate Edition Version 6.0 build 5308 on my home PC. This is a dual boot installation with my old Windows XP Professional so I have something to fall back on. There has definitely been a lot of progress since I installed Beta 1 back in July 2005 . But I cannot help...
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As you may have noticed I have been pretty quiet on the blogging front during this PDC. There are a couple of reasons for this: There are so many interesting sessions here, including lunch sessions, that it is very hard to find the time to blog if you can't or won't blog during sessions. The program...
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Microsoft has touted Windows Vista as the first OS capable of rendering a good UI at high DPI (DPI =dots per inch). Avalon (*) and the new Desktop Window Manager will make that possible : "For example, Windows Presentation Foundation's vector-based rendering engine enables applications to scale...
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After further exploring Windows Vista it turns out that are some more components than just ASP.NET 2.0 that use managed code . The visuals of the new Event Viewer looked a bit funny and the UI performed sluggishly. Here's a screenshot of the new Event Viewer: This new Event Viewer has gained quite a...
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Microsoft retracted the faulty setup of the WinFX SDK and replaced it with a new version . This version installed without a glitch on Windows Vista Beta 1. I also installed the just released beta 1 of the ATI drivers for Windows Vista to get the best possible graphics experience. The Aero Glass theme...
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After the install of the WinFX SDK failed I tried to install Visual Studio 2005 Beta 2 on Windows Vista. The first attempt was unsuccesful because the MSXML 6.0 Parser could not be installed. I remembered seeing an msxml folder on the Windows Vista DVD. It also contains an installer for MSXML6. Its location...
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After installing Windows Vista and revealing that it has no significant dependency on WinFX or the .NET Framework it is on to the fun stuff. This is the view of the Games folder: As you can see the icons are scalable to large sizes and are vector based. After this eye candy be prepared for some devastation...
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After installing Windows Vista it's on to the R&D work. Note that this is done for LogicaCMG . Microsoft Watch' Mary Jo Foley revealed in May 2005 the "dirty little secret" about Longhorn : Developers say there's a dirty little secret about Longhorn that few Softies are discussing publicly...
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This is my first post from within Internet Explorer 7.0 running on Windows Vista. It is my account of the installation process of Windows Vista. 10:16 - Finished burning the 2.4 GB ISO image to DVD. Windows XP Autoplay offered to start the setup.exe on the new DVD. 10:17 - Started the installation from...
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Microsoft has released beta 1 of Windows Vista. You can download it if you have an MSDN Subscription from http://msdn.microsoft.com/subscriptions/ . It's a hefty 2.42 GB DVD ISO download. I am downloading it right now but I guess I have to clean up my machine to make some room to install it. Hopefully...