The user experience is a high priority for Windows Vista, and part of that "experience" are the sounds that come with the operating system. It's incredible the amount of work that goes in to capturing that perfect sound to represent different events in...

Have you got a burning question about anything related to the backup technologies in Windows Vista? Perhaps you've got some feedback you would like to share? Well, if so, mark the 10th and 11th July in your calendar because the team who brought you Backup...

I've been asked recently how to import an Outlook PST file into Windows Mail and I thought it would be worth sharing how to do this. I headed over to the Windows Mail forums (part of the Windows Vista community) to see if there were any solutions already...

I received a question from a user who had recently upgraded from XP and they wanted to know how to import their Outlook Express DBX files into the Vista and the new email client called Windows Mail. The Outlook Express files in question are DBX files...

Jeff from New Jersey left a comment on one of my posts telling me about a problem he was having with Word 2007 after applying a new patch which he downloaded from Windows Update. The problem was that after installing the patch he couldn't use Word - it...

I spoke the the Live Product Manager the other day and he said this was coming, but I didn't realise how quickly! Just goes to show how easy it is to develop on Virtual Earth! This switch is only for the UK, Multimap has the biggest share of Map visitors...

We're back by popular demand! Matt and I are being unleashed on 4 cities up and down the UK to deliver a stonking array of innovations, hardware, gadgets all tied together by the magic of Microsoft software. Last time around we played to packed crowds...

Got Vista Ultimate? Want movies on your desktop? You can now download the DreamScene Preview from Ultimate extras (search ultimate from the start menu) and download the preview. Enjoy all the video goodness! This is not the final version, but a mere preview...

ABOUT LICENSING RIGHTS TO 4 VIRTUAL OPERATING SYSTEMS Q. What does licensing rights to 4 virtual operating systems mean and why is this valuable for customers? A. Customers who deploy Windows Vista Enterprise receive a new benefit: the ability to install...

Office Live Store Manager is currently in private beta with a few of our select small business customers and one of the first implementations has emerged on the web from Larouex Gourmet Foods . They make fine tasting food products and are based in Washington...

I've been waiting for a long time to write this.  Last year I posted about the Vista Backup team being available for a Live Meeting and chat with customers .  I received a large number of comments to that post with people talking about their...

The Mojave Experiment is now live at http://www.mojaveexperiment.com/ and I love it.  As someone who launched Vista in the UK and evangelised, enthused and talked about it from day 1 I’ve had to deal with the whole perception vs. reality thing. ...

There has been some confusion recently about conflicting products and services coming out of the Windows Live group.  There’s a good explanation for the confusion but first to give some context. Last week the FolderShare team both rebranded and launched...

I know. You are supposed to spell "Favourites" with a "u" in the middle. However, I'm going to sway towards convention and use the Americanisation of the English language in this post, for indexing purposes only. I'm the kind of guy who likes to keep...

Today, courtesy of Mr Akrigg , I found out a rather nice trick for Windows Sidebar. if you've got applications open and you want to get access to the Sidebar or any of my gadgets on your desktop just hit Windows Key + Spacebar and voila, all your SideBar...

I've been asked to do Vista & Office event at Derby University in February and I went on to the University website to find out the location of their campus. Now back in the day, Google were innovative with with their Map service and the University...

Whilst soaking of some Vista goodness at the last Vista Squad event one of the attendees asked where all the WPF applications were saying that he'd not heard of any "real" apps. That inspired me to write this post to let you know that WPF apps are alive...

I'm writing this on the way back from sunny Leeds where Matt and I went freestyle with the demos and unleashed a load of cool technology upon an unsuspecting audience. We went at quite a pace because we had so much to cover and I wanted to let you know...

Reading last night - phew what a gig... By the end it was pretty warm in the room sorry about that - the air conditioning people went home at 5.30 - great! I hope it didn't detract from what we showed you and by the number of questions we got I assume...

Working for Microsoft you tend to develop thick skin because of all the stuff people say to you; insults, imputation, indictment & bad mouthing. I guess you could argue that it comes with the territory, it's par for the course or something you inherit...

It's always nice to have a few throwaway stats about Windows Vista that you can give to someone when you are combating someone who believes that XP is "good enough" for them.  I'd like to share a few with you over the coming weeks and I...

Suggested retail prices have now been published on Microsoft.com: Business: $299.00 ($199.00 upgrade) Enterprise: only available to volume license customers Home Premium: $239.00 ($159.00 upgrade) Home Basic: $199.00 ($99.00 upgrade) ...

It's the great Vista USB Key give-a-way!!!!! I've got one 256 MB Vista USB Key to give to one lucky reader and all I ask in return is that you do the following: In no more than 30 words, tell me about your favourite feature in Vista and why it's so...

I'm excited to say that I've accepted a new role at Microsoft HQ in Redmond as Technical Evangelist for Live Services featuring Live Mesh. I'm going to be working in Tim Sneath's team and my first assignment is to head out to PDC in LA - cool! I'm going...

Consumers can now purchase and download our most popular products like Windows and Office online through the new Microsoft Store.  I do like the design of the site, it's clean and uncluttered with no brand logos - how refreshing! So far the stores...