We were recently able to catch up with Sven Hallauer, Director of Release Management for Windows Vista, to ask him a few questions regarding the build process of Windows Vista. Sven is the master of all Windows builds. On top of the awesome interview...

There has been a lot of talk lately about sound in Windows Vista. Recently Robert Scoble talked with Steve Ball , Group Program Manager for the Windows Audio/Video Excellence Team regarding plans to hard-code the start-up sound played just before the...

Per my post from late last week, Microsoft has placed build 5536 online for public download. Folks visiting this page over at the Windows Vista website are testing this interim build in anticipation of the upcoming release of RC1. Let me clarify: only...

We've gotten lots of heat from the community for the lack of multi-GPU support in Windows Vista. No longer -- check out Multi GPU running in Vista f rom the Gaming section of Hexus : "...the reason ATI are pumping out 3DMark over three monitors...

Last piece of news for tonight, this time from the Release Team: "We are pleased to announce the release of Pre-RC1 build 5536.16385! This build represents significant progress incorporating your Beta 2 and 5472 feedback. We have made a lot of...

(Almost got lost in all the excitement of today's news around HD-DVD support in Windows Vista.) Today the IE Team shipped Internet Explorer 7 Release Candidate 1 for Windows XP SP2/x64/Server 2003 users. Some of the enhancements you’ll find with...

The community is buzzing with reactions to APC Magazine’s article regarding playback of protected High Definition content in 32-bit versions of Windows Vista. However, the information shared was incorrect and the reactions pervading the community are...

This is just plain great reporting (wink wink, nudge nudge): Redmond, Washington - Windows Vista, Microsoft's new operating system which is scheduled for release early next year, is already causing a great deal of controversy because of a very unusual...

Fellow Microsoftie Marc Mercuri has developed a new application designed to harvest the best parts of RSS by helping users more handily manage their subscriptions and access that content. If you’re looking for a impressive new way of managing your video...

I've just published a new article detailing my interview of Chris Hugill, Group Program Manager responsible for the Movie Maker and DVD Maker apps included in Windows Vista. Chris led me on an expedition within those two apps, describing to me some of...

Here’s a link to an intriguing story on CRN showing how Windows Vista is being used to help cancer researchers at the Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, California, to meet a real need that until now had no effective solution. Researchers from a...

Following up on my post from earlier this month on Shadow Copy in Windows Vista: The other day tech news site The Inquirer caught up with Dan Stevenson, Lead Program Manager on the Windows Storage and File Systems Team, to discuss System Protection's...

Scott Dart, Program Manager for the Photos and Imaging Experience Team, discusses several major metadata improvements Windows Photo Gallery offers for managing your digital photos in Windows Vista. He does a nice job of explaining what metadata is, what...

Seems it's intern day here on the blog. Here's another piece of news, this time a note from my colleague Aseem Badshah, an intern from a local high school (!) who's spending his summer working with Windows Client on incorporating customer feedback into...

I've just reproduced an MSDN white paper entitled " DirectX10: The Next Generation in Gaming " as a blog article and thought it would be of particular interest to this audience. The white paper was drafted by my colleague Nishanth Lingamneni, who until...

For an entire week (through next Tuesday 22nd), Windows Media Center Program Managers will be participating in the Windows Vista Beta Program Media Center newsgroups, so now’s the time to get out your list of burning questions and get them answered by...

I got this tip from Sidebar Geek : Columnist Scott Lowe has a fairly extensive run-down on Vista’s Windows Sidebar and Sidebar Gadgets on the Windows Vista Website -- c heck it out . Look for even more coverage of Windows Sidebar and Gadget-related...

Logitech has announced the Logitech Cordless Desktop MX 3200 Laser , expected to be available in early October . What’s really neat about this particular hardware set is that it is another example of hardware taking advantage of built-in Windows Vista...

Following up on yesterday’s post about hardcore gaming with Windows Vista, I wanted to let you know that Microsoft has posted a free trial of Microsoft Flight Simulator X. This long-awaited version of Flight Simulator is fully optimized for Windows Vista...

OK, so I've been getting RC1-related questions a lot, both via blog comments and directly over email: Will Microsoft open testing sign-ups again when RC1 is released? Yes. Will the Customer Preview Program be available for those who missed out on...

IGN.com is in day two of its Windows Vista Journal, an in-depth look at the features in the OS that dedicated gamers will want to know more about. Yesterday’s article set the stage with detailed descriptions of the gaming system used in the testing and...

Windows Vista introduces a number of new technologies , among them one called Windows ReadyDrive that works in conjunction with new hybrid hard drive technology to improve the performance of your PC. Windows ReadyDrive makes use of non-volatile flash...

You've no doubt heard about the Microsoft Financial Analyst Meeting two weeks ago where a demonstration of Windows Vista’s speech recognition technology didn’t quite go as planned. This was due to a very particular issue that caused voice recognition...

I came across this really incredible article posted on the BitPorters Media blog. The premise of the article is an entry to the Windows Vista CodeMaster Challenge called DRADIS , which is an information-gathering in-car "dashboard" application that picks...

I came across this tip from Longhorn Blogs while catching up on blog posts from some time ago that I'd missed. I use several different builds of Windows Vista and find this tip useful because some in builds the odd shortcut has been removed or replaced...