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August 2006 - Posts

"Building" Windows Vista: A Podcast Interview with Sven Hallauer, Director of Windows Release Management

Posted Tuesday, August 29, 2006 8:47 PM by Nick White
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 Read More...
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The Sweet Sound of Windows Vista

Posted Tuesday, August 29, 2006 11:20 AM by Nick White
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 Read More...
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Why a New Windows Vista Build Prior to RC1?

Posted Tuesday, August 29, 2006 6:43 AM by Nick White
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 Read More...
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See Windows Vista Running on Multiple GPUs

Posted Friday, August 25, 2006 11:30 AM by Nick White
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 is to Read More...
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Pre-RC1 Build Released

Posted Thursday, August 24, 2006 11:03 PM by Nick White
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 progress Read More...
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Internet Explorer 7 RC1 Released for Windows XP SP2

Posted Thursday, August 24, 2006 10:35 PM by Nick White
(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 IE7 RC1 Read More...
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Clarifying Windows Vista Support of Protected HD Content in 32-bit Systems

Posted Thursday, August 24, 2006 4:09 PM by Nick White
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 Read More...
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"Microsoft's New Operating System Records Brain Waves Of Users"

Posted Wednesday, August 23, 2006 10:41 AM by Nick White
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 Read More...
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Taking a Look at InfoCenter

Posted Wednesday, August 23, 2006 8:57 AM by Nick White
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 Read More...
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Article: Deep-Dive on Movie Maker and DVD Maker in Windows Vista

Posted Tuesday, August 22, 2006 6:13 PM by Nick White
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 Read More...
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Windows Vista Used in Cancer Research

Posted Tuesday, August 22, 2006 8:14 AM by Nick White
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 Read More...
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More Facts on Shadow Copy

Posted Thursday, August 17, 2006 2:24 PM by Nick White
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 Read More...
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A Look at Metadata in Windows Photo Gallery

Posted Thursday, August 17, 2006 2:21 PM by Nick White
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 Read More...
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Scenario Voting: Leveraging the Wisdom of Crowds Via Customer Feedback

Posted Wednesday, August 16, 2006 1:08 PM by Nick White
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 Read More...
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New DirectX10 White Paper

Posted Wednesday, August 16, 2006 12:36 PM by Nick White
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 Read More...
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Straight From the Horse’s Mouth -- Windows Media Center on Windows Vista

Posted Wednesday, August 16, 2006 11:15 AM by Nick White
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 Read More...
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Get to Know Windows Sidebar

Posted Monday, August 14, 2006 9:23 PM by Nick White
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 topics Read More...
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Logitech to Utilize Flip 3D in Windows Vista

Posted Monday, August 14, 2006 9:07 PM by Nick White
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 Read More...
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And While We’re Talking About Gaming ...

Posted Friday, August 11, 2006 9:50 AM by Nick White
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, Read More...
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RC1 Availability Update

Posted Thursday, August 10, 2006 9:41 PM by Nick White
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 Beta Read More...
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A Hardcore Gamer's Look at Windows Vista

Posted Thursday, August 10, 2006 9:35 PM by Nick White
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 Read More...
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Windows ReadyDrive Increases Performance in Windows Vista

Posted Thursday, August 10, 2006 11:48 AM by Nick White
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 Read More...
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See Windows Vista's Speech Recognition In Action

Posted Thursday, August 10, 2006 9:43 AM by Nick White
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 Read More...
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DRADIS from BitPorters Media: An Example of Innovation on Windows Vista

Posted Monday, August 07, 2006 8:20 AM by Nick White
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 Read More...
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Replace the Shortcut for Flip3D

Posted Wednesday, August 02, 2006 1:57 PM by Nick White
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 Read More...
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Windows Display Driver Model White Paper on MSDN

Posted Tuesday, August 01, 2006 4:31 PM by Nick White
Early last month I wrote about the new Windows Standard theme in newer builds of Windows Vista and provided a few screen shots of what it looks like. In that post I mentioned the WDDM, or Windows Display Driver Model, a new display architecture that's Read More...
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Using Shadow Copy to Restore Previous Versions of a File

Posted Tuesday, August 01, 2006 4:01 PM by Nick White
Windows Vista offers a new Shadow Copy feature which saves previous versions of your files without you having to overtly create a backup of them. I’ve used the Shadow Copy feature in Windows Vista many times. There have been times when Word 2007 has crashed Read More...
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Enabling Parental Controls on a Domain-Joined Machine

Posted Tuesday, August 01, 2006 1:25 PM by Nick White
Today I stopped in the hallway to chat with a colleague of mine, Lorrin Maughan, about Parental Controls, as she's an expert on the topic. (You may have read Lorrin's earlier posts about Consumer Photo Features and Ultra Mobile PCs on this blog.) The Read More...
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