Partners are annoyed by the abundance of software and hardware incompatibilities surfacing as Windows Vista is deployed to more early adopters.
The Redmond, Wash., software giant launched Vista and a companion update called Windows Vista Application Compatibility Update to the market on Jan 30.
That update, KB929427, handles some of the more problematic application incompatibilities, but the [...]
Scoring a spot in the elusive Halo 3 beta won’t be easy. Like kids lining up to buy Willy Wonka chocolate bars with hopes of finding a Golden Ticket inside, people have already joined the queue to buy a copy of Crackdown next week on Tuesday (which also comes with a promised spot on the [...]
Last month we took an inventory of all the things Microsoft has been producing for SharePoint developers, and we thought it was a great list to share broadly. Even though I wanted this to be a “Top 10” list, I ended up with 14 items!
Since Vista was released to MSDN subscribers back in November I have started using it on my primary development laptop. I would love to run it in a VMWare session while I am developing, but it is still not possible to get Areo Glass to run this way (I need glass running to get our [...]
I don’t get it. What’s the point of Zune? Where is Microsoft going with this new device? Do they even expect to have even the tiniest success with this product? After having my first encounter (at a local Staples) with Microsoft’s new Zune media player I have to admit, I just hate this thing. Brown? [...]
It is so rare that I actually find good and useful utilities for Windows XP, but these three I discovered today are something I wish Windows XP had been built with. Ever wonder what your machine was actually doing when the processor goes to 100% and the disk head is clunking left to right at [...]
Readers of the IE Blog were warned multiple times before the release of IE 7 that some of the bug fixes included in the latest version of the browser could break websites. Because of Microsoft’s commitment to backwards compatibility, websites based on Web standards would be at the greatest risk of breaking, especially sites that [...]
Browser add-ons can help personalize the way you use the internet. The add-ons available here have been carefully screened from the Microsoft new IE Addons website and rated by users to help you select the ones that suit your needs and preferences. Start exploring them today.
With so many powerful extensions to choose from for Internet
Explorer [...]
Internet Explorer 7 is designed to make browsing safer. Here’s a quick rundown of some of the new security features, including Active X opt-in, the Phishing Filter, cross-domain security, enhanced privacy protection, and an international character alert.
New to SQL Server 2005 are dynamic management objects, which are database views or functions that return state specific information for the given database instance at a given time. These objects allow the DBA or developer to monitor the database server in an efficient, controlled way. Dynamic management objects replace many of the former system [...]
