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http://ms-os.com/ Ars Technica <img alt="" height="1" width="1"> Reality check: what we know (and don't) about Windows 7 Ars Technica, MA - Dec 18, 2007 With Windows Vista recently celebrating its first birthday and preparing for the release of Service Pack 1, a team of developers at Microsoft is already ... More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds

I whine about the quality of the aerial images in Live Search Maps a*lot, but it looks like my whining days are over, because they apparently updated the database for several areas, among which the one I'm in. Apparently, the maps for The Netherlands and Belgium are now accurate to 50 centimeters. I've always preferred Live's map-interface over Google's, but I just couldn't use it because of the terrible image quality for the area I required. Fortunately, it's now gone from awful: http://www.waaromzijnbananen.com/pics/mapsawful.jpg to awesome: http://www.waaromzijnbananen.com/pics/mapsawesome.jpg Nice! More... View All Our Microsft Related Feeds

http://ms-os.com/ Ars Technica <img alt="" height="1" width="1"> Reality check: what we know (and don't) about Windows 7 Ars Technica, MA - Dec 18, 2007 With Windows Vista recently celebrating its first birthday and preparing for the release of Service Pack 1, a team of developers at Microsoft is already ... More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds

http://ms-os.com/ Lifehacker <img alt="" height="1" width="1"> Automatically Load and Update Your Windows Systems Lifehacker, CA - 17 minutes ago Head to your Windows command prompt (usually by typing "cmd" into the "Run" box in XP or the "Start Search" field in Vista). Once there, enter this command: ... More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds

http://ms-os.com/ CNET Blogs <img alt="" height="1" width="1"> Why all Vista users should upgrade to Windows XP CNET Blogs, CA - 13 minutes ago Believe it or not, this upgrade creates the best Windows experience I have ever used. Now, as you may be aware, Vista is, well, crap. ... More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds

I just built a windows*service which will be "ticking" on a server. The aim for it is to handle a couple of different tasks. One of them is to check*some folders containing XML files, read them and process them ( sending to a website -> msmq ->*business app*) Say, if I have 100 files in different folders : Should I just get a list of these files in an ArrayList and do a loop or should I use threads? If using threads... should I create a work thread to get(find) and process each file or should I loop in my ArrayList and assign a work thread for each file to process? Thanks*in advance. More... View All Our Microsft Related Feeds

Hi Guys, Can anyone explain to me under Vista what account does ASP.Net run under with IIS7? I don't seem to have ASPNET user anymore is it now running under NETWORK SERVICE account? I've tried to search about but can't find anything.* I know the experts on here can give me a definitive answer ;) Cheers More... View All Our Microsft Related Feeds

An interesting blogpost about Javascript performance.http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/001023.html More... View All Our Microsft Related Feeds

<img alt="" height="1" width="1"> A side of hash InfoWorld, CA - 47 minutes ago For example, Microsoft made a formal announcement during the Windows Vista beta program to begin removing all instances of MD-5 and SHA-1 from Windows. ... More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds

<img alt="" height="1" width="1"> 34 Discussion threads for ZDNet - 55 minutes ago Tags: Linux, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows XP, Operating systems, Microsoft Corp., Purple Haze, Classmate, Classmate PC, ... More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds

<img alt="" height="1" width="1"> 34 Discussion threads for ZDNet - 7 minutes ago Tags: Linux, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows XP, Operating systems, Microsoft Corp., Purple Haze, Classmate, Classmate PC, ... More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds

I downloaded the trial and spent several days trying it out in various scenarios. I just thought I'd share my observations and thoughts compared to Pocket IE. These are purely subjective, unscientific, observations. Better rendering Faster rendering Slower startup Better scrolling performance on large pages Worse overall usabilityCompared to vanilla IE, the scrolling experience in Opera is much better. However, IE + TouchFlo on my Kaiser (HTC P4550)*is a great combination. You get finger scrolling, and "flick" scrolling. The one that I just the most is to plant your finger and slide it to the edge of the screen. It will continue to scroll until you pick up your finger. Want to select text? Just switch to a fingernail or stylus. Both options are always available. With Opera, you only get one option at a time, and you have to dig into the settings to switch. Also, the address bar in IE actually shows enough of the address to be useful. Opera packs too many buttons on*and doesn't show enough of the URL. I use full screen a lot. Opera doesn't have a true full screen mode. You can't hide the tool/address bar, and it's much thicker than the IE one. Who would have thought that a version of IE would end up being better at minimalism. I also had trouble getting used to the way "back" is handled. In IE it's click the left softkey once to show the UI, and again to go back with the UI switching back to full screen. In Opera it's click the left softkey once to show the UI, then again to open the Action menu, then press up four times to get to back, and then click select. Maybe the UI will switch back to full screen, if it doesn't then you have to go to the view menu and toggle it off and back on. I wanted to like Opera, I really did. In the end I went back to IE. IE on Windows Mobile has plenty of issues, but it*turns out that my browsing habits are better served by the IE's UI. Anyway, just some "I stayed up way too late" thoughts to start the weekend. More... View All Our Microsft Related Feeds

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My WCF Webservice uses the new System.AddIn namespace to support addins. I want to expose the class returned by every add-in to my webservice. I believe lots of people would want to do this! There are some obstacles; *The class returned to the host is derived from the abstract view class. *The webservice contract needs a class, right, an abstract class or interface as parameter or return type is not allowed. *And the class in question is the host view adapter, which should not be referenced (to keep the independent versioning intact) There will be thousands of objects in an hierarchical array so creating a new object of each would impact performance :(Help! More... View All Our Microsft Related Feeds

what's the new nickname?* :) http://www.unclesgames.com/images/products/thumbs/032244046582_1.jpg * **Troubled Search **Preferences **Language Tools Search: the web trouble from Canada Google.ca offered in: Troublais * More... View All Our Microsft Related Feeds

anyone know what this means? * i just loaded iis7 on vista and now none of my sites work - 9toons for example.. * Server Error in Application "Default Web Site" HTTP Error 404.3 - Not Found Description: The page you are requesting cannot be served because of the Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) map policy that is configured on the Web server. The page you requested has a file name extension that is not recognized, and is not allowed. Error Code: 0x80070032 Notification: ExecuteRequestHandler Module: StaticFileModule Requested URL: http://jamie:80/9toons/index.asp?ci=20&s=category Physical Path: C:\inetpub\wwwroottoons\index.asp Logon User: Anonymous Logon Method: Anonymous Handler: StaticFile Most likely causes: It is possible that a handler mapping is missing. By default, the static file handler processes all content. The feature you are trying to use may not be installed. The appropriate MIME map is not enabled for the Web site or application. (Warning: Do not create a MIME map for content that users should not download, such as .ASPX pages or .config files.) What you can try: In system.webServer/handlers: Ensure that the expected handler for the current page is mapped. Pay careful attention to preconditions (e.g. runtimeVersion, pipelineMode, bitness) and compare them to the settings for your application pool. Pay careful attention to typographical errors in the expected handler line. Please verify that the feature you are trying to use is installed. Verify that the MIME map is enabled or add the MIME map for the Web site using the command-line tool appcmd.exe.Open a command prompt and change directory to %windir%\system32\inetsrv. To set a MIME type, use the following syntax: appcmd set config /section:staticContent /+[fileExtension=string',mimeType='string] The variable fileExtension string is the file name extension and the variable mimeType string is the file type description. For example, to add a MIME map for a file which has the extension ".xyz", type the following at the command prompt, and then press Enter: appcmd set config /section:staticContent /+[fileExtension=.xyz',mimeType='text/plain]Warning: Ensure that this MIME mapping is needed for your Web server before adding it to the list. Configuration files such as .CONFIG or dynamic scripting pages such as .ASP or .ASPX, should not be downloaded directly and should always be processed through a handler. Other files such as database files or those used to store configuration, like .XML or .MDF, are sometimes used to store configuration information. Determine if clients can download these file types before enabling them. [*]Create a tracing rule to track failed requests for this HTTP status code. For more information about creating a tracing rule for failed requests, click here. i dont use mail in the blog... i dont want it mapped.. it used to work...? More... View All Our Microsft Related Feeds

Long ago, Longhorn was touted as*the operating system that would make search easier.* Then the plug was pulled on that part of the Longhorn project or else Vista would be scheduled for delivery beyond 2019.* What was left in the way of search is so awfully different from the mechanisms, that we XP Luddites are used to, that we find them more or less unusable.* It is easier to make a share out of a folder, that we want to search, and use XP on a computer on the network to search than to type a search key into some unlabled box and watch as searching apparently happens and eventually displays incorrect results.* Another beauty of "improvement" is the default columns for every folder displayed by Windows Explorer, which is tailor-made for 20-something music lovers.* Me?* I'm interested*in each file's*name, date/time of most recent update, file type, and file size.* Artist is not and rating is not*one of my favorite categories.* Of course, there must be*some way to*instruct Vista to use some other default, but that option is buried somewhere in the newly and unnecessarily relabeled Control Panel.* Vista is an operating system, not a music box.* I just installed SP1*(beta?)*of Vista as a volunteer Guinea Pig and found that Vista had evaluated my computer to have a Figure of Merit of 1.0.* Someone suggested that I run the Official Microsoft Vista Computer Figure of Merit Calculator.* Once I figured out how to do that, Vista reported my computer was 5.0.* It also, thoughtfully, turned on Aero, without notice.* I can spend entire work days exploring the unknown Universe of Vista.* Unhappily, that is not what I get paid to do. More... View All Our Microsft Related Feeds

..I want to post this to 9toons but iis7 wont work anyway - another weird one (no movie or tv ref's..)* couple of funny bits though.. :) http://www.channel9.ca/c9park-legacy.jpg More... View All Our Microsft Related Feeds

<img alt="" height="1" width="1"> Microsoft to hand over Windows secrets to Samba team LinuxWorld.au, Australia - 4 minutes ago ... the team's development of its next generation of software, which will implement the new Sever Message Block (SMB) 2.0 protocol, used by Windows Vista. ... More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds

<img alt="" height="1" width="1"> Shane Richmond Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - 26 minutes ago Windows Vista. The new operating system, designed to replace Windows XP, launched to a storm of criticism and hasn't really improved since. ... More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds

:( I can't decide if this is funny or not. RUDI http://ms-os.com/Themes/AlmostGlass/images/icon-quote.gif GameDev.net wrote:"On the Night before Christmas Eve, something went wrong... and there is only one reindeer to make it alright." More... View All Our Microsft Related Feeds

Suppose you believe in true randomness, or unpredictable numbers, how would you go about generating them? Time-seeded pseudo-random number generators aren't really interesting here. So looking at hardware sources, which commercially available hardware devices could be used here. Not necessarily ones meant for the purpose, but devices which could be put to the use. More... View All Our Microsft Related Feeds

Lets do a little niner survey here, what do you guys think is the best Microsoft product and worst Microsoft product (ever)? If you want to do more then one that's fine too. I'll start. Best: Microsoft Optical Mouse Microsoft makes really good mice. Worst: Windows ME Self describing. More... View All Our Microsft Related Feeds

<img alt="" height="1" width="1"> Mac versus Windows vulnerability stats questioned ZDNet Blogs - 8 hours ago The problem being that you are only reporting CVEs for Windows for the XP Professional and Vista products (leaving out the Home Edition and Server products) ... More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds

<img alt="" height="1" width="1"> HP Laptops Spring (Another) Code Execution Leak eWeek, NY - Dec 19, 2007 Exploits have been tested against Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003 and Windows Vista systems. The researcher provided eWEEK with an advance ... More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds