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http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/playsforsure/ OK... really who has left the idiots in charge at Microsoft.* Did someone in microsoft see the news recently about a chimp controlling a pair of robotic legs using it's mind and think "if chimps can do that then why not let them run microsoft". I don't understand, i really don't understand.* What was the thinking, was there any.* Microsoft has gone downhill in my mind.* The Zune kerfuffle, the IE kerfuffle, the Ultimate Extras kerfuffle... More... View All Our Microsft Related Feeds

I probably don't fully understand the hows and why's of this, but... this is the most nonsensical thing I've ever seen coming out of Microsoft. More... View All Our Microsft Related Feeds

I am running VISTA on a MacBookPro under Bootcamp (I know)* and getting a wierd message when*I try and install VS2008: "Setup has detected that this computer does not meet the requirements .... Then under "software and requirement prerequisites": Windows XP service Pack 2 Update Information You must install this service pack to complete installation .... Is anyone at MS aware of this issue? is there a workaround under VISTA? (Needless to say that I don't want to try and install XP SP2 under VISTA!) More... View All Our Microsft Related Feeds

Microsoft Update Improves Vista Performance eWeek, NY - 36 minutes ago Even as Microsoft prepares to make the release candidate for Windows Vista Service Pack 1 broadly available to all users this week, the Windows ... More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds

They can charge to 90% capacity in five minutes They're good for about 5000 charges They won't explode even if you crush the laptop They will be available in March They are talked about with a lot of long words and technical detail here More... View All Our Microsft Related Feeds

Windows Server 2008, Vista SP1 Hit RC Milestone T.H.E. Journal, CA - Dec 10, 2007 by Keith Ward Microsoft Wednesday continued its hand in hand development of Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista's first service pack, publishing release ... More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds

Very (very) unscientific, but soon I shall be done with WPF and moving onto another project and a different role, but I was wondering how many people here are actually using WPF at the moment - and thought an unscientific poll would be a good start so ... Do you currently use WPF? - Yes, love it - Yes, dislike it - No, waiting for tools - No, not likely to. More... View All Our Microsft Related Feeds

So I'm working on some project for Windows Mobile using GAPI (I'm after WM2003 support, so using DirectDraw Mobile is out of the question). Anyway, I'll be needing to render type and using bitmapped fonts or 8-bit era sprites for text is waay out. I'm after some smooth effects here. Yet, such as it is, Windows CE's GDI cannot work with GAPI (so I can't get it to render type) and GAPI just provides raw access to the framebuffer, no DrawText function or anything. Can anyone recommend a good type rendering library? I'm thinking of releasing this project under GPL when it's done, so stuff like T2 is useable. OpenType support is also a plus. No need for postscript though. Speed is also very important, as is CPU usage. More... View All Our Microsft Related Feeds

So... I'm talking about my nickname... these thugs and mobs come in and start trashing the thread again... I guess it's time again : ZOMFG, I BROKE UR LOLZ TEH FORUMZ RULZ0RZ ON TEH INTARNETS? More... View All Our Microsft Related Feeds

What's the purpose of a Service Pack? That's to improve the stability of the product over what was initially shipped, so why not remove the shipped product replace with a new improved one in the right time? Make mistakes is necessary for us to continue the upgrades, or a chance to fix it, that chance or upgrades is also another chance to make money. Save money and resources, WinXP is good enough for these years, Don't fix the perfect bugs, just let it go with time. to Microsoft, VS2003*also know as VS2002 Service Pack is a successful case, here is another successful case. Today(2008), we all knew Intel Pentium 4 with NetBurst contains some design defects that cause the speed so slow, is it means Intel should release a 'Service Pack' to fix these defects of P4 product family? Absoultely not, they was shipped a new product with Core architecture to kill their own product, it's a tough decision to them, but they know they have to do. More... View All Our Microsft Related Feeds

Want Microsoft Vista for free? Tell me about your mother... CNET Blogs, CA - 21 minutes ago Microsoft is giving away free copies of Windows Vista. (Yes, it has come to that.) The catch? You have to let Microsoft analyze how you use its software. ... More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds

Windows Vista SP1 (release candidate) publicly available engadget, CA - 57 minutes ago *shakes head* Please keep your comments relevant to this blog entry. Email addresses are never displayed, but they are required to confirm your comments. ... More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds

Will XP SP3 Slow Your Migration to Vista? Windows & Net Magazine, OH - 10 hours ago In late November, Devil Mountain Software tested pre-release versions of Windows Vista SP1 and Windows XP SP3 with officebench, a testing script that ... More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds

Microsoft Fixes Glitches in IE, Multimedia, Vista eWeek, NY - 5 hours ago The updates address IE vulnerabilities on up-to-date Windows 2000, Windows XP x86/x64, Windows 2003 Server x86/x64/Itanium and Windows Vista x86/x64 systems ... Microsoft security patches focus on client bugs InfoWorld all 27 news articles More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds

Windows Vista SP1 (release candidate) publicly available engadget, CA - 21 minutes ago *shakes head* Please keep your comments relevant to this blog entry. Email addresses are never displayed, but they are required to confirm your comments. ... More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds

I was just thinking how annoying my nickname is! *lol*... imagine I reply to 3-4 threads, a whole list of "blehbleh"... hahha... More... View All Our Microsft Related Feeds

The GridView is ignoring my styles in IE, even if I use auto-format. Works fine in Firefox, anyone know what's up with this? /aarrgh, meant to post in T/O, srry. More... View All Our Microsft Related Feeds

Microsoft Fixes Glitches in IE, Multimedia, Vista eWeek, NY - 34 minutes ago The updates address IE vulnerabilities on up-to-date Windows 2000, Windows XP x86/x64, Windows 2003 Server x86/x64/Itanium and Windows Vista x86/x64 systems ... More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds

Some people have 2girls1cup..... I have... http://www.2animals1bun.com/ My friend wrote it...funny as anything... More... View All Our Microsft Related Feeds

Id use it. tired of posting less than positive*things in CH ..or it could be named like Tech Off... only a bit different... :p then coffeehouse could be mainly upbeat/happy and if your in a bad mood..ahem...you go to The Vent to let off some steam... More... View All Our Microsft Related Feeds

Will XP SP3 Slow Your Migration to Vista? Windows & Net Magazine, OH - 3 hours ago In late November, Devil Mountain Software tested pre-release versions of Windows Vista SP1 and Windows XP SP3 with officebench, a testing script that ... More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds

Join me and Lisa Feigenbaum, a Program Manager on the Visual Basic Team,*as she shows us how to use Refactor!, the free add-in for Visual Studio 2005 and 2008 that provides over 30 refactorings for Visual Basic. Lisa walks us through all the new refactorings that were added for the latest version of Visual Basic 2008. You can download Refactor! here. You can get the demo code she used here. Enjoy! -Beth Massi, VS Community http://channel9.msdn.com/Photos/364876.jpg Watch the screencast(WMV) More... View All Our Microsft Related Feeds

So SP1 may have fixed some of my issues, but apparently it's created a major one of its own. My Windows Desktop now says Windows Vista Evaluation Copy, Build 6001 Nothing asking me to activate though, wtf is going on here? More... View All Our Microsft Related Feeds

A couple of weeks ago, we announced that an optional preview for the Internet Explorer Automatic Component Activation was coming in early December, and I’m happy to say that it is now available. Read Knowledge Base article 945007 for full details, along with links to the specific downloads for each operating system. If you don’t recall, in April 2006, we made a change to how Internet Explorer handled embedded controls used on some webpages. Some sites required users to “click to activate” before they could interact with the control. Microsoft has now licensed the technologies from Eolas Technologies inc, removing the “click to activate” requirement in Internet Explorer. This change will require no modifications to existing web pages, and no new actions for developers creating new pages. We are simply reverting to the old behavior. Once Internet Explorer is updated, all pages that currently require “click to activate” will no longer require the control to be activated. They’ll just work. The preview we are shipping today will not be widely distributed to users unless they download and install it. This preview is for customers to test this upcoming behavior before it is widely distributed in the April 2008 Internet Explorer Cumulative Update where all customers who install the update will get the change. Thanks, PEte LePage Product Manager PS: The IE VPC images have been updated with a new expiry of April 1, 2008, and can be found on the Microsoft Download Center. http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=6730639 More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds

FYI - Electric Rain Releases ZAM 3D enabling 3D interactive design capabilities for*.NET 3.0*and Windows Vista applications: 3D design tool exports 3D scenes as XAML markup for integration with Microsoft Expression Blend to develop rich and engaging 3D UI controls http://www.erain.com/company/Press/PressReleases/ZAM3DLAUNCH.asp More... View All Our Microsft Related Feeds