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Do you like the new Windows Vista screen you see above for your mobile device? JGUI is releasing a freeware for theming your mobile devices for the Windows Vista look and feel. The product is described as follows: The background: You can select the background image from a few pre-installed pictures, or you can use your own [...] More... View All Our Microsft Related Feeds

I read this question over at CNET and I can’t understand why the hell would you worry about running Windows Vista on MAC. The hell do I care about bootcamp. I have never met or talked to anyone who bought a Windows Vista computer worrying about running an OSXsss. If you buy a MAC computer, [...] More... View All Our Microsft Related Feeds

Just read this post from the Coding Horror. It mentions the notification on IE download/popup blocker security prompt which I think is a very good design. Has that notification included in .NET v3.5 package? Or could we call some API/use some ActiveX control in Windows to do that? More... View All Our Microsft Related Feeds

And the hotel is full of dogs. And work forgot to pay for the hotel. And the MS guys got bumped up a class. Hmmm, lets hope the code review goes better *grin* More... View All Our Microsft Related Feeds

Microsoft Releases New Windows Server, Vista SP1 Test Code Washington Post, United States - 27 minutes ago According to a post on thewindows Vista Team Blog, a stand-alone installer will be released to the Web in both x86 and x64 versions for the following ... More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds

http://ms-os.com/ eFluxMedia Windows Vista SP1 To Go Public Next Week eFluxMedia - 49 minutes ago by Max Brenn In a post on the official Windows Vista blog, Microsoft announced the release candidate of Windows Vista SP1 is available via Microsoft Connect ... More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds

Near-final Service Packs Arrive InternetNews.com - 20 minutes ago By Stuart J. Johnston Microsoft this week shipped release candidates, or rcs, for both Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1) and Windows Server 2008. ... More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds

Nothing happens, it doesn't "monitor"... seems like paused. Edit : the play/pause button didn't do anything. but a reboot fixed it. http://paranormalstories.com/vbug.png More... View All Our Microsft Related Feeds

I've created this thread to serve as a database of gamertags of Niners. Please post your gamertag and games that you primarily play. My gamertag is xX DC. I mainly play Halo 3, Guitar Hero III, and Moto GP 06. However, I'm always up for a race in PGR3. More... View All Our Microsft Related Feeds

When will we ever get rid of the damn things.. they are everywhere, I never use them, unless i have no choice... trusty middle mouse buttons takes care of scrolling in most sensibly programmed applications these days.. it seems that scrollbars only hinder my screenspace, hiding just that little bit extra*content in every window frame of every application using them. Here is my suggestion.. why can't we have OSD/Overlay Bars! that*only appear when you are actually scrolling(MMB) a window frame, or the Mouse is in the location of where I scrollbar would normally be. And it should be enforced that MMB be avaible to use for scrolling a window frame in any application that is using scrollbars.* I noticed explorer(xp) doesn't bother adding it yet.. anyway seriously about time they get removed/improved.. how many more years to wait for some progress. More... View All Our Microsft Related Feeds

The ieblog finally talks about IE8. No real information yet, just a confirmation that they're working on it. Of course the article comes with the required number of commenters who take*the naming joke*way too seriously. More... View All Our Microsft Related Feeds

Exchange Server 2007 SP1 Goes RTM IT Jungle, NY - 21 hours ago The new release includes enhancements that will appeal to customers planning deployments of Windows Server 2008, Windows Vista, or Office Communication ... More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds

Is Windows Vista slower than Windows XP? Guardian Unlimited, UK - 34 minutes ago "The 'Wow' starts now," said Microsoft when Windows Vista was launched. For some users it was, "Wow, how can this computer be so slow?" But is Vista really ... More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds

Just as he was the first to talk about IE7, Bill Gates kept the tradition alive and discussed IE8 at the Mix ‘n Mash event here on campus yesterday. Bill was talking to some bloggers about IE.Next and called it IE8, the same way we do here in the IE team hallway. So, yes, the version after IE7 is IE8. We looked at a lot of options for the product name. Among the names we considered and ruled out: IE 7+1 IE VIII IE 1000 (think binary) IE Eight! iIE IE for Web 2.0 (Service Pack 2) IE Desktop Online Web Browser Live Professional Ultimate Edition for the Internet (the marketing team really pushed for this one ;-) Ie2.079 (we might still use this for the Math Major Edition) Of course, some people care about other aspects of IE8 much more than they care about the name. As I’ve walked different people through the plan, I’ve gotten “Does it have feature X?” “When is the beta?” “When does it release” and even the more thoughtful “What are you trying to accomplish with this release?” You will hear a lot more from us soon on this blog and in other places. In the meantime, please don’t mistake silence for inaction. Dean Hachamovitch General Manager http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=6671318 More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds

I recently reloaded my pc, using an XP SP 2 cd (offical holo cd not my own slipstream.)* Downloaded all my drivers and got everything running but I am having a small issue with Media Player 11. "Windows Media Player cannot play this DVD because there is a problem with digital copy protection between your DVD drive, decoder, and video card. Try installing an updated driver for your video card." I checked all the basics and did install*the codec pack XP codec pack 2.3.3.* I believe that this is caused by a DRM issue. I beilve this because IF I load up Windows media player 11 to play a dvd with DVD 43 (this*is a program*for stripping off drm from*dvds)*the entire dvd plays fine, picture and sound are fine meaning it is not the disk or the drive. This leads me to believe it is not in my pc's install or in a software setting. XP SP 2 all updates from microsoft update Media player 11 build*11.0.5721.5230 Office 2003 all updates AtI Radeon 9800 Pro with latest drivers, ATI TV wonder pro with latest drivers, Ran the Direct X end user runtime updater Can anyone offer any assistance??? *googleing issues no revelant results More... View All Our Microsft Related Feeds

Vista SP1 RC available publicly next week NetworkWorld.com, MA - 35 minutes ago 14, Microsoft made Windows Vista SP1 RC Preview available to 15000 testers as part of its private beta program. Microsoft hopes to align SP1’s availability ... More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds

I've got a program for users to download and install.* Currently I'm using a generic VS Install project. Currently, the user has to: 1) click "Download" 2) Select "Run" or "Save As..." 3) Run/Open the installer 4) User has to confirm that they do, in fact want to run the program 5) Installer begins without prompt, but user must click "Finish" at the end of the process. How can I improve this process (reduce required intervention)?* Is a single-click install even a possibility? (If it helps, we can limit ourselves to IE7.) Apologies for*the double-post to the JOS Dev board.* Sometimes urgency requires drastic measures! More... View All Our Microsft Related Feeds

from www.istartedsomething.com http://www.istartedsomething.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/taskbar.jpg I had never seen this screen before ... parts of it.* It reminds me of all the things that got changed by committee - when they were so cool before.. examples: - The big back button - and small forward - shows only if needed * Committee:* Put both on screen - at all times - at same size - The invisible address bar - helps get rid of rectangle/bar overload * Committee: Make it visible at all times - even if it make IE look like 12 bars in a row - The redish - expandable top options bar ** Committee: Make them unexpandable, make them all puke green, make the selected preview*pic un-3d and flat, add yet another bar at the bottom - Top right preview icons (either open apps, or related - not sure - looked cool though. Also the top menu bar is all one piece * Committee: make the top bar the same as xp - but make it go black if mazimized, remove the cool graphical icons - add more text to UI - Show albums as album covers * Commitee: Put album covers coming out of folders so you can only see half the cover - Startbar -* it is kind of wacky - but the concept was there: Use a full width panel - not a little flyout / integrate sidebar - make ONE metaphor for controling win UI not 2 *- Committee: put it back like XP, remove all the icons, make text small, remove user name, remove all references to MY computer (as it is now ms's computer sigh... More... View All Our Microsft Related Feeds

She surely gets this song... ( ok, maybe not like Heifetz but still... ) I played the violin 6 years or so... What instrument do you play? More... View All Our Microsft Related Feeds

Public test next week for Vista SP1 CNet News.com Blog - 20 minutes ago Microsoft also said on its Vista blog on Wednesday that it will make available a "blocker" that will allow customers who have Vista and use Windows Update ... More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds

Microsoft releases new Windows Server, Vista SP1 test code ITworld.com, MA - 9 minutes ago According to a post on the Windows Vista Team Blog, a stand-alone installer will be released to the Web in both x86 and x64 versions for the following ... More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds

Microsoft issues new Vista SP1 'release candidate' -- but most ... - Computerworld Microsoft issues new Vista SP1 'release candidate' -- but most ... Computerworld, MA - 20 minutes ago December 05, 2007 (Computerworld) -- Microsoft Corp. on Wednesday began distributing the first "release candidate" version of its Windows Vista Service Pack ... More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds

Microsoft Releases A Nearly Final Windows Vista SP1 InformationWeek, NY - 10 minutes ago It will publicly available starting next week, according to a statement posted on the company's Vista development blog. The Release Candidate will provide ... More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds

Is Windows Vista slower than Windows XP? Hindu, India - 46 minutes ago By Tim Anderson in London Guardian News Service: "The 'Wow' starts now," said Microsoft when Windows Vista was launched. For some users it was, "Wow, ... More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds

I'm getting this message on some of our https pages, and not on others. Any idea how I can wipe it out completely? What are the common causes for it? More... View All Our Microsft Related Feeds