http://www.session0.com connected to Architecture, Windows and Software Development Wed, 11 Jun 2008 19:55:13 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A busy life interfered with my ability to blog, but I think that I have a few things to say so I’ll be blogging again.  I look forward to sharing my thoughts with the community and hosting discussion on Windows development and architecture topics.  I plan to focus on more ... http://www.session0.com/2008/06/11/long-pause/ The final version of the Window Vista Product Guide is available for download: Windows Vista Product Guide  http://www.session0.com/2006/11/30/windows-vista-product-guide/ Microsoft has updated their handy, and free, XML editing tool XML Notepad, get it here: Download Microsoft XML Notepad 2007 http://www.session0.com/2006/11/24/microsoft-xml-notepad-2007/ Microsoft has released a free add-on to Visual Studio 2005 that supports creating applications for Office 2007.  VSTO is great, Office 2007 is groundbreaking new technology, the two together should be a home run.  Grab the bits and start building solutions!  Read more here. Download here. http://www.session0.com/2006/11/24/visual-studio-2005-tools-for-office-se/ In March 2007 daylight savings time for the US and Canada will change.  Daylight savings time will start 3 weeks earlier, on the second Sunday in March and will end one week later, on the first Sunday in November.  This is going to result in a load of missed appointments ... http://www.session0.com/2006/11/24/time-zone-update-for-windows/ The Windows Automated Installation Kit (AIK) is now available for download on microsoft.com.  This package is a set of tools used for deploying Windows Vista.  Form the site: The Windows Automated Installation Kit (Windows AIK) is designed to help corporate IT professionals customize and deploy the Microsoft Windows Vista™ family of operation ... http://www.session0.com/2006/11/17/windows-automated-installation-kit-available-for-download/ Mary Jo Foley of ZDNet is reporting that Microsoft's just released Zune digital media player is not compatible with Windows Vista (what?).  Read the posting here. Is it me or does it seam strange that Microsoft's two biggest releases this year are not going to work together out of the box?  I ... http://www.session0.com/2006/11/15/zune-has-no-love-for-vista/ The PowerShell downloads referenced in my earlier post are working now, although you'll notice that no Vista version of PowerShell is available yet.  This is expected to be posted in the coming weeks. http://www.session0.com/2006/11/15/powershell-downloads/ Wow, loads of announcements lately, but here's another biggie coming out of ITForum in Barcelona.  Windows PowerShell 1.0 has been released to web.  Read the PowerShell team blog post here. Here is a link to the English download: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=75284&clcid=0x09 The download links on the page do not seam to be working yet, but ... http://www.session0.com/2006/11/14/powershell-10-released/ The well known Sysinternals freeware utilities that were developed and previously hosted by Mark Russinovitch and Bryce Cogsworth have now found a home at Microsoft, here is a link to the new site: Windows Sysinternals Site   There are a couple new things here that are worth mentioning as well.  They have created a ... http://www.session0.com/2006/11/13/microsoft-hosts-sysinternals-site/