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September 2005 - Posts

• Where is IIS in Vista Build 5219?

  Posted by Sam Gentile to Sam Gentile::Longhorn on Sep 17 2005, 03:10 PM

  Filed under: Windows Vista

  Oh where or where is IIS a.ka.a World Wide Web Publishing Service. In Beta 1, it was turned off by default. In Build 5219. It is not there at all! I just confirmed that it's not in Vista Client.
  

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• Windows Vista Build 5219 Aero Glass is Amazing!

  Posted by Sam Gentile to Sam Gentile::Longhorn on Sep 17 2005, 12:15 AM

  Filed under: Windows Vista

  So,  I said in my last post that I didn't get Aero Glass by default on my NVidia GeForce FX Go5200 but you can change this. I found how on this post on Neowin:

  Start > run, type in devmgmt.msc
  Display Adapters > right click on Geforce FX Go5200
  goto drivers
  update drivers
  don't do win update
  don't search
  choose pick from list
  uncheck show compatible hardware
  
  Man: nVidia
  Device: Geforce FX 5200 (LDDM)

  The thing that is amazing is all the visual candy that now works such as the Sliding Full Preview Alt-Tab feature and the Windows - Spacebar Window stacking! Holy cow this rocks! The only trouble is with the LDDM Glass driver I can only get 1024X768 instead of the regular 1440X900 widescreen which makes it hard to work but the effects are mindblowing.

  Hmm, now my Glass is gone. I installed and ran VirtualPC and its gone now. [:@]
  

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• Windows Vista Build 5219 Installed

  Posted by Sam Gentile to Sam Gentile::Longhorn on Sep 16 2005, 05:35 PM

  Filed under: Windows Vista

  I got Beta 2 (5219) installed pretty easily except I could not format the drive or do anything with DiskPart at the command-line utility and had to install it beside the old one on the same disk. The Tablet stuff is there (why do they insist on installing this by default if I don't have a Pen???) and the Media Center stuff is there (pretty awesome). There seems to be lots of pleasing little changes to the UI that make it even more visually apealing. Still no true Glass out of the box for my NVidia GeForce FX Go5200 although it indicates “Glass” and does look better than the Beta 1 default. Doing the steps from here, I've gotten the WinFx CTP installation done and starting on Visual Studio (Beta 2!!!) now. And yes, once again, MSXML 6.0 Parser refuses to installl from VS setup but installs by hand. All installed now and working although I see some issues in the Avalon and Indigo Projects from VS.

  posted on Friday, September 16, 2005 5:35 PM
  

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• New and Notable 79

  Posted by Sam Gentile to Sam Gentile::Longhorn on Sep 16 2005, 03:06 PM

  Filed under: Windows Vista, WinFX, Indigo

  I was in the middle of a beautifull New and Notable, 2nd day in a row no less when Windows Vista Beta 1 froze. No blue screen, just totally froze. No response to Task Manager or Ctrl-Alt-Delete. I guess you are not supposed to play a Windows Media Player file at the same time as doing anything else or maybe Vista hates Since I've Been Loving You from Led Zeppelin.

  • Windows Vista 5219 was released to us testers on Microsoft Connect (finally!!).  I don't know if I have to wipe out Beta 1 or it will install over it, but knowing Microsoft I'm sure I have to repave my machine...
  • When I get that installed, then I can attempt to install the PDC CTP of WinFX
  • Mary Joe says “The newest Windows 'pillar' was not expected to debut until Longhorn Server. But now it seems WWF is on track to ship with Windows Vista and to be back-ported to older Windows variants.“ Boy, that free StarBucks in Redmond sure does wonders.
  • The main man, Rico Mariani, the CLR Performance God, had a great session yesterday or so they tell me. In his post, he discusses various CLR tools all of which I personally use on a daily basis except for his LogDump tool from his blog here. You need to read this post!
  • Marco Russo on new Vista Kernel Features
  • Raj Das::A Little More on InfoCard & WWF & Vista RSS
  • Congrats to John Bristowe for taking the pill. Microsoft is getting a true superstar here that knows his stuff.

  posted on Friday, September 16, 2005 12:06 PM

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• New and Notable 78

  Posted by Sam Gentile to Sam Gentile::Longhorn on Sep 15 2005, 03:03 PM

  Filed under: Windows Vista, WinFX, Indigo, Avalon, CLR

  Yet another big gap (August 3rd) [:D]. As you can tell from all the latest posts, I am playing a lot with Vista, WinFX (Indigo AND Avalon) and half a dozen incompatible versions of SQL Server/VSTS as well as diving into ADO.NET 2.0 in my day job. I am also writing some great new code and material for my Occasionally-Connected Smart Client session in Orlando. If you have seen this talk before at DevTeach and Code Camp, I apologize [:$]; it's been kind of lame but this one is really cool with an Outlook style app and Whidbey's Click Once as well as OCC and syncing with SQL Mobile and the like. So what do I have to share? More left-over stuff from the PDC that I haven't posted yet. I am also writing a book proposal together with someone from That Small Software Company in the Pacific Northwest. Take 3 guesses on subject? It sure ain't Visual C++.NET like the last one!

  • Benjamin Mitchell has an excellent write-up on Jeff Richter's pre-PDC session which he terms “The Good, The Bad, The Ugly of C# 2.0 and .NET 2.0.“ I love this quote from Jeff, “Indigo loves using attributes.  They use attributes so much that you no longer have to write code." Great stuff.
  • ScottGu on Atlas Unleashed. Ok, see it? That's my one and only Atlas post on this blog
  • Lots of people have commented on how cool the new Office 12 UI is. I agree and also think it's the best change in many years. I link to one of my favorite sites here; Neowin and their report
  • The Agile Management blog points to “This well balanced piece of journalism looks at the new trend in agile management tools including Team System and its MSF process guidance. The piece manages to cover both MSF for Agile Software Development and MSF for CMMI Process Improvement as well as looking at rival products that support Scrum and Extreme Programming.“ This is a great blog. BTW, my pal Rob probably wanted me to comment on the recent posts about MSF-CMM and Agile. Just because you can now throw the word “Agile“ at everything doesn't make it so.
  • ScottGu on the Quartz Web Designer. This product, and the other Expression products, really rock. It wasn't apparent from the quick look I took but hopefully these products will spare me from the hell that is XAML and Angle Brackets and let me do Avalon work in much better way 
  • Jon Udell captures an interview with Bill Gates and a  podcast. Look at the list of questions - these are the questions I am interested in
  • Barry, who is doing some excellent blogging this week, talks about my friend Eric Sink and his latest smart move: TeamPrise which allows you to access Team Foundation Server/VSTS from Unix, Mac and Eclipse
  • Joel Jeffrey blogs the Windows Communication Foundation Best Practices PDC session
  • Dustin Miller covers the Sharepoint V3.0 Features
  • Paul Wilson thinks “Linq is Really Cool -- But DLinq is a Big Mess.“ He raises some good points.
  • Joel Ross notices that  the release notes are posted for CruiseControl.NET for RC2 so the release must be right around the corner
  • Scott Swigart interviews the key VB9 players and its now on-line at Dr. Dobbs.
  • Brian blogs Steve Schwartz's WCF (Indigo) - Under the Hood of the Service Layer PDC Session
  • I guess another one of my sacred beta programs is now public: Longhorn Server
  • According to Neowin, In total, 8 new games come with Windows Vista including Chess, Shanghai, a new Minesweeper, a new Freecell, a new game called "Purple Place", and a couple other card games.
  • According to many blogs and the Microsoft OEM site, Microsoft is due to release Windows Media Center Edition Update (codenamed Emerald) soon.  [via Neowin]
  • A new pretty Windows Vista Homepage
  • Q&A: Microsoft's Jim Allchin touts Vista, new developer technologies
  • Jim Johnson::“What should I think about when using transactions with the file system?“
  • Jorgen::Xbox 360 Launch Dates Announced
  • Jorgen::WS-Management submitted to DMTF

  posted on Thursday, September 15, 2005 8:18 PM

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• 9/14 WinFX Sept CTP Released but Will NOT Install on Vista Beta 1

  Posted by Sam Gentile to Sam Gentile::Longhorn on Sep 14 2005, 03:01 PM

  Filed under: Windows Vista

  Now that Jason has made public the fact that the September WinFX CTP is online now, I can post my findings from a week ago, when I had it for the Indigo program, that the WinFX SDK part will not install on Vista! It says “The product only supports installation to Microsoft code-named “Longhorm” Beta 2.” So is this the PDC build or what build? While you're at it, you may want to look at my Microsoft Max post. Are you sensing a theme here?

  posted on Wednesday, September 14, 2005 6:25 PM
  

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• 9/14 - First of Monthly Vista CTP Builds

  Posted by Sam Gentile to Sam Gentile::Longhorn on Sep 14 2005, 03:00 PM

  Filed under: Windows Vista

  After seeing the new Vista build yesterday, I begun drooling to replace my Beta 1 with it and couldn't find it. Robert is reporting that it will be on MSDN within 72 hours and will start a program of monthly CTP builds.

  posted on Wednesday, September 14, 2005 10:44 AM
  

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• 9/13 - New Stuff Videos Up on Channel 9

  Posted by Sam Gentile to Sam Gentile::Longhorn on Sep 13 2005, 02:59 PM

  Filed under: Windows Vista

  Scoble has a whole bunch of new stuff video from today's PDC. At the risk of repeating some of what he posted, “ I just loaded six videos up on Channel 9. The two that I think will be most viewed are the Office 12 UI video and the Windows Vista Explorer video.

  Also there now are the AERO interface video, the 10 things devs need to know to build a great Windows Vista video, LINQ video, and the Internet Hearts video (a cool game written with Windows Presentation Foundation).”

  posted on Tuesday, September 13, 2005 5:25 PM
  

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• 9/13 - Microsoft MAX ! on Vista

  Posted by Sam Gentile to Sam Gentile::Longhorn on Sep 13 2005, 02:58 PM

  Filed under: Windows Vista

  I was real excited to see the demo app today, Microsoft MAX, leverage Indigo and Avalon. But what happens when you try to install on Windows Vista? The home of WinFX and Avalon...you get that it requires and only runs on XP SP2!!  I am getting real tired of all the WinFX stuff and various tools not running on Vista and instead on XP.
  

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• 9/12 - Windows Vista and MSCORSVW.EXE

  Posted by Sam Gentile to Sam Gentile::Longhorn on Sep 12 2005, 02:56 PM

  Filed under: Windows Vista, CLR

  On 8/14/05, I wrote about 9 days problem free on Vista and how impressed I was. I am still using Vista but with the use of Outlook, VPC and some versions of VS2005 to do my work, I have run into some serious issues. Very often, mscorsvw.exe will start running for no apparent reason and use 40-80% of the CPU. I don't know quite what's going on but it's making it awful hard to keep using it for work. It wasn't doing this before so I am not sure what is going on. It's doing it right now (49% CPU) with nothing running (and you can hear the disk kicking in as well)!

  Ah, it seems to be something with the .NET Runtime Optimization Service which is supposed to “provide support for optimizing managed assemblies using NGEN technologies.” Ah, I am going to have to dig into this from my CLR/Rotor hat and understand this. Jeff Richter had talked to me a while back about the upcoming NGEN changes and improvements and there has been an MSDN article as well. I don't understand what the Optimization Service is supposed to be doing but that's the guy that's eating all the CPU and with it off, it's all OK again. Hmm...

  [:-*] The CLR Group has contacted me on this one....
  

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