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• Permission Denied for Vista Gadget - Msxml2.XMLHTTP

  Vista Gadgets are very cool. They're like these mini-apps that can run in your sidebar and provide you with some pretty cool functionality. You write them just like you're writing a web page. You can use Javascript or Silverlight, make calls out Read More... Posted Thursday, February 28, 2008 10:04 PM by kelly | 1 Comments Filed under: Windows Vista, Silverlight, Gadget

• Silverlight Tip of the Day Gadget

  Update 2/28/2008 (10:28pm): I've posted a follow-up article on getting this gadget to run under UAC. Download the latest version . Jesse Liberty has a great blog . If you're interested in Silverlight , you need to be reading this blog . On his Read More... Posted Friday, February 01, 2008 2:51 PM by kelly | 11 Comments Filed under: Windows Vista, Silverlight

• Screenshot tool built into Windows Vista

  Wow, I just found this sweet utility ( Snipping Tool ) built into Vista. It allows me to easily take a screen shot (full screen, specific window, rectangle shape, irregular shape), make basic edits to it (e.g. draw on it) and then save it as a jpg, gif, Read More... Posted Wednesday, April 25, 2007 10:01 PM by kelly | 0 Comments Filed under: Windows Vista

• VS.NET 2005 SP1 for Windows Vista

  In a Q&A on Microsoft's site , Microsoft Developer Division Chief Soma Somasegar offers additional detail about the new release and Vista. Among the nuggets is information on what was fixed with the SP1 Update for Windows Vista, including "significant Read More... Posted Wednesday, March 07, 2007 4:10 PM by kelly | 0 Comments Filed under: Software Development, Windows Vista

• Windows Vista - RTM

  On Wednesday, Jim Allchin announced that Windows Vista has finally RTMed . Rumor has it that the RTM bits will be available late Friday night. Its going to be a fun weekend. Read More... Posted Friday, November 10, 2006 12:02 PM by kelly | 0 Comments Filed under: Windows Vista

• WinFS on Channel9

  Some folks were talking about WinFS, the much acclaimed new filesystem for Vista, wondering what the status of it was. Here's an update , as well as something visual you can watch. One note... One thing that's real exciting? WinFS will be released Read More... Posted Sunday, March 26, 2006 9:54 PM by kelly | 0 Comments Filed under: Windows Vista

• Bad Journalism - Part 2

  Heh, this is really getting to Scoble . We should now start deriding people who link to non-credible sources. I will. Anyone who links to that jerk down in Australia anymore is simply not doing bloggers any favors. Same for anyone who links to the Register. Read More... Posted Sunday, March 26, 2006 3:34 PM by kelly | 0 Comments Filed under: Windows Vista, Journalism

• 60% Vista Rewrite

  A story has been going around the internet (and now being rewritten ) about Vista being late because 60% the code has to be rewritten. Scoble has been calling people up checking on the facts, and wants the journalist's head on a platter . Yep, this Read More... Posted Sunday, March 26, 2006 4:45 AM by kelly | 0 Comments Filed under: Windows Vista, Journalism