Well it’s great to hear that Microsoft last Wednesday RTM’d Windows 7, with its full retail release due October 22 nd , (Partners, OEM etc receiving earlier, Link ) it’s exciting times. But Looking through the press, blogs, twitter and most other mediums, the general feel I get is the following. “How...
Interested in OpenXML? What about Windows 7 Deployment? If you are, head on over to Vista Squad on 18 February for a fantastic evening. Craig Murphy has volunteered to give us a talk on “Developing in OpenXML”, followed up by Richard Trusson on “Deploying Windows 7: Changes from Vista”. Directions to...
Courtesy of Vista Squad Buddy, James Senior (read his blog "Views on Windows Vista" http://blogs.technet.com/james/default.aspx ) The Microsoft Environment Sustainability Blog mentions a cool new app which is FREE that allows you to control power consumption on PCs. The tool is called Edison and is developed...
Hey all, Came across this list of essential downloads for Vista via Channel 10 (and Steve Clayton) http://on10.net/blogs/sarahintampa/Essential-Downloads-for-Vista/ Windows Live – the Windows Live Suite upgrades Vista’s built-in programs like Photo Gallery and Mail to give you the newer versions – Windows...
Steve's awesome demo of NAP is currently being dealt with by Ian Smith, our video extraordinaire, so for the time being, Steve has kindly emailed me the slides he used at the event. Hope you enjoy! Download Files Also, head on over to Steve's blog , very active and FULL of useful information.
Hey everyone! So we decided that it would be good if there was a Team Blog where we could share cool stuff with you. So here we are... we are looking to use this blog to help: drop in blog posts on Vista, .NET 3.5 etc. to share with the group our plans/ideas for the future and growth of Vista Squad probably...
It took a while for me to get round to this but following on from the success of my 4OD and Vista tutorial (see here ) I decided to look at getting the BBC iPlayer to work. It frustrates me greatly that the BBC did not think about making this software Vista compliant. Microsoft issued Beta 1 of Windows...
Update: I have added my Vista workaround here: http://vistasquad.co.uk/blogs/james/archive/2007/08/13/using-bbc-iplayer-with-vista.aspx The BBC's iPlayer launched to BETA this morning. It does not have Vista support which is really annoying. As a software developer, I am aware that software that followed...
Overview: This post demonstrates how to install 4OD (Channel 4 On Demand) on Windows Vista. I was really excited about the prospect of being able to use 4OD to download and watch Channel 4 programming on my PC. Unfortunately I hit a snag, 4OD is only available for XP! Now, being an early adopter I am...
Windows Vista's BitLocker feature could be the answer. Even better would you like help, guidance from technical experts at Microsoft (via email and telephone) for free AND free technical support? Sounds too good to be true? All we ask in return is that you share a story of your experience - we're not...
Hi everybody! Welcome to my first blog post. I'm James Woodall and currently I work for i-mate ( http://www.imate.com ) and am on the team that creates the Momento Digital Photo Frame. I am very interested in Windows Vista and its technologies. Specifically i am interested in Windows SideShow and have...