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Fixes an issue that occurs in Windows 7 and in Windows Server 2008 R2 when you enable some HBA APIs in an order that differs from the order in which they were disabled. Link Removed

This video covers how to set up your development environment. You may find it easier to follow along by downloading the Link Removed. [Link Removed] Sample Requirements [Link Removed] Starting the Demo [Link Removed] Adding References [Link Removed] Coding4Fun Kinect Library [Link Removed]...

In part one of this two-part series, Larry Waldman, Excel Program Manager, discusses how to think about designing Excel solutions for the Web. As the Program Manager for Excel Services extensibility, Larry talks through the power of solutions built on Excel Services and what's now available in...

Microsoft Demos Windows 8, New Interface By Thom Holwerda on 2011-06-02 00:39:27 It's 2am here (edit: I'm done writing, it's 2:38am now), and I really ought to be sleeping right about now, but for some stupid arbitrary reason, the D9 conference is held at honestly irresponsible hours for...

In WCF, we’re serious about HTTP and we’re serious about REST. We’re making deep investments in WCF to provide more natural support for HTTP and for building RESTful systems. If you want to exposing your APIs in a web friendly manner that leverages all the richness, scale and evolve-ability that...

Google is going to launch Android 3.0 which is new and enhanced version of Google's Mobile Operating System. It is specifically optimized for devices with larger screen sizes, particularly tablets and introduces a brand new, truly virtual and “holographic” UI design, as well as an elegant...

Bart De Smet is one of the highly talented software engineers on Erik Meijer's team and the chief architect of the LINQ to Anything dream. You should watch his Link Removed on this topic.As you learned on Channel 9 Live's PDC10 conversation with Link Removed, Link Removed (the fastest in the...

Link RemovedThis week on Web Camps TV, Link Removed talks to Link Removed about the new Helpers in WebMatrix. Link Removed is the free tool from Microsoft that makes it easy to build websites and web applications, then publish them on the internet with just a couple of clicks of the mouse. In...

Customers running the latest iteration of the Windows client can gain a performance boost for the operating system’s graphics platform. Microsoft has released an update designed to improve the performance of DirectX 11 in Windows 7, as well as in Windows Server 2008 R2. According to the...

Link RemovedPeter Torr, Program Manager for Windows Phone platform, and Darin Miller, Program Manager for the Windows Phone Tools, join Jaime Rodriguez to discuss the Windows Phone beta release and its glidepath to RTM. Relevant links: Link Removed Windows Phone Training Kit Windows Phone...

Charlie is at it again: NVIDIA JUST HAD one of their most sleazy marketing tactics exposed, that PhysX is faster on a GPU than a CPU. As David Kanter at Real World Tech proves, the only reason that PhysX is faster on a GPU is because Nvidia purposely hobbles it on the CPU. If they didn't, PhysX...

Adobe says version 10.1 is a major update. Its most significant feature is perhaps the fact that it plugs a critical vulnerability that has been flapping open for a week, allowing attackers who had a mind to so, to take over your PC. Adobe recommended using the 10.1 release candidate to plug...

Link Removed Open source has been the coming thing for years. For 2010 it’s the thing. Even Microsoft is touting open source capabilities in Microsoft Office and Windows 7, notesLink Removedfounder Tim McLaughlin. (This is actually a skateboard ramp design Link Removed due to 404...

Microsoft has released three non-critical updates for Windows Vista. The first is the most important, as it is a general update to improve reliability and stability, available in Link Removed and Link Removed versions. The other two updates are more specific, one being to extend the File...

http://shippingseven.blogspot.com/2008/01/registry.html to Read More Well, looks interesting to me. I would agree, this is part of why Windows cannot move quickly, because it has to be compatible with older versions of software, so they have to make it backward compatible.