Channel 9 Channel 9 keeps you up to date with the latest news and behind the scenes info from Microsoft that developers love to keep up with. From LINQ to SilverLight – Watch videos and hear about all the cool technologies coming and the people behind them. Microsoft http://mschnlnine.vo.llnwd.net/d1/Dev/App_Themes/C9/images/feedimage.png Channel 9 http://channel9.msdn.com/ Channel 9 keeps you up to date with the latest news and behind the scenes info from Microsoft that developers love to keep up with. From LINQ to SilverLight – Watch videos and hear about all the cool technologies coming and the people behind them. http://channel9.msdn.com/ en Sun, 12 Feb 2012 15:44:14 GMT Sun, 12 Feb 2012 15:44:14 GMT Rev9 TWC9: Windows 8, C++ Amp, NuGet, Mouse Mischief and more This week on Channel 9, Dan and Duncan discuss the week's top developer news, including:

Picks of the Week!

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/This+Week+On+Channel+9/TWC9-Windows-8-C-Amp-NuGet-Mouse-Mischief-and-more This week on Channel 9, Dan and Duncan discuss the week's top developer news, including:[0:39] Mark your calendar: We are hosting a Windows 8 Consumer Preview event on Feb 29 in Barcelona! [1:52] C++ AMP Open Specification (S.Somasegar) [4:08] C# to C++ – A Somewhat Short Guide (Michael B. McLaughlin) [5:40] One ASP.NET Sneak Peek: Elegant Web Forms and Snowballs in Hell (Scott Hanselman) [7:11] 10 myths holding HTML5 back (Martin Beeby) [9:11] Beta of Amazon Web Services SDK for Windows Phone released (Adalberto Foresti), Beta release of the Amazon Web Services (AWS) SDK for Windows Phone ( Lee Stott) [Found Via: Mary-Jo Foley, Microsoft delivers developer kit for linking Amazon web services to Windows Phone] [10:27] Extension Me Serialize: With Encryption! (Caleb McElrath) [12:53] IntelliTrace Moves Beyond Development in Visual Studio 11 (Mickey Gousset) [14:13] MapReduce Patterns, Algorithms, and Use Cases (Boris Lublinsky) , "MapReduce Patterns, Algorithms, and Use Case" (Ilya Katsov) [16:08] The State of NuGet (Phil Haack) [18:04] How to Set Up a Local NuGet Gallery (Michael Ceranski), [MSDN Magazine] Creating a NuGet Gallery (Clark Sell,Mark Nichols) [19:17] Going Native: Interactive Panel: The Importance of Being Native (Herb Sutter , Bjarne Stroustrup , Andrei Alexandrescu , Stephan T. Lavavej , Hans Boehm) [20:07] Microsoft Mouse Mischief [Found Via: MicrosoftFeed - Download Microsoft Mouse Mischief and Enter the New Generation of Learning Solutions] Picks of the Week!Duncan's Pick of the Week! [22:14] The Defrag Show, Defrag: Change Pinned Sites Icons, Laptop WiFi Router, Full Path for File Dan's Pick of the Week! [24:25] Day 2 Keynote - Herb Sutter: C++11, VC++11 and Beyond 1572 http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/This+Week+On+Channel+9/TWC9-Windows-8-C-Amp-NuGet-Mouse-Mischief-and-more Sat, 11 Feb 2012 19:58:48 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/This+Week+On+Channel+9/TWC9-Windows-8-C-Amp-NuGet-Mouse-Mischief-and-more Dan Fernandez, Duncan Mackenzie, Greg Duncan Dan Fernandez, Duncan Mackenzie, Greg Duncan 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/This+Week+On+Channel+9/TWC9-Windows-8-C-Amp-NuGet-Mouse-Mischief-and-more/RSS C++ HTML5 Windows Phone NuGet Windows 8 Episode 70 - Windows Azure Demos with Steve Marx Join Wade and Steve each week as they cover the Windows Azure platform. You can follow and interact with the show at @CloudCoverShow.

In this episode, we are very sad to bid Steve Marx farewell as he looks for new challenges outside of Microsoft. Fortunately, we're able to share some of his best moments on the Cloud Cover show and review some of the best demos he's built over the years.

In the news:

You can stay in touch with Steve Marx through his blog at http://blog.smarx.com/.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Cloud+Cover/Episode-70-Windows-Azure-Demos-with-Steve-Marx Join Wade and Steve each week as they cover the Windows Azure platform. You can follow and interact with the show at @CloudCoverShow.In this episode, we are very sad to bid Steve Marx farewell as he looks for new challenges outside of Microsoft. Fortunately, we're able to share some of his best moments on the Cloud Cover show and review some of the best demos he's built over the years.http://devoxx.cloudapp.net/ http://netflixpivot.cloudapp.net/ http://ssplayer.cloudapp.net/ http://www.twoenglishes.com/ http://www.flatterist.com/ In the news:Get Started with Node.js + Windows Azure: Resources Windows Azure Toolkit for Social Games Version 1.2.2 Released Welcome to Wordament on Windows Azure You can stay in touch with Steve Marx through his blog at http://blog.smarx.com/. 2459 http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Cloud+Cover/Episode-70-Windows-Azure-Demos-with-Steve-Marx Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:45:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Cloud+Cover/Episode-70-Windows-Azure-Demos-with-Steve-Marx Wade Wegner Wade Wegner 3 http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Cloud+Cover/Episode-70-Windows-Azure-Demos-with-Steve-Marx/RSS Steve Marx Windows Azure demos Interactive Panel: The Importance of Being Native In 2011, we saw a resurgence of interest in native code - in C++ in 2011 and in C++11. Is this "C++ Renaissance" a flash in the pan? Is it a long-term trend?

This is an interactive panel. This means you, the attendee in the room or online, will be first class members of the conversation - you drive it. You ask the questions. The theme has been provided. Where do you want to take it? It's up to you.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/GoingNative/GoingNative-2012/Interactive-Panel-The-Importance-of-Being-Native In 2011, we saw a resurgence of interest in native code - in C++ in 2011 and in C++11. Is this "C++ Renaissance" a flash in the pan? Is it a long-term trend? This is an interactive panel. This means you, the attendee in the room or online, will be first class members of the conversation - you drive it. You ask the questions. The theme has been provided. Where do you want to take it? It's up to you. 4617 http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/GoingNative/GoingNative-2012/Interactive-Panel-The-Importance-of-Being-Native Thu, 12 Jan 2012 02:22:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/GoingNative/GoingNative-2012/Interactive-Panel-The-Importance-of-Being-Native Herb Sutter, Bjarne Stroustrup, Andrei Alexandrescu, Stephan T. Lavavej, Hans Boehm Herb Sutter, Bjarne Stroustrup, Andrei Alexandrescu, Stephan T. Lavavej, Hans Boehm 27 C++11 C++ Skeletal Tracking Fundamentals In the skeletal tracking Quickstart series video, we'll discuss:

  • How skeleton data retrieves joint information for 20 joints (head, hands, hip center, etc)
  • How skeletal tracking works and how you can choose what skeletons to track using tracking IDs.
  • How you can tweak TransformSmoothParameters based on your applications needs (responsiveness versus smoothness)
  • How you can use the built-in depth mapping methods to map a skeletal joint’s position into depth and color space
  • How you can use the Coding4Fun Toolkit to scale the skeletal joint value to make it easier for users of your application to not have to extend their reach when using your hand as a cursor
  • How to use the SkeletonViewer to visualize all joints returned by Kinect including whether those joints are not tracked.

Resources

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/KinectQuickstart/Skeletal-Tracking-Fundamentals In the skeletal tracking Quickstart series video, we'll discuss:How skeleton data retrieves joint information for 20 joints (head, hands, hip center, etc) How skeletal tracking works and how you can choose what skeletons to track using tracking IDs. How you can tweak TransformSmoothParameters based on your applications needs (responsiveness versus smoothness) How you can use the built-in depth mapping methods to map a skeletal joint’s position into depth and color space How you can use the Coding4Fun Toolkit to scale the skeletal joint value to make it easier for users of your application to not have to extend their reach when using your hand as a cursor How to use the SkeletonViewer to visualize all joints returned by Kinect including whether those joints are not tracked. ResourcesDownload the Kinect for Windows SDK Download the Quickstart slides and samples 949 http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/KinectQuickstart/Skeletal-Tracking-Fundamentals Wed, 01 Feb 2012 13:46:21 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/KinectQuickstart/Skeletal-Tracking-Fundamentals Dan Fernandez Dan Fernandez 7 http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/KinectQuickstart/Skeletal-Tracking-Fundamentals/RSS KinectSDK Day 2 Keynote - Herb Sutter: C++11, VC++11 and Beyond This talk will cover:
  • Which key features in C++11 will most change the way you write code: the features that directly affect C++ style, coding idioms, and the guidance in pre-C++11 books and articles that most needs to be updated.
  • Specific guidance on each of those key features: how each one changes your code; tips on using it well; and a pitfall or two to avoid (and how).
  • Status update on C++11 adoption: how compilers, books, and programmers are doing, plus a few updates and projections.
  • What's next for C++: what's top of mind for the near future of Standard C++, and why?
]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/GoingNative/GoingNative-2012/C-11-VC-11-and-Beyond This talk will cover:Which key features in C++11 will most change the way you write code: the features that directly affect C++ style, coding idioms, and the guidance in pre-C++11 books and articles that most needs to be updated. Specific guidance on each of those key features: how each one changes your code; tips on using it well; and a pitfall or two to avoid (and how). Status update on C++11 adoption: how compilers, books, and programmers are doing, plus a few updates and projections. What's next for C++: what's top of mind for the near future of Standard C++, and why? 5520 http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/GoingNative/GoingNative-2012/C-11-VC-11-and-Beyond Sun, 29 Jan 2012 00:31:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/GoingNative/GoingNative-2012/C-11-VC-11-and-Beyond Herb Sutter Herb Sutter 24 C++11 C++ Hot Apps: Krashlander, NFL Pro '12, MixTapes, Weave, Network Dashboard Hot Apps will feature 5 of the hottest apps each week for the Windows Phone 7. In this episode Laura takes a look at 5 of the winning apps from the "Your APP here" monthly contest:

 

Please leave suggestions for hot apps that should be featured in the comments section, thanks!

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Hot-Apps/Hot-Apps-Krashlander-NFL-Pro-12-MixTapes-Weave-Network-Dashboard Hot Apps will feature 5 of the hottest apps each week for the Windows Phone 7. In this episode Laura takes a look at 5 of the winning apps from the "Your APP here" monthly contest:KrashLander NFL Pro '12 MixTapes Weave Network Dashboard  Please leave suggestions for hot apps that should be featured in the comments section, thanks! 196 http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Hot-Apps/Hot-Apps-Krashlander-NFL-Pro-12-MixTapes-Weave-Network-Dashboard Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:52:36 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Hot-Apps/Hot-Apps-Krashlander-NFL-Pro-12-MixTapes-Weave-Network-Dashboard Laura Foy Laura Foy 5 http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Hot-Apps/Hot-Apps-Krashlander-NFL-Pro-12-MixTapes-Weave-Network-Dashboard/RSS Windows Phone WP7 Apps Working with Depth Data In the working with depth data Quickstart video, we'll cover:

  • An overview of how depth data represents the distance and player for every pixel
  • An overview of Default and Near Mode and what features are supported in both
  • An explanation of what distance data the Kinect returns including knowing when you are too near, too far, or the distance is unknown
  • The formulas for calculating depth and player information
  • How to visualize depth and player data, including a monochrome histogram and player colorization
  • How to use the WPF DepthViewer control to understand depth data returned from the Kinect

Resources

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/KinectQuickstart/Working-with-Depth-Data In the working with depth data Quickstart video, we'll cover:An overview of how depth data represents the distance and player for every pixel An overview of Default and Near Mode and what features are supported in both An explanation of what distance data the Kinect returns including knowing when you are too near, too far, or the distance is unknown The formulas for calculating depth and player information How to visualize depth and player data, including a monochrome histogram and player colorization How to use the WPF DepthViewer control to understand depth data returned from the Kinect ResourcesDownload the Kinect for Windows SDK Download the Quickstart slides and samples 1142 http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/KinectQuickstart/Working-with-Depth-Data Wed, 01 Feb 2012 13:43:07 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/KinectQuickstart/Working-with-Depth-Data Dan Fernandez Dan Fernandez 8 http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/KinectQuickstart/Working-with-Depth-Data/RSS KinectSDK Clang: Defending C++ from Murphy's Million Monkeys Were we to craft a Lenox Globe of programming languages, C++ might be followed by a famous cautionary phrase: Here Be Dragons. The language can be complex and daunting to programmers who are often shouldered with the task of writing large, complex programs. Those millions of code monkeys need help to resist Murphy's siren song and navigate C++'s treacherous waters of memory corruption and concurrency bugs.
 
Clang is a C++ compiler platform that tries to address these challenges (among others) across the spectrum of development activities. It provides fantastic diagnostics, static and dynamic program analysis, advanced rewriting and refactoring functionality, and language extensibility. Together with improvements to the language in C++11 these help programmers cope with today's code and write better code tomorrow. Clang also makes it easier than ever before to evolve and evaluate new language features and extensions to make C++ itself better.
 
Through this talk I'll give some background on the Clang compiler, what it does today to make writing C++ better, and how we're using it to help shape the C++ language going forward.
]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/GoingNative/GoingNative-2012/Clang-Defending-C-from-Murphy-s-Million-Monkeys Were we to craft a Lenox Globe of programming languages, C++ might be followed by a famous cautionary phrase: Here Be Dragons. The language can be complex and daunting to programmers who are often shouldered with the task of writing large, complex programs. Those millions of code monkeys need help to resist Murphy's siren song and navigate C++'s treacherous waters of memory corruption and concurrency bugs. Clang is a C++ compiler platform that tries to address these challenges (among others) across the spectrum of development activities. It provides fantastic diagnostics, static and dynamic program analysis, advanced rewriting and refactoring functionality, and language extensibility. Together with improvements to the language in C++11 these help programmers cope with today's code and write better code tomorrow. Clang also makes it easier than ever before to evolve and evaluate new language features and extensions to make C++ itself better. Through this talk I'll give some background on the Clang compiler, what it does today to make writing C++ better, and how we're using it to help shape the C++ language going forward. 3657 http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/GoingNative/GoingNative-2012/Clang-Defending-C-from-Murphy-s-Million-Monkeys Tue, 17 Jan 2012 16:36:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/GoingNative/GoingNative-2012/Clang-Defending-C-from-Murphy-s-Million-Monkeys Chandler Carruth Chandler Carruth 11 C++11 C++ Peter Heldens - Creating Scripts with TouchDevelop Peter Heldens, a manager at Microsoft University in the Netherlands, recently visited the touchdevelop team in Redmond, WA. Peter wrote My Online Meetings, the popular script that allows users to join a conference call in a single script using touchdevelop. Great to meet you, Peter!

The Research in Software Engineering team (RiSE) coordinates Microsoft's research in Software Engineering in Redmond, USA.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Peli/Peter-Heldens-Creating-Scripts-with-TouchDevelop Peter Heldens, a manager at Microsoft University in the Netherlands, recently visited the touchdevelop team in Redmond, WA. Peter wrote My Online Meetings, the popular script that allows users to join a conference call in a single script using touchdevelop. Great to meet you, Peter!Take a look at the 'My Online Meetings' script for touchdevelop. The Research in Software Engineering team (RiSE) coordinates Microsoft's research in Software Engineering in Redmond, USA. 167 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Peli/Peter-Heldens-Creating-Scripts-with-TouchDevelop Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:19:22 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Peli/Peter-Heldens-Creating-Scripts-with-TouchDevelop Peli de Halleux Peli de Halleux 1 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Peli/Peter-Heldens-Creating-Scripts-with-TouchDevelop/RSS RiSE Windows Phone WP7 Variadic Templates are Funadic Variadic templates are arguably the most profound change in the core language brought about by C++11. Curiously, however, the C++ community still tiptoes carefully around them: variadic templates enjoyed less coverage than features such as "auto" or lambdas. Part of the reason is that more popular features simplify expression of existing designs, which makes said features easier to understand and use.

Variadic templates, however, not only simplify design and use of advanced libraries such as Boost MPL, but also enable a host of new uses.

This talk provides a solid coverage of variadic fundamentals, including typelists, the archetypal "safe printf" mechanics, and tuple construction and access. It also discusses more advanced uses, such as structured argument lists.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/GoingNative/GoingNative-2012/Variadic-Templates-are-Funadic Variadic templates are arguably the most profound change in the core language brought about by C++11. Curiously, however, the C++ community still tiptoes carefully around them: variadic templates enjoyed less coverage than features such as "auto" or lambdas. Part of the reason is that more popular features simplify expression of existing designs, which makes said features easier to understand and use.Variadic templates, however, not only simplify design and use of advanced libraries such as Boost MPL, but also enable a host of new uses.This talk provides a solid coverage of variadic fundamentals, including typelists, the archetypal "safe printf" mechanics, and tuple construction and access. It also discusses more advanced uses, such as structured argument lists. 3634 http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/GoingNative/GoingNative-2012/Variadic-Templates-are-Funadic Wed, 11 Jan 2012 00:43:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/GoingNative/GoingNative-2012/Variadic-Templates-are-Funadic Andrei Alexandrescu Andrei Alexandrescu 20 C++11 C++ STL11: Magic && Secrets The C++ Standard Library expanded and evolved massively between C++98/03 and C++11.  It's easy to forget the magnitude of these changes, because they happened gradually and sometimes invisibly.  Some things (like shared_ptr, regex, and function) were developed in Boost in the early 2000s, before making their way into TR1 in 2005 and then C++11.  Other things, like container move semantics, automatically improve programs without human intervention.  Sometimes I can hardly believe that programmers used to live without non-intrusive deterministically reference-counted smart pointers!  We are fortunate to live in such an advanced and enlightened age.

In this presentation, I'll explore how some of the C++11 Standard Library's magic works, including how the Standardization Committee fixed pair's constructors (I bet you think that pair is the simplest type in the world - ha! wrong!) and how I saved a million zillion bytes of memory across all the programs using VC10+'s make_shared<T>().

Oh, and I will also reveal a secret that has never been announced before.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/GoingNative/GoingNative-2012/STL11-Magic-Secrets The C&#43;&#43; Standard Library expanded and evolved massively between C&#43;&#43;98/03 and C&#43;&#43;11.&nbsp; It's easy to forget the magnitude of these changes, because they happened gradually and sometimes invisibly.&nbsp; Some things (like shared_ptr, regex, and function) were developed in Boost in the early 2000s, before making their way into TR1 in 2005 and then C&#43;&#43;11.&nbsp; Other things, like container move semantics, automatically improve programs without human intervention.&nbsp; Sometimes I can hardly believe that programmers used to live without non-intrusive deterministically reference-counted smart pointers!&nbsp; We are fortunate to live in such an advanced and enlightened age.In this presentation, I'll explore how some of the C&#43;&#43;11 Standard Library's magic works, including how the Standardization Committee fixed pair's constructors (I bet you think that pair is the simplest type in the world - ha! wrong!) and how I saved a million zillion bytes of memory across all the programs using VC10&#43;'s make_shared&lt;T&gt;().Oh, and I will also reveal a secret that has never been announced before. 3547 http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/GoingNative/GoingNative-2012/STL11-Magic-Secrets Wed, 11 Jan 2012 00:44:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/GoingNative/GoingNative-2012/STL11-Magic-Secrets Stephan T. Lavavej Stephan T. Lavavej 20 C++11 C++ Camera Fundamentals In the Camera Fundamentals Quickstart video, you’ll learn:

  • How to leverage the AllFramesReady event to synchronize data between the color, depth, and skeletal frames
  • The supported resolutions for the color and depth cameras
  • How to read the color byte array from the ColorImageFrame event and how to dynamically build a Bitmapsource to display the color image
  • How to use the KinectColorViewer user control to display the Kinect’s color image simply by databinding the Kinect property to the KinectSensorChooser user control
  • How to tilt the Kinect camera and how it determines it’s current angle

Resources

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/KinectQuickstart/Camera-Fundamentals In the Camera Fundamentals Quickstart video, you’ll learn:How to leverage the AllFramesReady event to synchronize data between the color, depth, and skeletal frames The supported resolutions for the color and depth cameras How to read the color byte array from the ColorImageFrame event and how to dynamically build a Bitmapsource to display the color image How to use the KinectColorViewer user control to display the Kinect’s color image simply by databinding the Kinect property to the KinectSensorChooser user control How to tilt the Kinect camera and how it determines it’s current angle ResourcesDownload the Kinect for Windows SDK Download the Quickstart slides and samples 882 http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/KinectQuickstart/Camera-Fundamentals Wed, 01 Feb 2012 13:41:07 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/KinectQuickstart/Camera-Fundamentals Dan Fernandez Dan Fernandez 3 http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/KinectQuickstart/Camera-Fundamentals/RSS KinectSDK Defrag: Change Pinned Sites Icons, Laptop WiFi Router, Full Path for File Microsoft tech troubleshooter extraordinaire Gov Maharaj and I help walk you through troubleshooting solutions to your tech support problems. If you have a problem you want to send us, you can use the Problem Step Recorder in Windows 7 (see this for details on how) and send us the zip file to DefragShow@microsoft.com. We will also be checking comments for problems, but the email address will let us contact you if needed.

[01:40] - Using D2D with Windows 7 on restore.
[04:36] - Closed laptop during updates, now PC hangs.
[07:38] - Are RAM cleaners helpful or unneeded?
[09:37] - Silverlight in a nutshell. [mentioned link]
[12:26] - Getting the full path for a given file.
[13:35] - Can you change the icon for a TaskBar pinned site.
[17:47] - Using a laptop as a WiFi router.
[20:09] - Showing custom wallpaper on lock screen.* [Gov notes below]
[21:35] - How to rotate screen easily.
[27:00] - Admin rights for removing icons in Start Menu.
[29:35] - Pick of the Week: Visual Studio Achievements.
[32:17] - Pick of the Week: Privacy Day [link]

* Following are Gov's First of all, create a DWORD value named OEMBackground in the HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Authentication\LogonUI\Background key, and set its value to 1 (You can delete the value if you want to restore the settings). Then, create a folder named backgrounds in the path %windir%\system32\oobe\info.
At last, copy the JPG files according to your monitor's resolution. For example,
   backgroundDefault.jpg (MUST-HAVE)
   background1024×1280.jpg
   background1280×1024.jpg
   background1024×768.jpg
   background1280×960.jpg
   background1600×1200.jpg
   background1440×900.jpg
   background1920×1200.jpg
   background1280×768.jpg
   background1360×768.jpg
All the images must be less than 256kb in size. If you are using a resolution that is not provided in the image file, system will display backgroundDefault.jpg.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/The-Defrag-Show/Defrag-Change-Pinned-Sites-Icons-Laptop-WiFi-Router-Full-Path-for-File Microsoft tech troubleshooter extraordinaire Gov Maharaj and I help walk you through troubleshooting solutions to your tech support problems. If you have a problem you want to send us, you can use the Problem Step Recorder in Windows 7 (see this for details on how) and send us the zip file to DefragShow@microsoft.com. We will also be checking comments for problems, but the email address will let us contact you if needed.[01:40] - Using D2D with Windows 7 on restore. [04:36] - Closed laptop during updates, now PC hangs. [07:38] - Are RAM cleaners helpful or unneeded? [09:37] - Silverlight in a nutshell. [mentioned link][12:26] - Getting the full path for a given file. [13:35] - Can you change the icon for a TaskBar pinned site. [17:47] - Using a laptop as a WiFi router. [20:09] - Showing custom wallpaper on lock screen.* [Gov notes below][21:35] - How to rotate screen easily. [27:00] - Admin rights for removing icons in Start Menu. [29:35] - Pick of the Week: Visual Studio Achievements. [32:17] - Pick of the Week: Privacy Day [link]* Following are Gov's First of all, create a DWORD value named OEMBackground in the HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Authentication\LogonUI\Background key, and set its value to 1 (You can delete the value if you want to restore the settings). Then, create a folder named backgrounds in the path %windir%\system32\oobe\info.At last, copy the JPG files according to your monitor's resolution. For example,&nbsp;&nbsp; backgroundDefault.jpg (MUST-HAVE)&nbsp;&nbsp; background1024×1280.jpg&nbsp;&nbsp; background1280×1024.jpg&nbsp;&nbsp; background1024×768.jpg&nbsp;&nbsp; background1280×960.jpg&nbsp;&nbsp; background1600×1200.jpg&nbsp;&nbsp; background1440×900.jpg&nbsp;&nbsp; background1920×1200.jpg&nbsp;&nbsp; background1280×768.jpg&nbsp;&nbsp; background1360×768.jpgAll the images must be less than 256kb in size. If you are using a resolution that is not provided in the image file, system will display backgroundDefault.jpg. 2178 http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/The-Defrag-Show/Defrag-Change-Pinned-Sites-Icons-Laptop-WiFi-Router-Full-Path-for-File Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:57:07 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/The-Defrag-Show/Defrag-Change-Pinned-Sites-Icons-Laptop-WiFi-Router-Full-Path-for-File Larry Larsen Larry Larsen 10 http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/The-Defrag-Show/Defrag-Change-Pinned-Sites-Icons-Laptop-WiFi-Router-Full-Path-for-File/RSS tech support TWC9: 4 Years of TWC9, Kinect SDK, C++, & more On our four year anniversary of This Week on Channel 9, we wanted to give a special thank you to all of our viewers for supporting and watching us over the years. Amusingly, our first show aired Feb 1, 2008 without a name and Niners Ian & ChadK suggesting the name This Week on Channel 9. Thank you all, we wouldn't be here without you.

Production Note: We know the audio is a little rough/overdriven in places and we're going to try to see if there's anything we can do post-production to fix it. Sorry about that!

To celebrate this week, Martin Woodward joins us to recap the week's news, including:

Picks of the Week!

 

 

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/This+Week+On+Channel+9/TWC9-Feb-03-2012 On our four year anniversary of This Week on Channel 9, we wanted to give a special thank you to all of our viewers for supporting and watching us over the years. Amusingly, our first show aired Feb 1, 2008 without a name and Niners Ian &amp; ChadK suggesting the name This Week on Channel 9. Thank you all, we wouldn't be here without you.Production Note: We know the audio is a little rough/overdriven in places and we're going to try to see if there's anything we can do post-production to fix it. Sorry about that!To celebrate this week, Martin Woodward joins us to recap the week's news, including:[0:32] TWC9's 4th Anniversary! First TWC9 Show in 2008, Brian Keller and Dan Fernandez: Name this Show! [2:33]&nbsp;Kinect For Windows, [Special Edition] It's Kinect day! The Kinect For Windows SDK v1 is out! (Greg Duncan, Dan Fernandez) , Kinect for Windows Quickstart Series (Dan Fernandez), Kinect for Windows – Code Migration from Beta2 to v1.0 (C#/VB) &amp; Kinect for Windows – Details of API Changes from Beta2 to v1.0 (C#/VB) (Rob Relyea), Kinect for Windows SDK v1.0 (Download), Kinect for Windows is now Available!, Near Mode: What it is (and isn’t), Official Kinect for Windows SDK and Kinect Toolbox 1.1.1 are out! (David Catuhe) [5:11] Going Native 2012 [6:47] Real World Windows Azure Guidance: Troubleshooting Best Practices for Developing Windows Azure Applications (Avkash Chauhan, William Bellamy), http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windowsazure/hh771389.aspx [8:12] The Big Dummies Guide for Windows Phone Developer Resources (Bil Simser) [8:54] Event Handler Memory Leaks, Unwiring Events, and the WeakEventManager in WPF 4.5 (Pete Brown) [10:22] An introduction to Agile development with Team Foundation Server: TFS Support for Agile practices (Giles Davies) [11:38] Debugger Canvas 1.1 is Released!(Kael Rowan), http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/devlabs/debuggercanvas, http://download.microsoft.com/download/5/A/7/5A7FB2E7-5720-4739-BDDE-28A684C5B291/Microsoft.DebuggerC 1471 http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/This+Week+On+Channel+9/TWC9-Feb-03-2012 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:47:06 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/This+Week+On+Channel+9/TWC9-Feb-03-2012 Brian Keller, Dan Fernandez, Greg Duncan, Martin Woodward Brian Keller, Dan Fernandez, Greg Duncan, Martin Woodward 6 http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/This+Week+On+Channel+9/TWC9-Feb-03-2012/RSS Day 1 Keynote - Bjarne Stroustrup: C++11 Style We know how to write bad code: litter our programs with casts, macros, pointers, naked new and deletes, and complicated control structures. Alternatively (or additionally), we could obscure every design decision in a mess of deeply nested abstractions using the latest object-oriented programming and generic programming tricks. Then, for good measure, we might complicate our algorithms with interesting special cases. Such code is incomprehensible, unmaintainable, usually inefficient, and not uncommon.

But how do we write good code? What principles, techniques, and idioms can we exploit to make it easier to produce quality code? In this presentation, I make an argument for type-rich interfaces, compact data structures, integrated resource management and error handling, and highly-structured algorithmic code. I illustrate my ideas and guidelines with a few idiomatic code examples.

I use C++11 freely. Examples include auto, general constant expressions, uniform initialization, type aliases, type safe threading, and user-defined literals. C++11 features are only just starting to appear in production compilers, so some of my suggestions are conjecture. Developing a "modern style," however, is essential if we don't want to maintain newly-written 1970s and 1980s style code in 2020.

This presentation reflects my thoughts on what "Modern C++" should mean in the 2010s: a language for programming based on light-weight abstraction with direct and efficient mapping to hardware, suitable for infrastructure code.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/GoingNative/GoingNative-2012/Keynote-Bjarne-Stroustrup-Cpp11-Style We know how to write bad code: litter our programs with casts, macros, pointers, naked new and deletes, and complicated control structures. Alternatively (or additionally), we could obscure every design decision in a mess of deeply nested abstractions using the latest object-oriented programming and generic programming tricks. Then, for good measure, we might complicate our algorithms with interesting special cases. Such code is incomprehensible, unmaintainable, usually inefficient, and not uncommon.But how do we write good code? What principles, techniques, and idioms can we exploit to make it easier to produce quality code? In this presentation, I make an argument for type-rich interfaces, compact data structures, integrated resource management and error handling, and highly-structured algorithmic code. I illustrate my ideas and guidelines with a few idiomatic code examples.I use C&#43;&#43;11 freely. Examples include auto, general constant expressions, uniform initialization, type aliases, type safe threading, and user-defined literals. C&#43;&#43;11 features are only just starting to appear in production compilers, so some of my suggestions are conjecture. Developing a &quot;modern style,&quot; however, is essential if we don't want to maintain newly-written 1970s and 1980s style code in 2020.This presentation reflects my thoughts on what &quot;Modern C&#43;&#43;&quot; should mean in the 2010s: a language for programming based on light-weight abstraction with direct and efficient mapping to hardware, suitable for infrastructure code. 5388 http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/GoingNative/GoingNative-2012/Keynote-Bjarne-Stroustrup-Cpp11-Style Tue, 10 Jan 2012 00:41:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/GoingNative/GoingNative-2012/Keynote-Bjarne-Stroustrup-Cpp11-Style Bjarne Stroustrup Bjarne Stroustrup 44 C++11 C++ Expert Panel Q&A featuring Scott Guthrie, Dave Campbell, and Mark Russinovich Submit your questions over Twitter with the #WindowsAzure hashtag and have them answered live during the event by senior Microsoft engineering leaders.

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]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/windowsazure/learn/Expert-Panel-Q-A-featuring-Scott-Guthrie-Dave-Campbell-and-Mark-Russinovich Submit your questions over Twitter with the #WindowsAzure hashtag and have them answered live during the event by senior Microsoft engineering leaders.If you watched this session, please help us by taking this short survey. 3571 http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/windowsazure/learn/Expert-Panel-Q-A-featuring-Scott-Guthrie-Dave-Campbell-and-Mark-Russinovich Fri, 16 Dec 2011 09:19:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/windowsazure/learn/Expert-Panel-Q-A-featuring-Scott-Guthrie-Dave-Campbell-and-Mark-Russinovich Scott Guthrie, Mark Russinovich, Dave Campbell Scott Guthrie, Mark Russinovich, Dave Campbell 5 Channel 9 Cloud Cover Show Live Join Steve Marx and Wade Wegner for this special live edition to see some fresh Windows Azure demos and hear answers to common Windows Azure questions.

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]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/windowsazure/learn/Channel-9-Cloud-Cover-Show-Live Join Steve Marx and Wade Wegner for this special live edition to see some fresh Windows Azure demos and hear answers to common Windows Azure questions.Download&nbsp;Wade's &quot;Minority Report&quot; with Kinect demo.If you watched this session, please help us by taking this short survey.&nbsp; 2838 http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/windowsazure/learn/Channel-9-Cloud-Cover-Show-Live Thu, 15 Dec 2011 10:02:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/windowsazure/learn/Channel-9-Cloud-Cover-Show-Live Steve Marx, Wade Wegner Steve Marx, Wade Wegner 0