Channel 9 - Entries tagged with Vista Week Microsoft http://mschnlnine.vo.llnwd.net/d1/Dev/App_Themes/C9/images/feedimage.png Channel 9 - Entries tagged with Vista Week http://channel9.msdn.com/Tags/vista+week 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/Tags/vista+week en Wed, 19 Jun 2013 07:04:44 GMT Wed, 19 Jun 2013 07:04:44 GMT Rev9 20 1 25 Connected: Windows Vista Networking Overview As you know, the Windows Vista networking stack was re-written from the ground up. In this interview we meet some of the folks who made this happen. We cover wireless, diagnostics and architecture.

Participants include Neeraj Garg, Dave Thaler, Rajesh Sundaram, Vishesh Parikh, and  Dalen Abraham. ]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Charles/Connected-Windows-Vista-Networking-Overview As you know, the Windows Vista networking stack was re-written from the ground up. In this interview we meet some of the folks who made this happen. We cover wireless, diagnostics and architecture. Participants include Neeraj Garg, Dave Thaler, Rajesh Sundaram, Vishesh Parikh, and  Dalen Abraham. 3400 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Charles/Connected-Windows-Vista-Networking-Overview Wed, 14 Mar 2007 19:58:12 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Charles/Connected-Windows-Vista-Networking-Overview Charles Charles 4 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Charles/Connected-Windows-Vista-Networking-Overview/RSS Networking Vista Week Windows Vista Stressed Out Windows: Making Windows Robust
This is an incredibly tough test that helps us find obscure race condition bugs and assess the overall robustness of the operating system.

Join Dr. Sneath and Stress Technical Lead, Eric Hanson, as they expose the great work of the Windows Stress team to the outside world for the first time.  ]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Charles/Stressed-Out-Windows-Making-Windows-Robust What happens within Microsoft when a Windows Vista or Longhorn Server daily build is ready? Thousands of machines spin up an insane stress test that sucks up all available memory and handles and then pushes the machine to the limits with an intensive set of feature stress routines. This is an incredibly tough test that helps us find obscure race condition bugs and assess the overall robustness of the operating system. Join Dr. Sneath and Stress Technical Lead, Eric Hanson, as they expose the great work of the Windows Stress team to the outside world for the first time.  3423 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Charles/Stressed-Out-Windows-Making-Windows-Robust Tue, 06 Mar 2007 20:05:34 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Charles/Stressed-Out-Windows-Making-Windows-Robust Charles Charles 9 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Charles/Stressed-Out-Windows-Making-Windows-Robust/RSS Vista Week Windows Vista UAC - What. How. Why.
Users should be in control of what executes on their system under Admin (full trust, highest privilege) context. User Account Control was created to enable users to prevent or allow a process  to run in an elevated way (which simply means that the process can successfully execute code that can do core system operations).

In this interview we tackle UAC from various angles:

1) What problems does UAC attempt to solve?
2) How does UAC actually work?
3) Why did we implement UAC UI to be so aggressive, from a user experience point of view?
4) How will UAC evolve?

Here, Jon Schwartz, UAC Architect, and Chris Corio, UAC Technical Program Manager, discuss, in detail, the history of UAC, the architecture and design of UAC, the new security model of Vista (we are all Standard Users (gone are the days of running as Admin by default on Windows), what happens when a UAC security dialog is invoked, how UAC impacts developers, how UAC will evolve...

Enjoy this latest episode of Going Deep. ]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Going+Deep/UAC-What-How-Why There has been a large amount of confusion and concern out there about Vista's new user security model (Everybody runs as Standard User, a new user account security construct, UAC, acts as gatekeeper of process security boundaries - a doorway to process security context elevation). Users should be in control of what executes on their system under Admin (full trust, highest privilege) context. User Account Control was created to enable users to prevent or allow a process  to run in an elevated way (which simply means that the process can successfully execute code that can do core system operations).In this interview we tackle UAC from various angles:1) What problems does UAC attempt to solve?2) How does UAC actually work?3) Why did we implement UAC UI to be so aggressive, from a user experience point of view?4) How will UAC evolve?Here, Jon Schwartz, UAC Architect, and Chris Corio, UAC Technical Program Manager, discuss, in detail, the history of UAC, the architecture and design of UAC, the new security model of Vista (we are all Standard Users (gone are the days of running as Admin by default on Windows), what happens when a UAC security dialog is invoked, how UAC impacts developers, how UAC will evolve...Enjoy this latest episode of Going Deep. 3875 http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Going+Deep/UAC-What-How-Why Mon, 05 Mar 2007 18:40:05 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Going+Deep/UAC-What-How-Why Charles Charles 60 http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Going+Deep/UAC-What-How-Why/RSS Security UAC Vista Week Windows Vista The sound of Vista: Robert Fripp a great look behind the scenes at Robert Fripp's work creating the soundscape behind the Windows Vista UX. In this one hour video you'll see how much thought went in to what you hear during the user experience and get a taste of the six hours of multi-track recordings that were composed and then whittled down for the default Windows Vista sound scheme.

Robert also talks about his gear and the recording equipment used at Microsoft Studios. ]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/LarryLarsen/The-sound-of-Vista-Robert-Fripp Channel 9 continues their Vista Week with a great look behind the scenes at Robert Fripp's work creating the soundscape behind the Windows Vista UX. In this one hour video you'll see how much thought went in to what you hear during the user experience and get a taste of the six hours of multi-track recordings that were composed and then whittled down for the default Windows Vista sound scheme. Robert also talks about his gear and the recording equipment used at Microsoft Studios. http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/LarryLarsen/The-sound-of-Vista-Robert-Fripp Sat, 03 Mar 2007 03:31:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/LarryLarsen/The-sound-of-Vista-Robert-Fripp Larry Larsen Larry Larsen 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/LarryLarsen/The-sound-of-Vista-Robert-Fripp/RSS Robert Fripp Vista Week Windows Vista Making Windows Vista Sing: Robert Fripp and the Vista Melody th, 2006, Steve Ball invited Robert Fripp back to the Microsoft campus for a second full day of work on Windows Vista following up on his first visit in the Fall of 2005.   This time we get an even deeper glimpse into the creative process as the Windows Product team continued to refine their search for melodies, rhythms, and orchestrations that could become the new Windows Vista startup sound. 

Before the session, Steve Ball, Jenny Lam, and Jim Allchin gave Fripp a demo of the most recent Windows Vista builds and reviewed the goals for the product and the sound.  The purpose of this session was to search for textures, melodies, and orchestrations for a sound that could

   a) brand Windows in a timeless way 
   b) ‘work’ with the Pearl Animation
   c) be gentle, positive, uplifting, translucent
   d) embody the AERO design principles

This 63 minute Vista Week video begins mid-stream with some extremely rare footage of Fripp Soundscapes being created in real time.  This is followed by Q&A from the Windows product team members in the Soundscapes audience, an overview of Fripp’s gear, and some details about the recording equipment used at Microsoft Studios.  This is then followed with another rare and intimate interview with Fripp and members of the core team working on Windows Vista UX.
  

This single session resulted in over six hours of multi-channel raw tracks including hundreds of melodies, textures, soundscapes, and orchestrations.  After this session, it took another three months of orchestration, iteration, remixing and refinement to select the final four seconds that became the final Windows Vista startup sound:  a “glassy” Fripp melody, a harmony by Steve Ball, and a “Win-dows Vis-ta” rhythm contributed by composer, Tucker Martine.  This all on top of a brief Fripp Soundscape that fades out as the user lands on the Windows Vista log-on screen.   The flowing Soundscape ‘textures’ from the session also inspired the sonic  palette that was used for the default Windows Vista sound scheme.
      
Like the previous Fripp video, this is a very different kind of Channel 9 video.  Fripp talks candidly with us about music, his approach to creativity, making music for Windows Vista, shares his thoughts on Vista, and much more.  

About Robert Fripp: for close to forty years, Robert Fripp has been a world-renowned pioneer driving innovation in both music and technology.   For more details about his history and recent work, check out Fripp's web site!

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Charles/Making-Windows-Vista-Sing-Robert-Fripp-and-the-Vista-Melody On May 4th, 2006, Steve Ball invited Robert Fripp back to the Microsoft campus for a second full day of work on Windows Vista following up on his first visit in the Fall of 2005.   This time we get an even deeper glimpse into the creative process as the Windows Product team continued to refine their search for melodies, rhythms, and orchestrations that could become the new Windows Vista startup sound. Before the session, Steve Ball, Jenny Lam, and Jim Allchin gave Fripp a demo of the most recent Windows Vista builds and reviewed the goals for the product and the sound.  The purpose of this session was to search for textures, melodies, and orchestrations for a sound that could    a) brand Windows in a timeless way    b) ‘work’ with the Pearl Animation   c) be gentle, positive, uplifting, translucent   d) embody the AERO design principles This 63 minute Vista Week video begins mid-stream with some extremely rare footage of Fripp Soundscapes being created in real time.  This is followed by Q&A from the Windows product team members in the Soundscapes audience, an overview of Fripp’s gear, and some details about the recording equipment used at Microsoft Studios.  This is then followed with another rare and intimate interview with Fripp and members of the core team working on Windows Vista UX.   This single session resulted in over six hours of multi-channel raw tracks including hundreds of melodies, textures, soundscapes, and orchestrations.  After this session, it took another three months of orchestration, iteration, remixing and refinement to select the final four seconds that became the final Windows Vista startup sound:  a “glassy” Fripp melody, a harmony by Steve Ball, and a “Win-dows Vis-ta” rhythm contributed by composer, Tucker Martine.  This all on top of a brief Fripp Soundscape that fades out as the u 3768 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Charles/Making-Windows-Vista-Sing-Robert-Fripp-and-the-Vista-Melody Fri, 02 Mar 2007 21:06:57 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Charles/Making-Windows-Vista-Sing-Robert-Fripp-and-the-Vista-Melody Charles Charles 22 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Charles/Making-Windows-Vista-Sing-Robert-Fripp-and-the-Vista-Melody/RSS Robert Fripp Vista Week Windows Vista British Library right to your computer Vista expert, takes us into the British Library.  Well, some of their most prized possessions at least.  The idea behind this is that you don't actually have to fly to London and buy a ticket to the British Library to be able to experience some of these works.  Through the power of Vista, ancient titles -- hundreds of years old -- have been scanned in and you lose almost none of the authenticity in the transfer.  See for yourself.  It really is amazing.  ]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Tina/British-Library-right-to-your-computer Tim Sneath, our resident WPF and Vista expert, takes us into the British Library.  Well, some of their most prized possessions at least.  The idea behind this is that you don't actually have to fly to London and buy a ticket to the British Library to be able to experience some of these works.  Through the power of Vista, ancient titles -- hundreds of years old -- have been scanned in and you lose almost none of the authenticity in the transfer.  See for yourself.  It really is amazing.  593 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Tina/British-Library-right-to-your-computer Fri, 02 Mar 2007 00:22:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Tina/British-Library-right-to-your-computer Tina Tina 9 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Tina/British-Library-right-to-your-computer/RSS Vista Week Windows Vista WPF Seattle Transactional Vista: Kernel Transaction Manager and friends (TxF, TxR) ]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Going+Deep/Transactional-Vista-Kernel-Transaction-Manager-and-friends-TxF-TxR Windows Vista is the first general purpose consumer-grade OS that provides transactional support (ACID) for file IO and Windows Registry modification operations (these are only two of the consumers of KTM - point is, you are enabled to write your own). In this interview, we meet Jon Cargille, the software developer who owns KTM, and Christian Allred, the software developer who owns TxF (Transactional File System). If you are curious about how KTM and TxF work and how you can leverage their functionality in your applications on Vista, this interview is for you. We also briefly touch on TxR (Transactional Registry). 2227 http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Going+Deep/Transactional-Vista-Kernel-Transaction-Manager-and-friends-TxF-TxR Thu, 01 Mar 2007 16:48:29 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Going+Deep/Transactional-Vista-Kernel-Transaction-Manager-and-friends-TxF-TxR Charles Charles 11 http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Going+Deep/Transactional-Vista-Kernel-Transaction-Manager-and-friends-TxF-TxR/RSS Kernel KTM Operating System OS Vista Week Windows Vista Flashback: Media Center gets better and better Jason Seuss sits down with Channel 10 and gives us all the info on the new announcements for Media Center. Media Center has matured a lot in the last year, now we can use digital inputs and extenders like an Xbox 360 to access your Media Center content.

Update: The downloadable versions are live. Bon Appetit!

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Tina/Hot-off-the-CES-press-Microsoft-Media-Center Jason Seuss sits down with Channel 10 and gives us all the info on the new announcements for Media Center. Media Center has matured a lot in the last year, now we can use digital inputs and extenders like an Xbox 360 to access your Media Center content. Update: The downloadable versions are live. Bon Appetit! 842 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Tina/Hot-off-the-CES-press-Microsoft-Media-Center Wed, 28 Feb 2007 23:47:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Tina/Hot-off-the-CES-press-Microsoft-Media-Center Tina Tina 20 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Tina/Hot-off-the-CES-press-Microsoft-Media-Center/RSS CES Media Center Vista Week Technology A conversation with Partha Sundaram about SQM (software quality metrics) I'm deeply fascinated by software instrumentation in all its varieties. When Scott Dart told me that he had hard data on how many people are using the tagging features in Photo Gallery, I wanted to know how. The answer is SQM, which is pronounced "squim" and which expands to Software Quality Metrics.

According to Partha Sundaram, my guest for today's podcast, SQM was formerly used on a per-application basis, but is now, in Vista, also a piece of core infrastructure that can be used to analyze how the operating system itself is being used in the field. He reviews the current use of SQM in Vista, and some future goals for the technology.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/JonUdell/A-conversation-with-Partha-Sundaram-about-SQM-software-quality-metrics I'm deeply fascinated by software instrumentation in all its varieties. When Scott Dart told me that he had hard data on how many people are using the tagging features in Photo Gallery, I wanted to know how. The answer is SQM, which is pronounced "squim" and which expands to Software Quality Metrics. According to Partha Sundaram, my guest for today's podcast, SQM was formerly used on a per-application basis, but is now, in Vista, also a piece of core infrastructure that can be used to analyze how the operating system itself is being used in the field. He reviews the current use of SQM in Vista, and some future goals for the technology. 1950 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/JonUdell/A-conversation-with-Partha-Sundaram-about-SQM-software-quality-metrics Wed, 28 Feb 2007 20:45:28 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/JonUdell/A-conversation-with-Partha-Sundaram-about-SQM-software-quality-metrics JonUdell JonUdell 3 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/JonUdell/A-conversation-with-Partha-Sundaram-about-SQM-software-quality-metrics/RSS SQM Vista Week Making Windows Vista Reliable: Introduction to Windows Reliability with Mario Garzia One of the characteristics of a great general purpose operating system is simply being reliable - limiting user disruptions. Windows Vista is our most reliable OS to date. How can we say this? Well, this is Vista Week on Channel 9 and here we take this broad question to the development manager for Windows Reliability, Mario Garzia.

Mario and team have done some amazing engineering (you will meet more of the Windows Reliability team in the coming days) and Vista is full of new components that work in concert to make Vista a highly reliable system. Listen in. Learn.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Charles/Making-Windows-Vista-Reliable-Introduction-to-Windows-Reliability-with-Mario-Garzia One of the characteristics of a great general purpose operating system is simply being reliable - limiting user disruptions. Windows Vista is our most reliable OS to date. How can we say this? Well, this is Vista Week on Channel 9 and here we take this broad question to the development manager for Windows Reliability, Mario Garzia. Mario and team have done some amazing engineering (you will meet more of the Windows Reliability team in the coming days) and Vista is full of new components that work in concert to make Vista a highly reliable system. Listen in. Learn. 1802 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Charles/Making-Windows-Vista-Reliable-Introduction-to-Windows-Reliability-with-Mario-Garzia Wed, 28 Feb 2007 19:08:54 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Charles/Making-Windows-Vista-Reliable-Introduction-to-Windows-Reliability-with-Mario-Garzia Charles Charles 4 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Charles/Making-Windows-Vista-Reliable-Introduction-to-Windows-Reliability-with-Mario-Garzia/RSS Reliability Vista Week Windows Vista Vista Sidebar gadgets running wild
If you're looking for the next hot conference, the Mix '07 Countdown gadget will show you how long you've got to prep for the 72-hour conversation. For those who simply cannot put together a colorful website (or outfit), the Color Swatches gadget will deliver you softly into the technicolor world. If you're web-two-oh savvy, then you can chirp at your friends with Twitter's Twadget gadget. To minimize your time stuck in traffic, the Traffic by Live Search Maps gadget will help you drive quicker. You can never have too much meteorological info, so chase the sun with a WeatherBug gadget or four. Always know what to date your checks with the 'Flickrized' Calendr gadget. The KEXP Now Playing gadget gives you a peek at when you can mute your favourite Northwest internet radio station, and when you've simply got to rock out. Save the roos and dingos with the Australian Brushfire Danger gadget (provided you happen to be a volunteer firefigher). Those of us who live with near-constant precipitation can try to stay dry using the USA Doppler Radar gadget. Branch out and psyche up for Imagine Cup '08 with the Korean Audio Word of the Day gadget. Pick your tags of preference, subscribe to the RSS feed of your friendly neighborhood photo site, and look out on the world with the Feedr gadget.

Finally, be sure to keep an eye on Gadgets from TeamBlackshirt, as their eye for style and substance is second to none.
]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/jesse/Vista-Sidebar-gadgets-running-wild Call them gadgets, widgets, sprockets, or tribbles. Regardless of the name, these little mini-applications have spread like wildfire and they're showing no signs of stopping. Sidebar gadgets are one of the most eye-catching parts of Vista, and they're one of the largest opportunities to tailor your user experience and decrease your dependence on keeping dozens of websites open at all times.If you're looking for the next hot conference, the Mix '07 Countdown gadget will show you how long you've got to prep for the 72-hour conversation. For those who simply cannot put together a colorful website (or outfit), the Color Swatches gadget will deliver you softly into the technicolor world. If you're web-two-oh savvy, then you can chirp at your friends with Twitter's Twadget gadget. To minimize your time stuck in traffic, the Traffic by Live Search Maps gadget will help you drive quicker. You can never have too much meteorological info, so chase the sun with a WeatherBug gadget or four. Always know what to date your checks with the 'Flickrized' Calendr gadget. The KEXP Now Playing gadget gives you a peek at when you can mute your favourite Northwest internet radio station, and when you've simply got to rock out. Save the roos and dingos with the Australian Brushfire Danger gadget (provided you happen to be a volunteer firefigher). Those of us who live with near-constant precipitation can try to stay dry using the USA Doppler Radar gadget. Branch out and psyche up for Imagine Cup '08 with the Korean Audio Word of the Day gadget. Pick your tags of preference, subscribe to the RSS feed of your friendly neighborhood photo site, and look out on the world with the Feedr gadget.Finally, be sure to keep an eye on Gadgets from TeamBlackshirt, as their eye for style and substance is second to none. http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/jesse/Vista-Sidebar-gadgets-running-wild Wed, 28 Feb 2007 18:37:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/jesse/Vista-Sidebar-gadgets-running-wild JD Lewin JD Lewin 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/jesse/Vista-Sidebar-gadgets-running-wild/RSS Gadgets Software Vista Vista Week Windows Vista Dr Sneath: Reflecting on Windows Vista, The Platform Tim Sneath, a technical evangelist in DPE (The organization in which Channel 9 resides) as Dr Sneath. There's a reason we call him doctor. He knows a LOT about Windows and other Microsoft technologies. So, you've seen his interviews for Channel 9. Now, as part of Vista Week on Channel 9, Dr Sneath becomes interviewee and answers some semi-tough (but nice) questions about Vista, the latest and greatest OS from Microsoft.  Enjoy! ]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Charles/Dr-Sneath-Reflecting-on-Windows-Vista-The-Platform By now, most of you know Tim Sneath, a technical evangelist in DPE (The organization in which Channel 9 resides) as Dr Sneath. There's a reason we call him doctor. He knows a LOT about Windows and other Microsoft technologies. So, you've seen his interviews for Channel 9. Now, as part of Vista Week on Channel 9, Dr Sneath becomes interviewee and answers some semi-tough (but nice) questions about Vista, the latest and greatest OS from Microsoft.  Enjoy! 2057 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Charles/Dr-Sneath-Reflecting-on-Windows-Vista-The-Platform Wed, 28 Feb 2007 01:18:48 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Charles/Dr-Sneath-Reflecting-on-Windows-Vista-The-Platform Charles Charles 9 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Charles/Dr-Sneath-Reflecting-on-Windows-Vista-The-Platform/RSS Vista Week Windows History Windows Vista Office 2007 - Microsoft Word ]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Tina/Office-2007-Microsoft-Word Microsoft Word 2007 rules!  It seems like we've used Word our whole lives but this is - by far - the greatest improvement in features and interface.  High School and College kids around the globe will love the new Microsoft Word 2007.  It's got a comprehensive set of new tools integrated with the incredible new ribbon interface.  604 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Tina/Office-2007-Microsoft-Word Wed, 28 Feb 2007 01:02:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Tina/Office-2007-Microsoft-Word Tina Tina 4 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Tina/Office-2007-Microsoft-Word/RSS Office Vista Week Word Office 2007 - Excel ]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Tina/Office-2007-Excel Mor Hezi, the senior product manager for Microsoft Excel stops by to sum it all up for us. Ha, ha, okay that was so bad.  But seriously people the new Excel is so much easier to use.  With the Microsoft Office Excel 2007 Home Tab on the new user interface, you can immediately view the most important cell-editing, formatting, and navigation tools. You no longer have to hunt for the menu to quickly format the appearance of a cell or filter your data. Watch this video and then go get your pivot table on.  1083 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Tina/Office-2007-Excel Wed, 28 Feb 2007 00:59:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Tina/Office-2007-Excel Tina Tina 4 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Tina/Office-2007-Excel/RSS Excel Office Vista Week Seattle Windows Vista Diagnostics: Moving closer to a self-healing OS
In Vista, the system is capable of understanding a wide variety of problems as they occur and, in many cases, fix them without disrupting the user. In certain cases, the system is unable to automatically repair a given problem so Vista will inform the user of actions to take to solve the problem.
 
Even for hardware critical failures like a hard disk crash, Vista will help the user understand the problem and guide them through a set of steps to get to a working solution (in the case of hard disk failure, obviously the solution is back your data up! Vista will actually run you through a helpful backup "wizard" in this case, but you'll need to get some hardware to store your data...).

Meet Melur Raghuraman, Development Manager, Matthew Kerner, Lead PM, and Jeff Meng, Development Lead. These are some of the people responsible for making Vista our most reliable OS to date. They are members of the Windows Reliability team.

You will meet more of the Reliabiliy People as Vista Week continues here on Channel 9. ]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Charles/Windows-Vista-Diagnostics-Moving-closer-to-a-self-healing-OS Sometimes problems occur (system or application level exceptions happen, applications might crash, hard disks fail) in complicated systems like modern personal computers. In Vista, the system is capable of understanding a wide variety of problems as they occur and, in many cases, fix them without disrupting the user. In certain cases, the system is unable to automatically repair a given problem so Vista will inform the user of actions to take to solve the problem. Even for hardware critical failures like a hard disk crash, Vista will help the user understand the problem and guide them through a set of steps to get to a working solution (in the case of hard disk failure, obviously the solution is back your data up! Vista will actually run you through a helpful backup "wizard" in this case, but you'll need to get some hardware to store your data...).Meet Melur Raghuraman, Development Manager, Matthew Kerner, Lead PM, and Jeff Meng, Development Lead. These are some of the people responsible for making Vista our most reliable OS to date. They are members of the Windows Reliability team. You will meet more of the Reliabiliy People as Vista Week continues here on Channel 9. 3460 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Charles/Windows-Vista-Diagnostics-Moving-closer-to-a-self-healing-OS Tue, 27 Feb 2007 16:39:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Charles/Windows-Vista-Diagnostics-Moving-closer-to-a-self-healing-OS Charles Charles 3 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Charles/Windows-Vista-Diagnostics-Moving-closer-to-a-self-healing-OS/RSS Diagnostics Machine Learning Operating System OS Reliability Vista Week Windows Vista Windows Vista "Time Warp": Understanding Vista's Backup and Restore Technologies awfully cool code name, but an even cooler file system technology that's part of Vista. So cool in fact, that I am taking the chance of getting yelled at for revealing it here as it's frowned upon (typically) to use code names for products that have already shipped...

In this second installment for Channel 9's Vista Week coverage (remember, 9 days, not 5 or 7- and that's 9 work days....), we meet some of the folks who wrote Previous Versions - a Vista technology that utilizes the services of VSS (Volume Shadow Copy) to restore several versions of modified files, enabling users to travel back in time should the need arise. (Dev's, be sure to check out what's new in VSS here). We're pleased to introduce Adi Oltean, Software Developer Extraordinaire, Eduardo Laureno, Program Manager, and Jeffrey Saathoff, the software engineer who wrote the UI you see for Previous Versions.

Vista backs up your files for you automatically (of course, there is a limit to how much the system can maintain as back up data on your disk. Watch the video to learn more...) It's another example of an innovative low-level technology designed with the the user in mind. Vista is a highly user-centric OS. This theme will continue to shine through as we progress through Vista Week... (And you'll notice how often we emphasize this in the interviews... In fact, you should count the number of times you hear that Vista is user-centric coming from behind the camera for the next serveral days.)

Be sure to check out the Vista Week coverage on 10. ]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Charles/Windows-Vista-quotTime-Warpquot-Understanding-Vistas-Backup-and-Restore-Technologies "Time Warp" is an awfully cool code name, but an even cooler file system technology that's part of Vista. So cool in fact, that I am taking the chance of getting yelled at for revealing it here as it's frowned upon (typically) to use code names for products that have already shipped... In this second installment for Channel 9's Vista Week coverage (remember, 9 days, not 5 or 7- and that's 9 work days....), we meet some of the folks who wrote Previous Versions - a Vista technology that utilizes the services of VSS (Volume Shadow Copy) to restore several versions of modified files, enabling users to travel back in time should the need arise. (Dev's, be sure to check out what's new in VSS here). We're pleased to introduce Adi Oltean, Software Developer Extraordinaire, Eduardo Laureno, Program Manager, and Jeffrey Saathoff, the software engineer who wrote the UI you see for Previous Versions.Vista backs up your files for you automatically (of course, there is a limit to how much the system can maintain as back up data on your disk. Watch the video to learn more...) It's another example of an innovative low-level technology designed with the the user in mind. Vista is a highly user-centric OS. This theme will continue to shine through as we progress through Vista Week... (And you'll notice how often we emphasize this in the interviews... In fact, you should count the number of times you hear that Vista is user-centric coming from behind the camera for the next serveral days.)Be sure to check out the Vista Week coverage on 10. 2621 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Charles/Windows-Vista-quotTime-Warpquot-Understanding-Vistas-Backup-and-Restore-Technologies Tue, 27 Feb 2007 00:34:42 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Charles/Windows-Vista-quotTime-Warpquot-Understanding-Vistas-Backup-and-Restore-Technologies Charles Charles 37 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Charles/Windows-Vista-quotTime-Warpquot-Understanding-Vistas-Backup-and-Restore-Technologies/RSS Backup Restore Operating System OS Vista Week Windows Vista Backup Welcome to Vista Week - Michael Wallent: Windows Vista for Developers Welcome to Vista Week on Channel 9. For 9 days (that's one Channel 9 week) we will be focusing our content on the newest general purpose operating system from Microsoft, Windows Vista. Windows Vista was designed from the ground up with the user in mind. From reliability, performance, security, networking to the shell, Vista is truly our most user-centric OS to date. Vista Week on Channel 9 aims to address this claim by digging into the details behind it.

Here, Michael Wallent, General Manager and long time WPF team lead who also happens to be extremely passionate about Vista, talks with us about Vista from a developer perspective (describing what makes Vista appealing to developers and why). Of course, developers are also users and Vista is a highly tuned user-centric OS to the nth degree, so Michael and Charles wax on this as well. Enjoy!

Be sure to catch 10's Vista Week. Great stuff!

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Charles/Welcome-to-Vista-Week-Michael-Wallent-Windows-Vista-for-Developers Welcome to Vista Week on Channel 9. For 9 days (that's one Channel 9 week) we will be focusing our content on the newest general purpose operating system from Microsoft, Windows Vista. Windows Vista was designed from the ground up with the user in mind. From reliability, performance, security, networking to the shell, Vista is truly our most user-centric OS to date. Vista Week on Channel 9 aims to address this claim by digging into the details behind it.Here, Michael Wallent, General Manager and long time WPF team lead who also happens to be extremely passionate about Vista, talks with us about Vista from a developer perspective (describing what makes Vista appealing to developers and why). Of course, developers are also users and Vista is a highly tuned user-centric OS to the nth degree, so Michael and Charles wax on this as well. Enjoy!Be sure to catch 10's Vista Week. Great stuff! 1497 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Charles/Welcome-to-Vista-Week-Michael-Wallent-Windows-Vista-for-Developers Mon, 26 Feb 2007 15:53:42 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Charles/Welcome-to-Vista-Week-Michael-Wallent-Windows-Vista-for-Developers Charles Charles 16 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Charles/Welcome-to-Vista-Week-Michael-Wallent-Windows-Vista-for-Developers/RSS Microsoft Exeutives Operating System OS Vista Week Windows Vista WPF Welcome to Vista/Office Week! With all the buzz surrounding Microsoft's new operating system - Windows Vista, Channel 9 and Channel 10 have decided to dedicate a whole week to Vista (and Thursday to Office 2007) related content. From how to install Vista, Games for Windows, a look at Word 2007, we'll even show you something never seen before with Vista Gadgets. We will be hearing from Vista users on what they love about the product and hopefully answering any questions you all may have.

Don't forget to check out Vista Week coverage on Channel 9. Hope you enjoy!

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Tina/Welcome-to-VistaOffice-Week With all the buzz surrounding Microsoft's new operating system - Windows Vista, Channel 9 and Channel 10 have decided to dedicate a whole week to Vista (and Thursday to Office 2007) related content. From how to install Vista, Games for Windows, a look at Word 2007, we'll even show you something never seen before with Vista Gadgets. We will be hearing from Vista users on what they love about the product and hopefully answering any questions you all may have. Don't forget to check out Vista Week coverage on Channel 9. Hope you enjoy! 80 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Tina/Welcome-to-VistaOffice-Week Mon, 26 Feb 2007 04:00:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Tina/Welcome-to-VistaOffice-Week Tina Tina 7 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Tina/Welcome-to-VistaOffice-Week/RSS Vista Vista Week Windows Vista Seattle Installing Windows Vista! I recruited our resident Vista expert Ernie Booth to appear on Channel 10 and install Windows Vista for us. Sure, some people are fearful of installing a new operating system on their computer; after all, it's the most important component of your computer. We hope to ease some of those anxieties with this piece. We are going to demonstrate how to upgrade your operating system to Windows Vista. (Don't forget to back-up your data! Smiley

Here's Ernie....

 

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Tina/Installing-Windows-Vista I recruited our resident Vista expert Ernie Booth to appear on Channel 10 and install Windows Vista for us. Sure, some people are fearful of installing a new operating system on their computer; after all, it's the most important component of your computer. We hope to ease some of those anxieties with this piece. We are going to demonstrate how to upgrade your operating system to Windows Vista. (Don't forget to back-up your data! Here's Ernie....   604 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Tina/Installing-Windows-Vista Mon, 26 Feb 2007 03:56:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Tina/Installing-Windows-Vista Tina Tina 15 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Tina/Installing-Windows-Vista/RSS Vista Vista Week Windows Vista Hamad Darwish sets the tone for Vista Hamad Darwish was just one man and his camera until he got a fateful Flickr message asking if he would like to make a little money. He continued to take 6000 photos across southern Oregon, picking his favorite 15 for submission to Microsoft. From that, 5 were selected for millions of us to look at and think about being somewhere else.

Check Hamad's Flickr page for the other 5995 great photos. ]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/LarryLarsen/Hamad-Darwish-sets-the-tone-for-Vista How often have you browsed through the pictures in your operating system only to wonder where they came from? Wonder no more, Hamad Darwish was just one man and his camera until he got a fateful Flickr message asking if he would like to make a little money. He continued to take 6000 photos across southern Oregon, picking his favorite 15 for submission to Microsoft. From that, 5 were selected for millions of us to look at and think about being somewhere else. Check Hamad's Flickr page for the other 5995 great photos. http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/LarryLarsen/Hamad-Darwish-sets-the-tone-for-Vista Mon, 26 Feb 2007 01:59:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/LarryLarsen/Hamad-Darwish-sets-the-tone-for-Vista Larry Larsen Larry Larsen 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/LarryLarsen/Hamad-Darwish-sets-the-tone-for-Vista/RSS Vista Week Wallpaper Windows Vista