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New Windows Phone Developer Tools released
The new Windows Phone Developer Tools CTP - April Refresh went live today...
Date: 04/29/2010
Vishal's views on Windows Phone
Application Bar Icons for Windows Phone 7 Series: Link
Date: 04/08/2010
Change of topic
I will be blogging hence forth on news and my views on the Windows phone. Thanks for reading my past...
Date: 04/08/2010
New focus in the blog
I am retiring my old blog on Compatibility and will now be blogging on news about Windows phone....
Date: 04/08/2010
Its good to GIVE
https://www.hopemongers.org/Widget/HMWidget.aspx?projid=36
Date: 10/23/2009
Tools with launch of Win7 for Compatiblity
Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor Windows 7 Compatiblity Center
Date: 10/22/2009
Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor Beta released
Run, play, explore Win7 https://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-7/upgrade-advisor.aspx More details...
Date: 05/08/2009
Win7 Developer Guide
This is a must read I think before writing apps for Win7...
Date: 01/09/2009
Win 7 AppQuality Cookbook
The Windows 7 App quality cookbook release today. This is a great doc which gives some best...
Date: 11/03/2008
Writing High DPI aware apps
This is a pretty neat doc: https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=129586 for the PDF version Enjoy!
Date: 10/02/2008
Compat and High DPI
This is a nice link:...
Date: 09/19/2008
PDC this October
Register (https://www.microsoftpdc.com/Registration/) for PDC2008 by August 15 at...
Date: 07/31/2008
MS JVM support ended
On December 31, 2007 Microsoft stopped supporting MSJVM:...
Date: 03/27/2008
PDC in october
The next Microsoft Professional Developers Conference (PDC): October 27–30, 2008 at the Los Angeles...
Date: 03/17/2008
Networking with Windows Server 2008
We would like to make sure that the community is aware and ready for the changes that WS08 will...
Date: 09/26/2007
Windows Server 2008 Launch Date
Feb. 27, 2008 date announced for Server 2008 along with SQL 2008 and VS 2008. Details here.
Date: 07/17/2007
Windows Home Server has released to manufacture
This is a pretty cool much awaited solution by Microsoft. A Home Server can bring multiple...
Date: 07/16/2007
New bits to pre-release version of Windows Server 2008.
New public release of a preview version of Windows Server 2008, get more details here. If you have a...
Date: 06/28/2007
New Logo Program launched for Server 2008
New Logo Program launched for Server 2008 during TechEd 07 this year. Please visit Booth 22 in the...
Date: 06/07/2007
Java apps on Vista
I have seen a lot of apps come in today depending on Java. Java 6 update 1 helps your application to...
Date: 06/06/2007
TechEd: Bring your own Apps Lab
Make sure to get you application (or a place it can be downloaded from) to the "Bring you Own Apps...
Date: 06/05/2007
Apps running in IE on Vista
I debugged two applications at TechEd both of which were hosted in IE. Internet Explorer on Windows...
Date: 06/05/2007
Windows Vista Application Compatibility labs at TechEd 2007
The labs at Tech·Ed 2007 from Windows Vista Application Compatibility are free for Tech·Ed...
Date: 06/03/2007
Applications on Server Core?
Server Core Installation of Windows Server 2008 introduces a new concept called Server Core. Server...
Date: 05/25/2007
Apps calling unsupported ZwXxx routines
The ZwXxx routines provide a set of system entry points that parallel some of the executive's system...
Date: 05/07/2007
Revised cookbook
There is a new revision of Application Compatibility Cookbook which lists some cool features of the...
Date: 04/27/2007
Logitech Web cam works with Vista
I just bought a Logitech Web Cam fusion. I tried installing the software on my 64bit Vista and it...
Date: 03/26/2007
Some compatibility initiatives for Vista that I find interesting:
Application Compatibility Community : Gives you good description of the "Certified for Windows...
Date: 03/19/2007
Vista Application Compatibility Factory
Vista Application Compatibility Factory (ACF)- This is an excellant new initiative to engage with...
Date: 03/19/2007
Replace these banned APis to get your app working
This list of Apis is now published. If you own an app using any of the mentioned APis its a good...
Date: 03/08/2007
TechEd 2007
I will be at TechEd again this year in Orlando representing Windows Application Compatibility...
Date: 03/08/2007
When You get a Module load error
Occasionally you may get some errors that look like this when you are logging on or starting an...
Date: 02/26/2007
What is an Ordinal number?
Commonly, ordinal numbers, or ordinals for short, are numbers used to denote the position in an...
Date: 02/26/2007
Pc World's article on Vista
Pretty nice article to read. Show some nice features of Vista....
Date: 01/26/2007
Vista pc requirements
https://www.microsoft.com/windowsvista/getready/capable.mspx A Windows Vista Capable PC includes at...
Date: 01/02/2007
TCPIP changes in Vista
If your application relies on these APis then it will have issues on Vista due to the change in...
Date: 12/06/2006
What is User Interface Privilege Isolation (UIPI) on Vista
What is User Interface Privilege Isolation (UIPI) This is also known as UI Privilege Level Isolation...
Date: 11/30/2006
Protected Mode Internet Explorer on Vista
This is really a good article:...
Date: 11/15/2006
Easy way to find out which process is touching which ports
From a cmd window run: tasklist /FI "IMAGENAME eq yourImageName.exe" or for services: tasklist /FI...
Date: 11/13/2006
Applications running when I log-on
I've seen many applications run at the time of Windows log on. Some of the known ways I've seen...
Date: 10/31/2006
Vista packaging clips
Date: 10/31/2006
The Vista upgrade advisor
The Upgrade advisor is a great tool, which really helps in migrating to the newer operating system...
Date: 10/09/2006
Where are files virtualized in Vista?
Under restricted user account on Vista, you may get write successful when writing to the program...
Date: 10/04/2006
Trouble shooting your app on Vista if its WRP
Troubleshooting Suspected WRP Issues Check the Application and System event logs for messages...
Date: 09/05/2006
Good info site:
https://www.microsoft.com/technet/windowsvista/appcompat/default.mspx
Date: 08/24/2006
Accessing Windows resources ...
Windows Resources can be files or registry entries which are essential for the working of the...
Date: 08/15/2006
Why do you want to redistribute system binaries?
Seriously why? Another bucket of compatibility I keep on seeing now and then, where apps...
Date: 08/07/2006
Applications and OS Version checking
I have been working on the Windows Application Compatibilty group for almost 5 years now, and the...
Date: 07/28/2006
Vista Compat links and info
Check this site out for more compatibilty info....
Date: 07/26/2006