Copying files is the Achilles’ heel of Windows Vista, “calculating time remaining…” the blue screen of death equivalent. If anyone tells you Windows Vista isn’t slow at copying files across the network, then they obviously haven’t downloaded any DVDrips and tried to move it onto another computer. Local file copying has already been improved in [...]
Written by Long Zheng on September 28th, 2007 with comments disabled.
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After creating the IE 7 Tweaking tool we seem to get loads of questions about IE 7. One of the latest was about setting multiple home pages in IE 7 from the command line. Hmm. Before someone asked I never had thought about it. If you look into the set…
Written by Steve Wiseman on September 28th, 2007 with comments disabled.
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I decided to announce the future so I can end this fussing about Windows, MacOS, Ubuntu Linux etc.One thing is for sure… Vista is the doomsday machine for Microsoft whether you like it or understand it or not. It is true.The future is different than …
Written by computerboom on September 27th, 2007 with comments disabled.
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On September 28th, users of Windows Media Center for Windows Vista (in the U.S. at this time) will see a new option under “TV + Movies” - the beta version of Internet TV. Internet TV Beta streams high-quality video content from MSN Video ( which just relaunched with new features and enhancements) through the internet to Windows Media Center. I got an opportunity to take an early look at Internet TV and want to share my experience.
When first launched - Internet TV took me to the Top Picks category. Internet TV consists of 6 main categories: Top Picks, Movies, Music, Entertainment, Sports, and News. These categories have sub-categories or “sections” in which content is divided into:
Top Picks: Top Picks are the top picks of content from all 6 categories. Top picks from movie trailers to concerts to TV shows are located here. There is some great picks here to check out like the Halo 3 “Believe” trailer (one of the coolest trailers ever) and the trailer to the upcoming Batman sequel The Dark Knight.
Movies: Here is where I was able to check out movie trailers to movies currently at the box office as well as movies that are “coming soon” and on DVD. If you are looking to head out to a movie and want to see what is at the box office - you can easily fire up Internet TV to quickly check out some trailers before heading out.
Music: Under music, I was able to check out concerts from artists like John Mayer, Maroon 5, Snoop Dogg, Chris Cornell, and Velvet Revolver. The concerts are pretty sweet. You also can watch top music videos. I’ve never seen the music video to the Bee Gees song “Stayin’ Alive” until today. I also checked out “Rockstar” by Nickelback and “Last Fight” by Velvet Revolver.
Entertainment: With the Entertainment category you get complete TV show episodes such as “Arrested Development”. I was able to view the shows by channels - with channels such as A&E, bio, The History Channel, NBC Today, Food Network, HGTV, DIY, National Geographic, Fine Living and MSN TV. Under MSN TV I discovered clips to some top TV shows like “Heroes” and the new “Bionic Woman”. It is nice to see short clips from shows - especially if you might be interested in checking out some of these shows. There is also a section called “Shorts” where you can view short videos from places such as iFilm.
Sports: Sports fans will love this section. I was able to view clips from the latest games across the board. And there are dedicated sections for NFL news and NCAA Football.
News: This section consists of news clips from the latest current events. There is a section dedicated to top news as well as the 2008 election. Those who are watching the 2008 election closely will find the dedicated election section quite nice.
All the content loaded up in high quality and looked quite nice. There was some brief time in accessing the content as it loads or buffers but once the content is playing - it’s playing in some pretty high quality. The content is designed and optimized for broadband streaming so having a broadband connection is required for the best results. I was also able to use my Xbox 360 acting as an Extender to use Internet TV as well. The new Media Center Extenders from D-Link, Linksys, HP and Niveus Media announced today all support Internet TVso you can watch the content on TV sets around your home.
Internet TV is beta and should show up in Windows Media Center for users with Windows Vista Home Premium and Ultimate on September 28th. During the beta trial, the Media Center team will experiment with the content on offer, and with advertising. At this time, Internet TV is available to users in the U.S.
Written by Brandon LeBlanc on September 27th, 2007 with comments disabled.
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Project: RPC over HTTP for Outlook Introduction RPC over HTTP for Outlook 2003 / 2007 is a technique for using Outlook as a mailclient for Exchange remotely from anywhere. But with sporting all the features you have when you are normally sitting at y…
Written by Teus on September 27th, 2007 with comments disabled.
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I stumbled across a cool utility provided by Microsoft. It is actually a Sysinternals tool created by Mark Russinovich. If you are the type that likes to get every sliver of performance out of your system - then this is for you.It is called PageDefragI…
Written by Steve Wiseman on September 26th, 2007 with comments disabled.
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Yesterday we were alerted to an issue in Excel 2007 (and Excel Services 2007) involving calculation of numbers around 65,535. The Excel team would like to provide a description of the issue and explain what we’re doing about it. BackgroundYesterday eve…
Written by Odd-Magne Kristoffersen on September 26th, 2007 with comments disabled.
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First off, I want to congratulate Barry and the Windows Ultimate team for finally stepping in the right direction after months of stalling and silence. The release of the final version of DreamScenes plus the content pack yesterday might not rejuvenate the Ultimate Extras excitement to its former shine, but progress is progress. I think [...]
Written by Long Zheng on September 26th, 2007 with comments disabled.
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I was upgrading my home network over the weekend, and one of the changes I wanted to make was the location of the favorites folder.Unless you are using roaming profiles, your favorites folder will always be on your local hard drive. This means that if …
Written by Steve Wiseman on September 26th, 2007 with comments disabled.
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Earlier today, Nick and Barry announced the release of the Ultimate Extra Windows DreamScene. Windows DreamScene lets Windows Vista Ultimate users choose full-motion video as their desktop wallpaper.
After installing the final release of Windows DreamScene, I was prompted to download the Windows DreamScene Content Pack Favorites. With Windows DreamScene, you get a standard set of 4 DreamScenes to use on your desktop. The Windows DreamScene Content Pack adds 4 more new DreamScenes for your desktop. Here is a video I created of my desktop PC running several of the new DreamScenes:
Video: Windows DreamScene Released - New DreamScenes
The glowing Windows Vista orb can be downloaded as a Windows Vista Ultimate wallpaper at the Windows Ultimate website. The glowing Windows Vista orb DreamScene is my favorite. The waterfall DreamScene was shown off during the demos at CES last January.
On top of the Windows DreamScene Content Pack Favorites - you can also download (and share) “dreams” over on Stardock’s Dream Gallery.
What is your favorite Windows DreamScene?
Written by Brandon LeBlanc on September 26th, 2007 with comments disabled.
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