I came across a higher quality version of this very same at the Microsoft Windows website. Based on Silverlight, with the elegant curves, it makes me want to watch Bill Gates buy those shoes (and hear Seinfeld’s not-so-funny dialogues again) just one more time.
Microsoft might be introducing application specific glass renderings. The color of the glass frame around a window can be changed in Vista, but the change is global to the system. The color of any particular window glass frame can not be set by choice. But, how about being able to change the color/opacity level of a the glass frame of any application through defined events or commands?
Mike has this very useful guide on how to share Recorded TV with other Media Center based networked computers in your house. However it only applies for those computers which are running Windows Vista Ultimate which means that it does not apply to Media Centers which are recording tv shows using Windows Vista Home Premium. [...]
Last month we ran a small contest in which we asked our readers to design a bootscreen for the next version of Windows. The contest ran for a month in which we received 44 designs from 7 different readers.
We promised to reward a free copy of Windows Vista Ultimate to the user who best [...]
One of the most irritating & annoying problem which Windows Vista users face is that they find Windows Explorer forgetting time and again the folder view settings which he or she set for a particular folder only to find it reverted back to the default settings. I have a 22” LCD monitor and so with [...]
Virtual Desktops are an integrated feature of OS X and Linux, but have always been an add on functionality in Windows. Windows XP had a powertoy for this, but for Vista there hadn’t been anything available till now, from the Microsoft Sysinternals team. Does it stand well against the competition? Read on for more!
A few days ago I wrote about the possibility of Microsoft making Windows Dancer available as Ultimate Extras for Windows Vista Ultimate users. After doing some research, I found out a way to have Windows Dancer and yes it works(not fully) under Windows Vista.
Windows Dancer was essentially a part of Microsoft Plus! Digital [...]
Windows Ultimate Extras has altogether been a real sorry story from Microsoft. Many of us Windows Vista Ultimate users feel like having been ripped off our money for Ultimate Extras which promised a lot but delivered very little.
Before shifting full time to Windows Vista in late 2006, I used to have Windows XP [...]
If you’ve read the post Windows 7.. 8.. Midori?!?, you’ll know by now that Microsoft is working on Sapphire. There’s going to be a session in PDC 2008 covering this, called Windows 7: Graphics Advances
Windows 7: Graphics Advances
Windows 7 enables you to advance the graphics capabilities of your applications while carrying forward existing investments in
Its time to check Windows Update again because just a few moments ago, Microsoft has released Windows Search 4.0 to Windows Update as Recommended update for Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 based computers.. []
