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setting the path variable in Vista

When using XP and older versions of the Windows operating system, it was a case of editing the autoexec.bat file and setting the PATH variable there. [edit: thanks to ahmeds for pointing out in his comment, this was not the only way of setting it for these products] When using Vista tho, here's a...

Posted to johanvw's blog (Weblog) by johanvw on 10-08-2008
Booting Services on Vista Development Laptops

As an enterprise developer, I've always had SQL Server on my laptop (which is my main development machine). For years, SQL Server has been an indispensable tool for enterprise development, since the kind of application you tend to write in this line of business always has a relational database...

Posted to YahBlog - Explore with new eyes (Weblog) by yah on 02-29-2008
Vista UAC niggles...

I did it... I took the plunge..., installed Vista on my development laptop... (I feel almost like I went and buy something from incredible connection), anyhow, as, I come across little niggles, I will attempt to document my findings in this blog as well. So... for those of us in need to have full...

Posted to YahBlog - Explore with new eyes (Weblog) by yah on 11-14-2007
Vista "breadcrumb" bar progress indicator using ViewPort

Vista has a brand new "breadcrumb" bar replacing the old address bar. If you have a relative slow pc running vista (like me) and open a explorer window, the new "breadcrumb" bar acts like a progress bar showing the progress of the loading of the items. To recreate this in WPF is relatively...

Posted to Rudi Grobler (Weblog) by rudi on 09-18-2007
Finding a commong ground

My first blog post, I'm so excited I've been working with Window Vista (Business) as the main OS and then Ultimate on a virtual environment for quite some time now, to the reluctance of others around the office, I've found that it did not alter my work experience in any way, apart from the...

Posted to JadedEric (Weblog) by JadedEric on 08-28-2007
What is the difference between WPF on XP and Vista

Last night I wanted to try and find out what the difference is between XP and Vista’s implementation of WPF. I found an excellent blog by Tim Sneath were he summarized the following as the major differences: · With DWM and a WDDM-class display driver, video RAM is virtualized so you don’t have to worry...

Posted to Rudi Grobler (Weblog) by rudi on 06-14-2007
Command Prompt Here - Vista

I'm probably the last person to pick up on this little Vista Feature but you don't need to use a Powertoy anymore to get the very useful "Open Command Prompt Here" explorer context menu shortcut. Today searching for the Powertoy I stumbled across this post by Tim Sneath from 2006 :...

Posted to Impersonation Failure (Weblog) by Armand du Plessis on 06-11-2007
Running full tilt on Vista

Well, as many would have guessed, my little "dual booting XP and Vista" experiment didn't last very long. Yip, I got tired of dual booting and thought "Heck, I'm gonna throw myself into the Vista deep end". So I did and I haven't looked back. Other than a minor bug here...

Posted to Coding The Matrix (Weblog) by codingthematrix on 05-30-2007
Dual booting Win XP and Vista

Well, this is awesome! Dual booting Win XP and Vista. Vista is hot, but the fact that I don't have to place all my trust in it by upgrading over my Win XP or just doing a fresh install of Vista is what's really amazing. I can develop and do any critical operations on my uber stable Win Xp and...

Posted to Coding The Matrix (Weblog) by codingthematrix on 05-14-2007
UAC: Don't be Part of the Problem

Exactly!. If you're a software developer who complains about or who has switched off UAC (User Account Control) on Vista do yourself a favour and read Ian Griffiths full post on why you should reconsider your decision. Developer, Patch Thyself If you are a developer who has turned off UAC in frustration...

Posted to Impersonation Failure (Weblog) by Armand du Plessis on 05-11-2007

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