I just saw a really useful UI feature of the forthcoming Windows 7 ( visit http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2008/10/windows_7_walkthrough_boot_video_and_impressions-2.html and scroll down to the video entitled Super Scientific Video of New Window Resizing Feature) In a nutshell you can drag a window by the title bar to the top of the screen to...
Hey, I know this question isn't "directly" programming related, but since I want to be able to be well-prepared on windows-programming when Windows 7 is released, I want to try it out now. But since I don't have two computers, I can't risk to install it as dual-boot in case it screws something up, my experience with dual-booting XP and ...
Does anybody know if Microsoft has already decided which version of the .NET framework will be shipped in Windows 7 next year (2009)? Will it .NET 3.5 (SP 1) or maybe 4.0? ...
I have not used Windows Vista. I knew that many APIs have been changed/deprecated in Vista, so programs need to be fixed or configured to execute in XP Compatible mode. So, what should windows programmer know when they move from XP/Vista to Windows 7? ...
Has anyone already tried this, anything particulair that I need to be aware of? ...
Is the .NET Framework included in Windows 7? If so, which version? ...
Not certain if this will get much response due to the newness of Windows 7 and its beta release, but here goes... Some caveats; 1). I have not torn into my code yet 2). The app works great in Vista and below 3). Uses MMSystem for multimedai playing of mp3 and cds. I have an application that plays music CDs (cda) and mp3s that works ...
Microsoft already has a Windows 7 Beta Customer Preview Program on their MSDN site where they encourage us to: "Evaluate and jump-start your development efforts on Windows 7 Beta". Do you feel it is worthwhile to spend my time now re Windows 7, or should I wait a few releases, or even until after Windows 7 is released? What are the ad...
With the upcoming release of Windows 7, one of the newly touted features is the Jump Lists, with their automatic population of most recently used items. Supposedly, if you've been 'properly' recording these most recently used items with the Windows registry, they'll automatically appear. So, where in the registry do they actually need ...
Has anyone successfully installed VS 2008 Team Developer edition on the Windows 7 beta yet? Every time I try, i get an error about insufficient privileges in C:\Windows\Winsxs. I was able to install the VS 2008 Team Database edition with no problems, and had thought that maybe installing the Dev edition after the DB edition might take ...
I can't seem to find a straight answer on this. It appears that Visual Studio 6 won't be supported, but I'm only concerned with the runtime. We have some legacy apps that we'd rather not rewrite, but our customers will expect them to run on Windows 7. If anyone can provide a link to something official from MS on the topic, that would be...
I have read that the public beta version of Windows 7 has an expiration on it, but does the MSDN Premium also expire on the same date? And if so, do you think that we might see a newer version before the expiration on MSDN? For the speed improvements alone I am contemplating moving my development PC to Windows 7 over Windows Vista, sta...
Is there a .NET library/tutorial available that will let me show me how to customize the Windows 7 Jump List for my application? ...
I'm considering a full upgrade to Windows 7 Beta, thus wiping Vista from my HD. Will Visual Studio 2008 run well on Windows 7? I've read some forum posts that there were problems. ...
I have a batch file to compile and link all of my code. It contains the following: @echo off nasm -f aout -o start.o start.asm gcc -Wall -O -fstrength-reduce -fomit-frame-pointer -finline-functions -nostdinc -fno-builtin -I./include -c -o main.o main.c gcc -Wall -O -fstrength-reduce -fomit-frame-pointer -finline-functions -nostdinc -fno...
I've got some code to read shortcuts using the Windows Script Host, but it appears to have a problem in Windows 7. When reading shortcuts, if there is an environment variable in the target path, it resolves to the wrong drive. For example, the shortcut to Notepad resolves to D:\Windows\system32\notepad.exe instead of C:\Windows\system32\...
I installed Windows 7 Beta (clean install) a week ago. I installed VS 2008, Resharper 4.1 and AnkhSVN without any problems. Everything runs smooth for a while then the application hangs or at least that is what event viewer says. It seems to happen when I run unit tests and close two or more files quickly. I've sent the data to Microsoft...
I've been experimenting with ASP.Net MVC, and have come across a problem that is probably not specifically MVC related. But I cannot get the authentication in the default MVC application (the one created by the wizard when you create a new MVC project) to work properly under IIS 7 on Windows 7. If I run under the Visual Studio environme...
Besides the obvious fact that there's no sidebar in Windows 7, are there any differences in the way gadgets are put together? Anything I should look out for / resources I should read through? Thanks! ...
Not sure if anyone has noticed this yet but if you run Visual Studio 2008 with the DBML (not sure about EF yet) under Windows 7 the tables will disappear when you hover over them. Looking for a fix so I thought I'd ask everyone since I've seen it asked in comments but not as a question yet. EDIT I've filed a bug with Microsoft. Anyon...