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My WOWs.... Duncan Edwards Jones14-Apr-07 5:54 Duncan Edwards Jones 14-Apr-07 5:54  (1) ReadyBoost - I got an 8MB CF card from a second hand digital camera and plugged it in to my laptop - and got a 30% speed boost on my busiest workload. (2) Canon (and Nikon) RAW codec - so I can view the RAW shots from my camera as easily as if they were jpegs. '--8<------------------------ Ex Datis: Duncan Jones Merrion Computing Ltd Re: My WOWs.... Brian Olej15-Apr-07 16:25 Brian Olej 15-Apr-07 16:25  As for number 2, theres been a tool released from Microsoft for XP which has been doing this for a while, right here.[^] I think this has been my first post in over a year, yikes! Signature under construction. I'm installing Vista over the weekend Colin Angus Mackay13-Apr-07 5:06 Colin Angus Mackay 13-Apr-07 5:06  I'm installing Vista over the weekend, so hopefully I'll be able to vote before the poll closes. Upcoming events: * Edinburgh: Web Security Conference Day for Windows Developers (12th April) * Glasgow: Introduction to AJAX (2nd May), SQL Server, Mock Objects Never write for other people. Write for yourself, because you have a passion for it. -- Marc Clifton My website Re: I'm installing Vista over the weekend Jaiprakash M Bankolli15-Apr-07 21:32 Jaiprakash M Bankolli 15-Apr-07 21:32  All the best and hope you will give us some insight on it !!! Regards, Jaiprakash M Bankolli jaiprakash.bankolli@gmail.com http://jaiprakash.blog.com/ Nightmare bob1697212-Apr-07 3:21 bob16972 12-Apr-07 3:21  Trying to write a complex .msi that will work on any vista configuration (and any other OS) without getting caught up in the UAC junk is a nightmare. Only simple .msi's created with Visual Studio install and uninstall clean. I've got a few that require hand shaping with Orca.exe and I'm finding some unorthodox things Microsoft did concerning security, custom actions, deprecated items that requires a hell of a lot of research to get around. I feel so productive right now, I could cry. Re: Nightmare Michael Dunn12-Apr-07 14:19 Michael Dunn 12-Apr-07 14:19  Welcome to my world. Wix makes things a bit better, but as soon as you run into any trouble, good luck finding any helpful docs. Sure there are docs, but they say a lot and yet don't actually say anything, if that makes sense. MS blogs have helped a couple of times, but that's only good if the blogger happened to talk about the exact thing you're stuck on. The MSI section of MSDN should say "Abandon all hope, ye who enter here" on its entry page. --Mike-- Visual C++ MVP LINKS~! Ericahist | PimpFish | CP SearchBar v3.0 | C++ Forum FAQ Ford, what's this fish doing in my ear? Re: Nightmare bob1697212-Apr-07 15:54 bob16972 12-Apr-07 15:54  Michael Dunn wrote: The MSI section of MSDN should say "Abandon all hope, ye who enter here" on its entry page. I felt that way years ago when I created these blasted things. Now I feel like someone should just shoot me. We packaged up a couple of different MSI's into one and I was stupid enough to use custom action 7 and 39 (nested installations or I guess they now call them "concurrent installations"). They also now call it deprecated. It all works great if I use a bootstrapper with a security manifest to spawn the .msi but that seems like a cheesy way to get by. msidbCustomActionTypeInScript + msidbCustomActionTypeNoImpersonate has been helpful with the rights issues in the other custom actions thus far. Re: Nightmare Ryan Cromwell15-Apr-07 14:38 Ryan Cromwell 15-Apr-07 14:38  I hear your pain regarding MSI's. I believe we'll see the MSI scheme slowly be abandoned in favor of things like ClickOnce, which sandboxes installations, manages upgrades within the context of the application, etc. MSI is a great tool for systems that share components, etc., but I believe they missed the Simplicity is Beauty day in science/math class. Money Navneet Hegde12-Apr-07 0:52 Navneet Hegde 12-Apr-07 0:52  This time it's just money making process, Since they are now wiping out XP from market, To compel users to switch to Vista for not a single valid reason Develop2Program & Program2Develop Re: Money Jaiprakash M Bankolli15-Apr-07 21:30 Jaiprakash M Bankolli 15-Apr-07 21:30  I think we should validate the pros and cons and then make a decision !! Regards, Jaiprakash M Bankolli jaiprakash.bankolli@gmail.com http://jaiprakash.blog.com/ Survey Options Jaiprakash M Bankolli11-Apr-07 22:44 Jaiprakash M Bankolli 11-Apr-07 22:44  I have never used VISTA so I was searching for some option like that but didn't find it, So my suggestion is that please add that for the users who are yet to use VISTA. Regards, Jaiprakash M Bankolli jaiprakash.bankolli@gmail.com http://jaiprakash.blog.com/ Re: Survey Options qumer10112-Apr-07 3:10 qumer101 12-Apr-07 3:10  I m also in the same category . There is no option for us Re: Survey Options Michael Dunn12-Apr-07 14:11 Michael Dunn 12-Apr-07 14:11  If you haven't used Vista, why would you even vote in a survey about Vista? --Mike-- Visual C++ MVP LINKS~! Ericahist | PimpFish | CP SearchBar v3.0 | C++ Forum FAQ Ford, what's this fish doing in my ear? Re: Survey Options Jaiprakash M Bankolli12-Apr-07 18:53 Jaiprakash M Bankolli 12-Apr-07 18:53  My point is that survey should also point out how much awareness is there about vista, for instance 100 people speak about Vista and result is seen by 10000 people, then I won't say it is a good judgment .... Regards, Jaiprakash M Bankolli jaiprakash.bankolli@gmail.com http://jaiprakash.blog.com/ Re: Survey Options qumer10112-Apr-07 20:13 qumer101 12-Apr-07 20:13  Michael Dunn wrote: If you haven't used Vista, why would you even vote in a survey about Vista? Well Micheal So far as I am concerened I did not vote here. I just post the comment. Re: Survey Options Chris Maunder15-Apr-07 10:22 Chris Maunder 15-Apr-07 10:22  The survey is specifically to get feedback from those who have used Vista. cheers, Chris Maunder CodeProject.com : C++ MVP My thoughts so far Michael Dunn11-Apr-07 19:07 Michael Dunn 11-Apr-07 19:07  Highest-rated: Aero (3.36). Wow. (groan... couldn't resist) Actually that's not a surprise, since it's the most readily-visible new thing in Vista. Lowest-rated: Changes to management/administration (2.77). Not surprising either, all my "management" is done either through Control Panel or Computer Management, neither of which is all that slick. (CM is pretty much the same as XP, in fact) Middle of the pack: Improvements to Explorer (3.06). I expected this to be lower. Maybe it's just a bad taste left over from the state of Explorer in beta 2. Improved security and safety (2.93). Do people hate UAC that much? I coulda been a contenda: Sidebar (2.89). How many company-specific RSS readers do we need, anyway? I have no opinion so I'll vote 3: Search (3.16), Mobile improvements (2.82), TxF (3.22) --Mike-- Visual C++ MVP LINKS~! Ericahist | PimpFish | CP SearchBar v3.0 | C++ Forum FAQ Ford, what's this fish doing in my ear? Typo Michael Dunn10-Apr-07 6:54 Michael Dunn 10-Apr-07 6:54  The improvements to Explorer and the Shell You have "improvements" and "Explorer" in the same sentence. --Mike-- Visual C++ MVP LINKS~! Ericahist | PimpFish | CP SearchBar v3.0 | C++ Forum FAQ Ford, what's this fish doing in my ear? Re: Typo Hamed Musavi10-Apr-07 19:25 Hamed Musavi 10-Apr-07 19:25  What is typo mistake here? My English is not very good, but I don't see any typo. (Is it ironic?) //This is not a signature while (I'm_alive) { cout<<"I Love Programming"; } Re: Typo Michael Dunn11-Apr-07 11:33 Michael Dunn 11-Apr-07 11:33  Yes, it was a joke. I thought using a smiley would make it too obvious --Mike-- Visual C++ MVP LINKS~! Ericahist | PimpFish | CP SearchBar v3.0 | C++ Forum FAQ Ford, what's this fish doing in my ear? There needs to be an "I don't use Vista" option PIEBALDconsult10-Apr-07 4:42 PIEBALDconsult 10-Apr-07 4:42  There needs to be an "I don't use Vista" option. Re: There needs to be an "I don't use Vista" option rahul_pache15-Apr-07 14:49 rahul_pache 15-Apr-07 14:49  yes ! I agree Just try ... and try and try ...... Some day glory will kiss your feet.. Windows Vista - best Windows ever Pavel Vladov9-Apr-07 22:00 Pavel Vladov 9-Apr-07 22:00  I'm not a fan of Microsoft, but my opinion is that Windows Vista is the best windows ever !!! This time the MS programmers have done their job, so if you need a good looking, secure and user friendly OS - try Windows Vista, you won't regret it. Re: Windows Vista - best Windows ever KarstenK10-Apr-07 1:24 KarstenK 10-Apr-07 1:24  "The best Windows of all times" as ever since I remember (3.0, 3.1, 3.11, NT 4.0, w2k, XP) Greetings from Germany Re: Windows Vista - best Windows ever Almighty Bob10-Apr-07 5:39 Almighty Bob 10-Apr-07 5:39  there are a lot of vista haters around here. I'd have to agree with your sentiment. it is a very nice OS. my super duper cool website

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