Jason Sacks's Windows SDK blog
News and notes about the Windows SDK
Looking forward to TechEd and WinHEC
This week, in part, the SDK team's been working on setting up our presence at WinHEC and TechEd this...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 05/05/2006
Giving good advice (or: the view from behind the curtain)
There's a nice post up Ed Bott's Microsoft Report that talks about the bad, or at least poorly...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 05/02/2006
Windows SDK: Moving Up and out of Beta 2
Our Test manager Brian has a nice post up on the team blog that discusses our release process in...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 04/27/2006
The Windows SDK is almost at ZBB for Beta 2
We just about reached ZBB (Zero Bug Bounce - essentially, we've resolved or have solutions in hand...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 04/25/2006
Broken links in the SDK
My friend Ken Milne has posted in our team blog about a subject near and dear to my heart, broken...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 04/18/2006
We (well, they) are the champions!
Tom Mathews of our team has been blogging about life at Microsoft and on our team, and has a...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 04/13/2006
"This installation package could not be opened."
I want to add another fix to the list of problems that users have reported. This is kind on an...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 04/11/2006
Our Windows SDK team blog is live
Please come by and visit our new team blog. Lori Pearce, the team's Product Unit Manager (PUM) made...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 04/10/2006
Zippety-zip-zip-zip
So if you read yesterday's chapter of "How can Jason improve the download success of our users", and...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 04/05/2006
BitTorrent/Distributed Download Protocol and Microsoft
A couple of weeks ago, I was discussing our awful download stats and trying to find a solution to...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 04/04/2006
I'm number 623!
Hey, I've climbed the list of popular blogs so that this blog is now 623rd out of about 3000 total...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 04/04/2006
Custom Install Locations for the SDK
By far the question I get most often (beyond "why isn't my SDK installing? which has a lot of...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 03/31/2006
Vista dates shifting
Well, I'm sure you've heard the news of Windows Vista's ship dates slipping from a lot of sources so...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 03/28/2006
Slipstreaming to Windows SDK Beta 2
I thought you might find it interesting to read where we are with Setup in our Beta 2 release of the...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 03/22/2006
A summary of our installation issues
Here's a quick resource for issues that have been reported in the February CTP. We've implemented a...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 03/16/2006
The Windows Vista Developer Story: Application Compatibility, Migration, and Interoperability
My friend Melinda's Developer Story team has posted their latest article, about Application...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 03/15/2006
Two different install locations?
First of all, big thanks to all of you who responded to my post last week re the poor download stats...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 03/13/2006
Our abysmal download success rates
As you can see from the graph below, our download rates for our DVD ISO are abysmal. Only about 22%...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 03/10/2006
A virtual machine
Thanks for the info on using the SDK on a virtual machine. Are there other SDK users who also use...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 03/06/2006
Download stats
We're getting the first wave of download stats around the Feb CTP of the SDK. They're not great -...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 03/03/2006
My vision for the Windows SDK
I wanted to share a recent email I sent to my manager about the my product, the Windows SDK. I...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 03/02/2006
If you downloaded an ISO and have problems...
Note: this post has been edited with revised information I just received my first report of a user...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 03/01/2006
And now our docs are live, too!
Thanks to a lot of hard work by my friend Daemond, the browsable Feb CTP docs are live on MSDN....
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 02/27/2006
New Vista Developer Story: Windows Communication Foundation Roadmap
Our Windows Vista Developer Story content continues to march forward. The latest article is the...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 02/27/2006
A lingering setup bug, unfortunately
There's one nasty, pernicious bug that we thought we'd tracked down for the Feb CTP but which is...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 02/23/2006
Windows SDK February CTP is live!
Whoo hoo! Can't wait for users to take a look at the result of all of our hard work. That said,...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 02/22/2006
Oh... so... close....
It looks like the Windows SDK Feb CTP may be live very soon... expect a post within 24 hours re...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 02/21/2006
Still waiting...
If you're waiting for the Feb CTP of the SDK to go live, you're probably aware that it's not yet...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 02/20/2006
When will the Windows SDK Feb CTP be live, anyway?
I'm going to try to post by the end of the day with our go-live date for the Feb CTP of the SDK....
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 02/14/2006
Full circle
Next week we take part in the great Microsoft musical chairs exercise, an office move. This will be...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 02/10/2006
Disk space causing installation failure
I received a wave of user bugs this week that come down to the SDK not having enough disk space to...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 02/08/2006
One-button publishing - the holy grail
A couple of weeks ago, a user asked why we couldn't post the Vista Developer Story as browsable docs...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 02/08/2006
ZBB for the Windows SDK February CTP
At 5:00 today, we're officially at ZBB for the February CTP. Zero Bug Bounce is big for us, because...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 02/03/2006
Clarifying the setup problem resolution
I hope the user who just wrote to me won't mind if I use him to help explain what to do if your...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 02/01/2006
Coming soon - a Windows Vista SDK team blog
Yeah, we're behind the times, but the Windows Vista SDK team is finalizing plans to set up a team...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 01/31/2006
New Vista Developer Story Live
The Windows Vista Developer Story: Communication Infrastructure article is live on the MSDN Windows...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 01/27/2006
If you have trouble installing the Windows SDK...
If you run into problems installing the SDK, there are a few common culprits. Click the Log button...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 01/25/2006
The Windows SDK is now live for the January CTP
The Windows SDK is now live for the January CTP! This release is intended to target the WinFX...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 01/18/2006
Windows SDK Install Errors - Fixed? We Think So.
A good number of users have reported problems with installing the December CTP of the Windows SDK....
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 01/17/2006
The developer story: What's new, and why is it a .chm?
I wish I could change the title so it's in big bold bright letters like a Tide box. New! Content is...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 01/16/2006
Windows SDK Team Releases First Part of the "Vista Developer Story"
Looking to learn about developing applications for Windows Vista? My team has posted the first part...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 01/13/2006
One Windows SDK Setup problem is resolved
I mentioned earlier today that a user had a problem with a bad ISO burn of the December CTP of the...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 01/11/2006
Setup Failures in the Windows SDK December CTP - Send Us Your Log!
Just wanted to post an update on the install failures that several users have reported. Paul, the...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 01/11/2006
"Any plans to have a separate WinFX download that just covers the managed parts of the API?"
The following was posted as a comment on Friday by Stuart Ballard: "Any plans to have a separate...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 01/10/2006
Windows SDK January CTP/February CTP plans
The Windows SDK team is closing on the January CTP release early next week, and we're planning on it...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 01/06/2006
Problems installing the Windows SDK
We've been getting lots of reports that users have been having trouble installing the Windows SDK....
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 01/05/2006
Korean rap for Visual Studio Team System
Looks like our compatriots in Korea are excited about Visual Studio Team System. Wow, they look like...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 11/22/2005
WinFX Runtime Components - November CTP is live on MSDN
The November WinFX CTP went live on MSDN lat night. There is lots of new content in the SDK,...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 11/18/2005