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Choosing Between Windows Vista 32-bit and 64-bit Editions
Historically, the 64-bit edition of Windows XP hasn't been a runaway hit. It's not really surprising...
Author: Tim Sneath Date: 05/28/2006
WinFX Runtime Components Beta 2 and the Dreaded Error 1603
I've seen a number of instances of this error over the last few days since we released WinFX Runtime...
Author: Tim Sneath Date: 05/26/2006
Windows Live Local Comes to the UK - And Much More...
It's great to see how agile the Windows Live Local / Virtual Earth team are - they've just released...
Author: Tim Sneath Date: 05/24/2006
What's New in WPF Beta 2?
If you've not noticed that today is a pretty significant day for Microsoft, you've either been...
Author: Tim Sneath Date: 05/23/2006
The Art of Interviewing: A Follow-up
There's been some interesting comments on my entry: "The Inside Scoop on Interviewing at Microsoft",...
Author: Tim Sneath Date: 05/15/2006
Attend CompSci Classes at a World-Class University For Free!
I've been having a blast over the last couple of weeks on the commute into work revisiting my...
Author: Tim Sneath Date: 05/08/2006
Editing an MSBuild Project File
It's a small thing, this one - but not a lot of people seem to know about it, so I thought I'd add...
Author: Tim Sneath Date: 05/08/2006
Windows Vista Aero Pt. 1 - Adding Glass to a Windows Forms Application
In a brief departure from my usual ramblings about Windows Presentation Foundation, I wanted to...
Author: Tim Sneath Date: 04/18/2006
Want to be the Next Tim Sneath?
Well, ugh - of course you don't - who would? It's a horrible thought...! But perhaps you think you'd...
Author: Tim Sneath Date: 04/10/2006
XPS Standalone Viewer Now Available
XPS is the fixed format document technology that ships in Windows Presentation Foundation. It's a...
Author: Tim Sneath Date: 04/06/2006
Building WPF Projects on Vista Without Tools...
If you walked into my office at a random moment during the day, chances are that you'd find one of...
Author: Tim Sneath Date: 04/05/2006
Magnifier: An Interesting Discovery
I've been playing around with some of the accessibility and UI automation features in Windows Vista...
Author: Tim Sneath Date: 04/04/2006
Learn WPF in 20 Minutes!
Well, perhaps I'm exaggerating a little (!), but we've just posted a great 20-minute screencast from...
Author: Tim Sneath Date: 04/04/2006
The Inside Scoop on Interviewing at Microsoft
(or at least, my personal take on it!) Over the last couple of months, I've been interviewing...
Author: Tim Sneath Date: 03/23/2006
iBloks: One of the First Commercial WPF Applications
One of the great joys of my role at Microsoft is that I get to work with some really cool partners...
Author: Tim Sneath Date: 03/20/2006
Getting Compatible with Windows Vista
Taking a momentary breather from the joys of Windows Presentation Foundation, I wanted to point to...
Author: Tim Sneath Date: 03/14/2006
Troubleshooting Windows Presentation Foundation Install Issues
By my reckoning, the most recent Feb 2006 CTP of WinFX represents the eleventh public release for...
Author: Tim Sneath Date: 03/13/2006
Glaucoma! Glaucoma!
Digg links to this year's Vincent Flanders Awards for the worst-designed web pages, and there's no...
Author: Tim Sneath Date: 03/11/2006
Expression Interactive Designer and Graphic Designer March CTP
Psst - don't tell anyone - but the March release of Expression Interactive Designer ("Sparkle") and...
Author: Tim Sneath Date: 03/10/2006
WPF Bloggers Updated
I've made a substantial set of updates to my list of WPF bloggers - you might want to reimport the...
Author: Tim Sneath Date: 03/08/2006
Windows Live Becomes Windows Live Extreme
Just visited live.com (it's set as my home page) and got a giant surprise: lots of new features for...
Author: Tim Sneath Date: 03/08/2006
ASP.NET, Atlas, Windows Forms and WPF
One of the challenges of trying to write a blog like this is getting the level right. I'm conscious...
Author: Tim Sneath Date: 02/23/2006
WPF Major Breaking Changes in Feb 2006 CTP
This is intended as a quick guide to the major breaking changes that will affect Windows...
Author: Tim Sneath Date: 02/22/2006
WinFX Runtime Components (February CTP) Now Live
We've just published the February CTP of the WinFX Runtime Components. This is a big step forward...
Author: Tim Sneath Date: 02/22/2006
First Steps to Learning WPF
A basic question I'm often asked is "where can I go to learn about WPF?" I like to answer this...
Author: Tim Sneath Date: 02/16/2006
WPF "15 Puzzle" Sample Application
I want to start sharing a couple of small demos that highlight various facets of Windows...
Author: Tim Sneath Date: 02/01/2006
Internet Explorer 7.0 Beta 2 Preview for Windows XP
I've been playing with this build for a little while on my Windows XP partition, and I already miss...
Author: Tim Sneath Date: 01/31/2006
Microsoft Expression Interactive Designer ("Sparkle") Is Here!!!
It's gone midnight Pacific time, so it's safe for me to write a post that I've been wanting to write...
Author: Tim Sneath Date: 01/24/2006
Twelve New WPF Hands-On Labs Available for Download
Although Windows Presentation Foundation offers tremendous power to those who master it, for a...
Author: Tim Sneath Date: 01/23/2006
MIX: Will This Be The Next PDC?
Getting a new conference off the ground is hard. In contrast, marketing the PDC took comparatively...
Author: Tim Sneath Date: 01/23/2006
Finally, Success with an Xbox 360
Like many others, I've been searching for an Xbox 360 Premium system since its Nov 22 launch date in...
Author: Tim Sneath Date: 01/21/2006
Microsoft's Photography Site
Photography is something of a hobby of mine. I'm not nearly as competent as even many of my...
Author: Tim Sneath Date: 01/20/2006
What's New in "Cider" January CTP?
Although WPF itself is unchanged since the December CTP, the "Cider" Visual Studio integration in...
Author: Tim Sneath Date: 01/19/2006
Other Bits and Pieces Relating to WinFX Jan CTP
Having sent out a rapid-fire announcement of the Jan CTP, I wanted to provide a couple of snippets...
Author: Tim Sneath Date: 01/18/2006
WinFX Runtime Components January CTP Published!
The WinFX Runtime Components January CTP and Go-Live site have been published; they should all start...
Author: Tim Sneath Date: 01/18/2006
The Original Xbox isn't Dead Yet
The natural life of our family Xbox has been extended a little further... If you want to get hold of...
Author: Tim Sneath Date: 12/02/2005
Installing the WinFX Runtime Components on a x64 Machine
After I posted the availability of the Nov CTP bits, I had a question from Niels Berglund (a great...
Author: Tim Sneath Date: 12/01/2005
A Couple of Avalon Express (XBAP) Demos
Some technologies are cut, others just get renamed so many times that people think they've been cut!...
Author: Tim Sneath Date: 11/28/2005
Windows Live Custom Domains
I try to be a good Microsoft citizen - using our software wherever possible, providing feedback to...
Author: Tim Sneath Date: 11/20/2005
The Difference between CTPs and Beta Releases
In response to my last post announcing the WinFX Runtime Components November CTP, kettch posts the...
Author: Tim Sneath Date: 11/18/2005
WinFX Runtime Components November CTP Now Released!
With every CTP, we're another step closer... This release is particularly exciting, because it is...
Author: Tim Sneath Date: 11/18/2005
WinFX and the Visual Studio 2005 Final (RTM) Release
Today is the end of a long road for the Visual Studio 2005 and SQL Server 2005 teams - many...
Author: Tim Sneath Date: 11/07/2005
Dear, Oh Dear...
A riveting read - say no more....
Author: Tim Sneath Date: 10/31/2005
PDC05: Breakout Videos Now Online
If posting the hands-on labs wasn't enough, we've just hit the big red button on the session...
Author: Tim Sneath Date: 10/25/2005
Windows Presentation Foundation PDC Hands-On Labs Now Online
Thanks to Tom Archer (the content strategist for the WinFX parts of MSDN) and Parimal Deshpande (the...
Author: Tim Sneath Date: 10/25/2005
End of an Era for the ISA Bus
What is a PC? Certainly the specification for PCs has changed almost entirely since the earliest...
Author: Tim Sneath Date: 10/25/2005