Windows Vista
Posts on Software Development on/with Windows Vista
Not Microsoft. Not Adobe. But Foxit.
Read about it: here.
Download it: here.
If you update your version of Nokia Software Updater the most recent version quits working by displaying this message:
"Sorry, Microsoft Windows Vista is currently not supported."
One could think that large companies like Nokia would be able to support the Windows Vista operating system since it's around for over a year now.
You might think that that operating systems that will certainly become the industry-wide standard and are on the market for way over a year now are supported by all major products.
From the system requirements of Nero 8:
- Windows Vista® Gadgets are not available for Windows Vista® x64
- Nero ImageDrive currently supports Windows® 2000 and Windows® XP (32 Bit only)
I'm using this RAR IFilter from the IFilterShop.com (free for non-commercial users) and my RAR files are now indexed including the contents.
They also offer interesting IFilters for ASPX, CHM, MSG, MS Project, Mind Manager, and many more other file types.
The new Windows Search 4.0 offers:
Windows Search 4.0 includes the following improvements:
- Support for indexing encrypted documents of local file systems
- Reduced affect on Microsoft Exchange when you index e-mail in online mode, and there is no local cache (.ost)
- Support for indexing online delegate mailboxes
- Support for client-to-client remote query to shared indexed locations
- Improved indexing performance
- Faster previewer updates for Windows XP
- Per-user Group Policy settings
- Windows software updates for Watson errors
- Support for the following new enterprise Group Policy objects:
[Download]
Information from the author, Brandon Paddock:
Features:
- Monitor the current state of the indexer
- See how many items need to be processed
- View the total count of indexed items
- Stop and start the indexing service
- Open the Indexing Options control panel
- View the installed Windows Search version number
- Multiple backgrounds / color combinations
[Download]
If you experience the error message:
The 'Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0' provider is not registered on the local machine
this is caused by the Jet provider not being available in native 64-bit.
You will have to target x86 with your .NET apps to make it work.
Since EPSON Status Monitor does not work properly under Windows Vista I recommend extracting the installation files and simulate an old operating system (Windows XP SP2) by using the compatibility tab for all EXE files in the folder.
Then install and enjoy!
P.S. You can force a cartridge change on a EPSON Stylus Color printer even without using the EPSON Status Monitor software. Read here.
You need to open the item "View 32-bit Control Panel Items". And there it is. :)
Enjoy!
You need to make a registry change to make it work.
Thanks to Shad, I have now found Vista 64-bit drivers for my network card as well as a generic driver for the touchpad for my Dell XPS M1330.
If you get the message that the access for "C:\Users\<Username>\SendTo" is denied it doesn't mean you don't have the necessary permissions - but rather that you are looking at the wrong place since the SendTo folder was moved to:
C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\SendTo
At the old location there is a NTFS junction which redirects read/write access to the SendTo folder. Unfortunately Windows Explorer won't follow this link and doesn't show you want's in there (stating the access was denied).
You need to turn off the computer completely (restart won't work). Vista should start now and you need to install "Intel Matrix Storage Manager" (provided by Dell) and after the next restart everything worked fine for me.
Another tip would be to turn off ACHI in your BIOS.
A nasty one, you will probably realize in front of customers.
The workaround can be found on the Windows SDK blog.
Enjoy!
Run the command (using admin privileges):
powercfg /hibernate on
Read more about it.
As documented here [1] you need to change this following registry value to 1 (= enabled) or 0 (= disabled) and restart IE.
-
HKEY_CURRENT_USER
- Software
- Microsoft
- Internet Explorer
- Main
UseHR = dword:00000001
[1] http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa770067.aspx
Do you happen to know the situation as well? No matter how often you install Windows DreamScene it keeps reappearing as a "new" update?
However the solution is easy: first uninstall it (Control Panel > Software > Installed Updates) and rerun Windows Update.
Now install it once more and it should not appear again (but instead you'll see the content packs with more "dream scenes" [2]).
Enjoy!
[1] http://windowsultimate.com/blogs/extras/archive/2007/03/14/windows-dreamscene.aspx
[2] http://support.microsoft.com/kb/931133
Usually I try to blog things that interest many people, but there are some cases where the audience is knowingly extremely small, but nevertheless these people will be very glad to have found a solution to their problem.
If you own a Dell Dimension 9xxx and install Windows Vista, which at least in my case is not officially supported, but Dell Support did a very good job in helping me out, and your system periodically freezes (music stops etc.) and after approximately 30 seconds it's like is has never happened and after 2 or even 10 minutes it starts over.
There can be different reasons for this behavior, I can name two of them:
- Install the firmware for your Philips DVD 6316 [1]
- Install Intel Matrix Storage Software (this one solved it in my case). [2]
I'm looking forward to hearing success stories. :-)
[1] http://ftp.us.dell.com/rmsd/DROM6316_ODFN.zip
[2]ftp://ftp.us.dell.com/SATA/R139843.EXE
The program
class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
foreach (System.Environment.SpecialFolder value in Enum.GetValues(typeof(System.Environment.SpecialFolder)))
{
Console.WriteLine(Enum.GetName(typeof(System.Environment.SpecialFolder), value) + " = " + System.Environment.GetFolderPath(value));
}
}
}
The output on Windows XP
Desktop = C:\Documents and Settings\Neno\Desktop
Programs = C:\Documents and Settings\Neno\Start Menu\Programs
Personal = D:\My Documents
Personal = D:\My Documents
Favorites = C:\Documents and Settings\Neno\Favorites
Startup = C:\Documents and Settings\Neno\Start Menu\Programs\Startup
Recent = C:\Documents and Settings\Neno\Recent
SendTo = C:\Documents and Settings\Neno\SendTo
StartMenu = C:\Documents and Settings\Neno\Start Menu
MyMusic = D:\My Documents\My Music
DesktopDirectory = C:\Documents and Settings\Neno\Desktop
MyComputer =
Templates = C:\Documents and Settings\Neno\Templates
ApplicationData = C:\Documents and Settings\Neno\Application Data
LocalApplicationData = C:\Documents and Settings\Neno\Local Settings\Application Data
InternetCache = C:\Documents and Settings\Neno\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files
Cookies = C:\Documents and Settings\Neno\Cookies
History = C:\Documents and Settings\Neno\Local Settings\History
CommonApplicationData = C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data
System = C:\WINDOWS\system32
ProgramFiles = C:\Program Files
MyPictures = D:\My Documents\My Pictures
CommonProgramFiles = C:\Program Files\Common Files
The output on Windows Vista
Desktop = C:\Users\Neno\Desktop
Programs = C:\Users\Neno\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs
Personal = C:\Users\Neno\Documents
Personal = C:\Users\Neno\Documents
Favorites = C:\Users\Neno\Favorites
Startup = C:\Users\Neno\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup
Recent = C:\Users\Neno\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent
SendTo = C:\Users\Neno\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\SendTo
StartMenu = C:\Users\Neno\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu
MyMusic = C:\Users\Neno\Music
DesktopDirectory = C:\Users\Neno\Desktop
MyComputer =
Templates = C:\Users\Neno\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Templates
ApplicationData = C:\Users\Neno\AppData\Roaming
LocalApplicationData = C:\Users\Neno\AppData\Local
InternetCache = C:\Users\Neno\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files
Cookies = C:\Users\Neno\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Cookies
History = C:\Users\Neno\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\History
CommonApplicationData = C:\ProgramData
System = C:\Windows\system32
ProgramFiles = C:\Program Files
MyPictures = C:\Users\Neno\Pictures
CommonProgramFiles = C:\Program Files\Common Files
Note: On the Window XP machine the My Documents folder was moved to drive D.
I often see people staring at the slides where it states Vista (and Windows Server 2008) does have a transactional files system and registry.
Yes, it’s true and you can read find out more in this MSDN Magazine article.