Windows 7: New Maximizing Feature
With the release of the first beta of Windows 7, obviously I had to download it and try it out. I tested it on an older P4 2GHz with only 512MB of memory. I normally run Vista on that machine and 512MB...
View ArticleWallpaper Cycler and Windows 7
When the beta of Windows 7 was released, I obviously had to install it to test Wallpaper Cycler on it. Wallpaper Cycler started fine, so that was a good start However, when I wanted to cycle the...
View ArticleUsing Windows Vista Built-In Double Buffering
The solution to fixing flickering issues when drawing graphics is to use double buffering. Double buffering basically means that an off-screen buffer is created. Everything is rendered to this...
View ArticleUsing the Windows Vista/Windows 7 Built-In Buffered Animation API
Windows Vista comes with a built-in buffered animation API. This API makes it easy to make animations without flickering(*). I wrote a new article on CodeGuru that explains how to use this Buffered...
View ArticleDeveloping High DPI Aware Applications
I’m currently in the process of implementing high DPI support in one of my applications. High DPI support is getting more and more important, especially with the resolution of todays laptop screens....
View ArticleWindows 7 Release Candidate
The Windows 7 Release Candidate has been made available to MSDN and Technet subscribers. It will be available to the general public on May 5th. This RC will expire on June 1 2010. There is also a...
View ArticleWindows 7 RC Installed in VHD
I downloaded the freshly released Windows 7 Release Candidate from MSDN and was thinking on how to test it. First I thought to install it in a virtual machine, however, that means I would not be able...
View ArticleEasyBCD: Easily Manage The Vista Bootloader
A friend of mine pointed me to EasyBCD to easily make changes to the Windows Vista Bootloader. This is expecially useful if you have installed Windows 7 in a VHD for example. If you want to remove your...
View ArticleWindows 7 on Track for Holiday Season
It seems that Microsoft Windows 7 is on track to be released in time for the holiday season of 2009. At the TechEd North America 2009 in Los Angeles, Bill Veghte said: Microsoft is committed to...
View ArticlePreview of Upcoming Direct2D/DirectWrite Article
I’m working on a new article to be published on Codeguru. The new article will be about using Direct2D and DirectWrite on Windows 7 from C++. I was really impressed while playing with those new APIs....
View ArticleVisual C++ 2010 Beta 1 and the Windows 7 RC SDK
The Visual C++ 2010 Beta 1 release contains the Windows 7 Beta SDK. For Direct2D and DirectWrite there were some breaking changes between the beta version of the SDK and the RC version of the SDK. So...
View ArticleIntroduction to DirectWrite
Microsoft has added two interesting new API’s to Windows 7: Direct2D and DirectWrite. Direct2D replaces GDI and GDI+. It can render more accurate results and has support for hardware acceleration on...
View ArticleWindows API Code Pack for Microsoft .NET Framework
I just stumbled upon the Windows API Code Pack for the Microsoft .NET Framework. It’s a code pack that allows .NET developers to take advantage of some of the new Windows 7 features. Features supported...
View ArticleWindows 7 E Cancelled
It seems Microsoft will not release a Windows 7 E for the European Union after all. Windows 7 E was planned for the EU to be a Windows 7 version without Internet Explorer. Now, Microsoft will implement...
View ArticleAccess Hidden Regional Themes in Windows 7
I just came across an interesting blog post. Apparently, Windows 7 comes with several regional themes which include wallpapers from Canada, Australia, South Africa, and Great Britain. You can easily...
View ArticleWindows 7 breaks all pre-order records at Amazon
Apparently the pre-order of Windows 7 went extremely well. According to Amazon UK, they sold more Windows 7 pre-orders in the first 8 hours of its release than Vista did during it’s entire pre-order...
View ArticleQuerying Bing Using the New Windows 7 Web Services C++ API (WWSAPI)
According to MSDN, WWSAPI is a native-code implementation of SOAP which provides core network communication functionality by supporting a set of the WS-* and .NET-* family of protocols. WWSAPI is...
View ArticleFree eBooks Related to Microsoft Technologies
Here is a list of free eBooks related to Microsoft technologies. Moving to Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 (10 chapters by Patrice Pelland, Pascal Paré, and Ken Haines) Introducing Microsoft SQL Server...
View ArticleVisual Studio 2010 SP 1 Beta
Microsoft has released Visual Studio 2010 SP1 Beta. It’s available right now for MSDN subscribers and will be available to everyone on Thursday. It includes a new help viewer that I mentioned in my...
View ArticleThe New MFC Animation API
Introduction Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Service Pack 1 includes a number of enhancements and new features for MFC developers. One of those changes is an animation API to make it easy for you to...
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