Tips for Windows developers
I had written a draft of this post a while ago (last year). I use Live Writer as my blog editor. Between Live Writer and Intellimirror,this draft has survived multiple reloads of interim builds of Windows 7. So, I think in some ways, it deserves to be resurrected and posted. :-) Here’s the post with … Read moreDisplaying the UAC consent dialog on the desktop
I know I could talk all day about application compatibility topics and not cover everything that can be discussed. Here’s a one hour webcast I did that focuses on the top issues and most confusing topics for Application Compatibility. I do some of my favorite demos showing UAC architecture, data redirection, services isolation, and mandatory … Read moreDeveloping Compatible Applications for Windows 7 webcast
If you use the ATL Server performance counter libraries, you may run into a problem on Vista and WS08. The ATL libraries don’t play well with the updates to Windows Resource Protection. WRP enforces restrictions on the registry to prevent corruption of performance counters. ATL breaks these rules and tries to update the registry directly. … Read moreRegistering ATL Performance Counters on Vista and Server 2008
When you work on a given subject for a while, you tend to jump right in and forget to start at the beginning. In the Application Compatibility lab, we kick off the week with an overview presentation and cover the basics of common compatibility issues. Those topics are probably a good place to start with … Read moreWhere do I start?