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May 2004 - Posts

Kate Gregory: What Do the Language Changes Mean...

I had the pleasure of meeting Kate Gregory in person down in San Diego. She's written an interesting blog posting today commenting on upcoming language changes to Visual C++: What do the language changes really mean for C++ people? Friday morning at Tech Read More...
Posted Monday, May 31, 2004 6:51 PM by Brianjo | 0 Comments
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Windows XP SP2 Platform SDK RC1

Last week we posted the Windows XP SP2 Platform SDK RC1 image on the download center. You can use the image to get the header files you need to build projects specific to this service pack. Here's the link and a blurb: Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack Read More...
Posted Saturday, May 29, 2004 9:33 PM by Brianjo | 2 Comments
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MSN Messenger Xbox Live Alerts

This was a great surprise to find when I got back from TechEd. You can now sign up for Xbox live alerts that get sent to your MSN Messenger account as a popup, or to your cell phone if you so choose, when you're not logged in. This is absolutely awesome Read More...
Posted Saturday, May 29, 2004 4:25 PM by Brianjo | 2 Comments
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MLB Online in Wired

I caught this article in Wired: Baseball Hits a Homer Online . I've been using this service through my MSN Premium account and it's really great. Combined with the baseball on the SPOT watch and the MSN Alerts that get sent to the cell phone I can really Read More...
Posted Saturday, May 29, 2004 10:21 AM by Brianjo | 0 Comments
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VS 2005 Team System Overview Article

If you're interested in finding out more about the Visual Studio 2005 Team System, there's an overview article by Prashant Sridharan that's a must read. It's very clear and has some nice graphics describing the system. I'm starting to get very excited Read More...
Posted Wednesday, May 26, 2004 4:40 PM by Brianjo | 0 Comments
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Visual C++ Team in the Cabana

Members of the Visual C++ team are in Cabana 5/6 answering questions about Visual C++. Stop by if you're here at TechEd in San Diego and say hi. Read More...
Posted Tuesday, May 25, 2004 11:49 AM by Brianjo | 8 Comments
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Threat Modeling Tool Posted

Yesterday, we posted Frank Swiderski's excellent Threat Modeling Tool. We've been using this internally to do threat models for several months and now the tool is out of beta and ready for the world. Frank's new book, Threat Modeling should be out soon. Read More...
Posted Tuesday, May 25, 2004 9:33 AM by Brianjo | 2 Comments
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MSN Messenger IM Status

Datagrid Girl says that MSN Messenger should have more IM status icons. I agree. [ Datagrid Girl ] Stewing (ask me why I am mad) Thinking (go away unless you agree with my ideas) Be nice to me (sad) Playing (it's only Tetris, feel free to bug me) I would Read More...
Posted Friday, May 21, 2004 10:25 PM by Brianjo | 4 Comments

Antivirus Defense-in-Depth

Yesterday, Microsoft Solutions for Security published a guide dealing with viruses and malware. This is good stuff. Check it out here: The Antivirus Defense-in-Depth Guide Microsoft Solutions for Security: The Antivirus Defense-in-Depth Guide provides Read More...
Posted Friday, May 21, 2004 3:49 PM by Brianjo | 2 Comments
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Windows XP Service Pack 2 Weblog

Tony Goodhew has been publishing a Weblog about Windows XP Service Pack 2 that I wasn't aware of. Tony knows more about the changes that XPSP2 brings for developers than anybody else on the planet. So this is a must subscribe for developers who are tracking Read More...
Posted Wednesday, May 19, 2004 11:05 PM by Brianjo | 5 Comments
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WTL on SourceForge

The Windows Template Library (WTL) is now available on SourceForge . If you're not familiar with this library, it extends ATL and it's great for building Windows applications. A couple of things to note about the WTL. It requires ATL, so you'll need to Read More...
Posted Monday, May 17, 2004 11:20 PM by Brianjo | 3 Comments
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TechEd Next Week

I'll be at TechEd all next week. The show is sold out, but if you're going and you're a C++ developer, you'll want to check out Kate Gregory's talk on Monday: DEV331 - Visual C++: Using the .NET Framework in Win32/MFC Applications Are you a MFC developer Read More...
Posted Monday, May 17, 2004 10:51 PM by Brianjo | 0 Comments
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Eric Fleegal Weblog

Eric Fleegal of the Visual C++ team recently started a Weblog. If you're a regular visitor to the Visual C++ Developer Center , you'll recall Eric's excellent article, Microsoft Visual C++ Floating-Point Optimization . Here's a link and a blurb from his Read More...
Posted Sunday, May 16, 2004 7:57 PM by Brianjo | 1 Comments
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New Car, Virtual Shopping

Last week I went out and bought a new car. It's our second car, so I didn't have a huge budget for the thing and I was pretty much sure I wanted to buy a Jeep Liberty. I also had it in my head that for the same price I might be able to pick up something Read More...
Posted Wednesday, May 12, 2004 11:56 PM by Brianjo | 10 Comments

You don't want to miss this...

Jesper Johansson's latest column on TechNet. The title says it all: Help: I Got Hacked. Now What Do I Do? Let’s just say you did not install the patches like we discussed last month. Now you got hacked. What to do? After you read that, go back and Read More...
Posted Wednesday, May 12, 2004 6:02 PM by Brianjo | 2 Comments
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Windows XP Service Pack 2 Demos

We posted the slides and the demo code from Tony Goodhew's XPSP2 talk on Monday. You can download them here: Windows XP Service Pack 2 Code Demos With Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2), Microsoft is introducing a set of security technologies that will help Read More...
Posted Tuesday, May 11, 2004 10:38 PM by Brianjo | 0 Comments
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XPSP2 Webcasts

Just a reminder, there's an XPSP2 webcast scheduled to begin at 1:00 PM (PST) today. There are two more scheduled for this week. I'll try to get a headline up on the Security Developer Center for each one, but here's the rest of the list for now: Tuesday: Read More...
Posted Tuesday, May 11, 2004 12:06 PM by Brianjo | 0 Comments
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Mike Nash Chat on Wednesday

Mike Nash hosts his monthly security chat this week on Wednesday, May 13th at 9:00 AM (PST). You can click this link to add an appointment to your calendar. Here's a link to the information page: Microsoft Security Chat Series Join Mike Nash, Vice President Read More...
Posted Monday, May 10, 2004 2:00 PM by Brianjo | 0 Comments
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Visual C++ Toolkit Articles Updated

Yesterday, we updated the Visual C++ Toolkit 2003 articles with the name of the author, Kate Gregory. We also added a link to her excellent book, Microsoft Visual C++ .Net 2003 Kick Start to each of the articles so you can read more from Kate. Read More...
Posted Friday, May 07, 2004 10:14 AM by Brianjo | 0 Comments
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Office 2003 Updates

This is sort of a note to myself. (A Chris Sells thing. Sorry, I can't find the entry where describes this.) I have troubles installing the Office 2003 updates through Office Update . I found the Office 2003 Editions Administrative Updates page and now Read More...
Posted Sunday, May 02, 2004 10:30 AM by Brianjo | 0 Comments

Insider's Guide to Microsoft Office OneNote 2003

Last year I wrote an little e-book for MS Learning that shipped on the CD for a bunch of Office 2003 titles. They've now put that e-book on the net for free. Here's the link and a blurb. Insider's Guide to Microsoft Office OneNote 2003 OneNote is a product Read More...
Posted Saturday, May 01, 2004 9:41 PM by Brianjo | 0 Comments

What You Should Know About the Sasser Worm

We're currently tracking the Sasser worm and we're posting updated information on Microsoft.com as we get it. Check out the following page for information related to this worm: What You Should Know About the Sasser Worm Microsoft teams and law enforcement Read More...
Posted Saturday, May 01, 2004 4:18 PM by Brianjo | 8 Comments
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