SDK Documentation for Direct2D and DirectWrite now live on MSDN
13 January 09 01:52 PM | KamVedBrat | 0 Comments   
The SDK documentation for our new graphics and text API's in Windows 7 is now available on MSDN. Here are the links: · Direct2D · DirectWrite Happy coding! Read More...
Watch my PDC talk on Channel 9
30 October 08 10:48 AM | KamVedBrat | 1 Comments   
My PDC talk is now posted on Channel 9! If you weren’t able to attend at PDC, you can watch it here: http://channel9.msdn.com/pdc2008/PC18/ . If you were in the audience at PDC, thank you very much coming. It was great to finally be able to talk about Read More...
Report on the performance impact of Desktop Composition
06 January 07 02:26 AM | KamVedBrat | 0 Comments   
Ars Technica picked up a report on a study on Windows Vista performance that was conducted at Principled Technologies, a technology assessment company in North Carolina. There's lots of good data in the study about the performance of Windows Vista on Read More...
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A new job and a new look!
20 December 06 12:51 AM | KamVedBrat | 0 Comments   
Several weeks ago, I started a in a new role at Microsoft as a program manager on the Expression Web team! With Windows Vista out the door I decided it was time for me to do something new. To celebrate the new role, I took the opportunity to make-over Read More...
Heuristics for enabling Aero
08 December 06 02:27 PM | KamVedBrat | 0 Comments   
If you're a system builder or just building a pc for yourself, and you want to make sure that your PC can run Aero, you'll be interested in this document . It describes the heuristics the operating system uses to enable Aero, and outlines some troubleshooting Read More...
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Shipped!
08 November 06 04:51 PM | KamVedBrat | 1 Comments   
It's done! Windows Vista has released to manufacturing ! The Windows Vista page on Microsoft.com has the scoop on when it will be broadly available. Read More...
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colorization improvements for maximized windows
06 October 06 12:04 AM | KamVedBrat | 1 Comments   
One question (complaint really) we've gotten for quite some time with Windows Vista has been that customers who select a custom color for their windows lose that color when the window is maximized. Well - we fixed that - the next RC build of Windows Vista Read More...
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Dissecting my WinHEC talk
06 July 06 02:35 PM | KamVedBrat | 2 Comments   
I got an email recently about a post on a third-party discussion board regarding my talk at WinHEC. This made me chuckle. I assume it’s the zoom-in on the caption buttons that’s being questioned there. I’m pretty sure if you look up my slide deck from Read More...
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Take Windows Vista and Office 2007 for a test drive!
08 June 06 06:11 PM | KamVedBrat | 0 Comments   
The Windows Vista site on Microsoft.com has all the details on getting signed up for the Windows Vista Customer Preview Program, and you can get the Office 2007 Beta from the 2007 Microsoft Office System preview site . Read More...
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How to get “glass” into your application using WPF or WinForms
04 June 06 10:39 PM | KamVedBrat | 2 Comments   
The great thing about working at a company the size of Microsoft is that sometimes people get things done that you wanted to do before you get around to it. In this case – some folks on our evangelism and SDK teams have written some really slick samples Read More...
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iTunes and QuickTime updated to be compatible with Aero
03 June 06 11:29 PM | KamVedBrat | 0 Comments   
Back in February, I posted about some compatibility issues various applications may have with Aero, and in that post, I referenced iTunes and QuickTime as examples of applications that have these sorts of problems. Well, the very nice folks at Apple have Read More...
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Plays For Sure hat-trick: WMP11+URGE+Clix
03 June 06 11:22 PM | KamVedBrat | 0 Comments   
Windows Media Devices have been getting a whole lot of really positive press lately. CNet stacked the Clix above the iPod on their must have list , and in a recent review of the new Toshiba Gigabeat device , Cnet said: any advantage that the iPod/iTunes Read More...
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Responding to comments on podcasting
03 June 06 09:28 PM | KamVedBrat | 1 Comments   
No question that this whole process is way more difficult than what's available with iTunes (I'm actually an avid iTunes user for podcasting). The point of the post was just to demonstrate what's possible with the platform - you could easily build an Read More...
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How To: Podcasting with Windows Vista
01 June 06 08:08 AM | KamVedBrat | 5 Comments   
One of the neat things about an operating system is how different parts of the system can come together to make a richer experience by virtue of being on the same platform. In this case, you can use the RSS enclosure functionality in IE7 along with WMP11’s Read More...
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3D Tools Workspace Updated to WinFX December CTP bits
02 January 06 11:18 PM | KamVedBrat | 0 Comments   
Daniel Lehenbauer has updated his 3D Tools Workspace to work with the December CTP bits. Read More...
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