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SoCalDevGal answers your Windows 7 Developer Questions
27 October 09 07:18 AM | llangit | 1 Comments   
Wow what a launch today in Orange, CA!  Thanks to the standing-room only audience this morning.  Because of the crowd size, you were so kind as to send your questions via text messages.  I didn’t have time to answer all of your many questions Read More...
SoCalDevGal shares Windows 7 Launch LIVE
23 October 09 05:19 PM | llangit | 1 Comments   
Well, it’s not me presenting, but it is the same content.  If you couldn’t make it to the Windows 7 launch event next Monday, October 26th starting at 9am, you can watch the live stream of the presentation of my developer evangelist colleague Daniel Read More...
SoCalDevGal recommends the new Windows 7 Online Training
21 October 09 09:12 PM | llangit | 0 Comments   
  Wow – this is GREAT! MSDN Channel 9 has a new online training center for you (developers) to learn the Windows 7 APIs.  The topics included are multi touch, taskbar, sensor / location, ribbon, shell libraries, background services, instrumentation Read More...
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SoCalDevGal presents Windows 7 Developer APIs
20 October 09 07:02 PM | llangit | 0 Comments   
Next week Monday and Wednesday, I’ll be presenting at the MSDN launch events for developers for Windows 7.  Both events are registered full already – however, I am posting my decks here for you.  Also we may be recording one set of launch sessions, Read More...
Where is SoCalDevGal? – SoCal Developer Events for Oct 2009
28 September 09 06:22 AM | llangit | 0 Comments   
By popular demand I am attempting to aggregate SoCal Developer events on a monthly basis.  For October 2009 as follows below. I’ll be happy to add any developer events I may have missed, just send me mail via my blog. Week 1 (Sept 27 – Oct 3) Mon, Read More...
SoCalDevGal looks at BitLocker for USB drives in Windows 7
21 September 09 12:42 AM | llangit | 1 Comments   
I’ve wanted to play around with this feature (also called ‘BitLocker-To-Go’ ), but hadn’t had time until today.  I’ll recap what I’ve found.  First, and probably most important, is that BitLocker is only available as part of Windows 7 Ultimate Read More...
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SoCalDevGal pushes her little NetBook – what can it do for developers?
14 September 09 01:49 AM | llangit | 2 Comments   
Regular readers will note that I recently purchased an inexpensive NetBook and upgraded the OS from XP to Windows 7 Home (blog detail here ). First I tested my NetBook out for plain old web browsing.  It worked just fine with one exception – some Read More...
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SoCalDevGal works with virtualization in Windows 7
13 September 09 07:37 AM | llangit | 0 Comments   
I am working on setting up my first VPC in Windows 7 and I found a couple of things had changed from Vista and wanted to share here.  I realize that for application virtualization, ITPros would most often be using Windows 2008 Server, however, developers Read More...
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SoCalDevGal works with a NetBook – moving from XP to Windows 7 via a USB key
08 September 09 05:04 AM | llangit | 2 Comments   
Today I picked up a HP Mini 110 – 1025Dx which had XP installed on it.  I was looking for a cheap, light laptop.  I got it for $ 329 at BestBuy. I wanted to go through the process of moving from XP to Windows 7 via a USB boot and to document Read More...
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SoCalDevGal shares her Windows 7 for Developers Presentations
29 July 09 12:57 AM | llangit | 0 Comments   
Tomorrow I start the journey over to Africa, TechEd Africa in Durban, South Africa on August 2-5, to be exact.  While there, in addition to other presentations, I am scheduled to make three presentations about Windows 7 for Developers.  In the Read More...
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SoCalDevGal is studying and recommends the Windows 7 Developer Training Kit
27 July 09 11:41 PM | llangit | 0 Comments   
As I am putting the final preparations on my 3 Windows 7 Developer sessions for Tech Ed Africa, I’ve been looking at all possible resources.  One that that I particularly like (and recommend) is the Windows 7 RC Developer Training Kit .  It’s Read More...
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SoCalDevGal answers ‘What’s on your Windows 7 Demo Machine?
25 July 09 06:59 PM | llangit | 1 Comments   
Many of you have asked me what applications and tools I have installed on my primary Windows 7 demo machine.  I’ll remind you that I am using a HP TouchSmart tx2 (dual AMD 42) w/4 GB RAM.  I’ve installed Windows 7 RC 64-bit. I thought the easiest Read More...
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SoCalDevGal is checking out the new FrontRunner site (support for ISVs developing for Windows 7)
10 July 09 06:00 AM | llangit | 0 Comments   
Our newly launched FrontRunner site for ISVs nicely pulls together many of the resources I’ve been using to learn how to write applications for Windows 7.  I decided to try it out.  Sign up is simple, just use a Windows Live ID and fill in one Read More...
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SoCalDevGal wants to utilize Windows 7 UX features
03 July 09 05:55 PM | llangit | 0 Comments   
As I continue my work on learning / using Windows 7 as a platform for application development, I’ve (finally!) gone beyond the multi touch features that I’ve written about to date.  I’ve done this for two reasons: 1) Writing a Windows 7 applications Read More...
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SoCalDevGal demos Windows 7 multi touch (and WoodyP shows off MS Surface)
27 June 09 02:13 AM | llangit | 0 Comments   
Enjoy this short video shot by one of the attendees of the recent demofest at MS Irvine, CA.  Woody Pewitt is demoing the MS Surface here.  Thanks to Philippe Lewicki for the video. Read More...
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