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Introducing CardSharkV

25November2007GeekTieGuy2 CommentsSoftware, Software development, Vista, WPF

Check out this program I’ve developed, called CardSharkV. It’s a digital picture storage card/camera “downloader” with a twist. It’s a bit of an experiment, and I’m looking for some real-world “beta” testers. My plan is to try my hand at charging for the program. But to see if word will spread, I’m planning to give

Microsoft deprecates support for XBAP WPF apps in version 5.3 of the Media Center SDK

19November2007GeekTieGuy8 CommentsMicrosoft, Opinion, Software development, Vista, WPF

I downloaded and installed the latest version of the Media Center SDK just now, and was a bit surprised to see that WPF apps are now officially deprecated as a supported way of extending Windows Media Center on Vista. There’s no big announcement around this so far, it’s almost just a footnote in the “What’s

Getting Vista UAC elevation to work for web deployed ClickOnce applications

25August2007GeekTieGuy7 CommentsSoftware development, Vista

Normally you can’t have ClickOnce applications that are deployed over the web run with Vista UAC elevation prompts. It’s not something Microsoft supports. Not sure why. I guess it’s once-bitten twice-shy, coming from the whole ActiveX mess. So I guess I do kind of understand why. There is a workaround, if you really need UAC

DreamScene preview now available on Windows Update for Vista Ultimate

14February2007GeekTieGuyVista

Just noticed that the Vista Ultimate Extra called DreamScene is now available as a preview on Windows Update. I’m downloading it now to check it out.

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Category Archives: Vista

Introducing CardSharkV

Microsoft deprecates support for XBAP WPF apps in version 5.3 of the Media Center SDK

Getting Vista UAC elevation to work for web deployed ClickOnce applications

DreamScene preview now available on Windows Update for Vista Ultimate