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March 13

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December 08

My Home

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My Windows Live Local Scratch Pad

7349 Jessman Road South Dr, Indianapolis, IN 46256

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September 26

Installing Windows Vista Beta1 (from MSDN) - 101

Alright, I just finished and installed windows vista beta1 (build 5112) after some initial issues..

Windows Vista looks great( I mean the one that comes as standard without Aero effects/High Video Memory card!)

It seems like there has been a lot of confusion about what to install and what goes with Windows Vista.

Here is my first hand informaiton on the installation experience that i would like to share..

My Windows Vista is a clean installation on the top of windows XP Sp2 machine.The installation actually creates a Windows.OLD folder for all the old files!

For more information about the installation, check out http://www.pro-networks.org/forum/forum-80.html

Note: I first tried installing the O/S from the virtual drive (using Deamon Tools) as i had an Vista ISO image downloaded from MSDN.But after installing the VISTA with core drivers the system restarts (and it looks for other drivers to install) and these time the virtual drive is gone!. I ended up having a blue screen to death.

So the only option i had is to burn a DVD and then re-install it again.

I DONT have the experience of virtual PC and that seems like an alternative approach!

MS Windows Vista Beta 1 comes with .NET framework version 2.0.50215, which is why you have no other option but to install VS 2005 Beta2 and WinFX beta 1 as all the applications share the same .NET framework version.

Here is the supporting articles that is worth to take a look..

http://www.longhornblogs.com/rrelyea/archive/2005/09/16/PDC2005Software.aspx

If you are installing the CTP version of VS 2005 on Windows Vista PDC or Windows XP SP2 then

take a look at http://channel9.msdn.com/ctpmadness/

and the best information xml http://channel9.msdn.com/ctpmadness/BuildData.xml that tells you what goes with what!

Installing VS.NET 2005 Beta 2 on Vista is bit tricky. You have to first install the MSXML 6.0 Parser form the dvd manually and then install the VS.NET 2005 Beta 2.

http://forums.microsoft.com/msdn/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=85958

As of now, there are only few good resources that explains you to install Vista and if you want be an early starter you may want to consider all the above.

The .NET version that is supported by Vista Beta 1 or PDC is not supported by other applications that were released during the same period of time.

But it is all worth to go through this hastle to finally see the Vista up and running.

PS: All the work needs to be redone once the vista beta 2 comes again. That is what sucks!

Srikanth

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July 25

Talking about My Virtual Earth Scratch Pad

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My Virtual Earth Scratch Pad

6919 Hillsdale Ct, Indianapolis, IN 46250

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March 25

Indigo and Avalon CTP available for download

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Indigo is the codename for Microsoft’s unified programming model for building connected systems. It extends the .NET Framework 2.0 with additional APIs for building secure, reliable, transacted Web services that interoperate with non-Microsoft platforms and integrate with existing investments. By combining the functionality of existing Microsoft distributed application technologies (ASMX, .NET Remoting, .NET Enterprise Services, Web Services Enhancements, and System.Messaging), Indigo delivers a single development framework that improves developer productivity and reduces organizations’ time to market.

Avalon is the code name for Microsoft's unified presentation subsystem for Windows. It consists of a display engine and a managed-code framework. Avalon unifies how Windows creates, displays, and manipulates documents, media, and user interface. This enables developers and designers to create visually-stunning, differentiated user experiences that improve customer connection. When delivered, Avalon will become Microsoft's strategic user interface (UI) technology.

Download Link:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=85ab132b-f1aa-4422-b053-272d79863013&displaylang=en

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March 15

XML - Some Basic Acronym Defintions

DTD : Document Type Definition is a contract that specifies an XML document's layout.
DOM : Document Object Model is the standard in-memory XML representation.
XDR : XML-Data Reduced is a subset of the XML-Data schema method.
XSD : XML Schema Definition is a document containing XML schema for constraining and validating XML documents and defining data types.
XSL : Extensible Stylesheet Language is a language for creating a stylesheet that describes how data sent over the Web using XML is to be presented to the user.
XPath : XML Path Language is a language used for identifying specific parts of an XML document.

(Thanks to the original listing in FTPOnline article by Thiru Thangarathinam)

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