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TWC9: Windows Phone 7 Series, Hanselcart, MS Deploy

February 20, 10 //
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This week on Channel 9, Brian, Clark Sell, and a surprise guest discuss the week’s top developer news, including:

This Week on C9: VS2010 RC, Winter Olympics, Valentine’s Day

February 14, 10 //
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This week on Channel 9, Dan and Brian discuss the week’s top developer news, including:

  • Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate RC is now available for everyone to download
    • Interesting because: The RC Editor performance is much improved over Beta 2
  • Charles Torre – Charles interviews Jason Zander on Visual Studio 2010 RC release
    • Interesting because: Jason talks about the performance improvements and even how he and Scott Guthrie went and bought low-end PCs for testing Visual Studio 2010
  • Jason Zander – Q&A on what’s included in VS 2010 RC
    • Interesting because: Answers questions like which Silverlight versions are supported (3 is, 4 isn’t), that the bits expire June 30, 2010, and that no Express Editions will be released
  • Kirill Osenkov – Stress testing VS 2010 RC
    • Interesting because: Kirill talks about being part of the Perf SWAT team and how they ran stress tests of Visual Studio running 8 hours a day for 5 days
  • Scott Guthrie - ASP.NET MVC 2 (RC2) Available
    • Interesting because: RC2 includes some API changes and this version works with VS 2008 and VS 2010 (see Phil’s post for installing with VS 2010) 
  • Scott Hanselman – Setting up IIS 7 Smooth Streaming and Silverlight
    • Interesting because: It’s a great walkthrough for everything you’ll need to setup smooth streaming
  • Code Project - Wiimote as a Windows 7 Sensor Driver, via Greg Duncan
    • Interesting because: This shows how to build a driver for the sensor and location platform
  • Jeremiah Morrill – Silverlight 4 hack to use native desktop CLR without COM
    • Interesting because: This (potentially evil) hack enables you to inject a native DLL into the Silverlight out-of-browser process
  • Jason Haley - Azure Table Query Project (on CodePlex)
    • Interesting because: It’s a simple, easy-to-use tool for seeing your Azure table data
  • Roger Doherty - SQL Server 2008 R2 Developer Training Kit
    • Interesting because: Includes hands-on labs and videos for SQL developers including T-SQL, Filestream, PowerPivot, and StreamInsight
  • Saluse MediaKit for Silverlight - Silverlight based decoder for MP3 files, via Coding4Fun
    • Interesting because: It’s a Silverlight MP3 decoder so you can add things like audio effects or use an equalizer  
  • LiveSide Bing Maps for the Winter Games
    • Interesting because: This includes the medal count, Tweets, event information as it’s happening, and more  
  • LiveSide - NBCOlympics.com to provide Silverlight streaming including HD quality and DVR-style controls, 1,000+ hours of video, and more
    • Interesting because: If you’re in the US and Canada (NBC doesn’t have a worldwide content license), this is a great way to watch the Olympics

Picks of the week
- Dan’s pick: Laura Foy’s Channel 9 Valentine’s Day video
- Brian’s pick: Brian’s recap post on all things Visual Studio 2010

Countdown to MIX10: Let’s do it Live

February 11, 10 //
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Nic Fillingham joins @anyware and @ritzy this week to talk about Channel 9 Live at MIX10.  A few months ago at the PDC event, the Channel 9 team made history, broadcasting live from the show floor for almost the entire event, and they’ll do it again at MIX.  But you don’t have to wait until March to get in on the action. You can dialogue with the team now as they plan out their speaker lineup, and you can make requests about what and from whom you want to hear.  Follow @ch9live on Twitter, or email them at ch9live@microsoft.com, and tell them what you want to see as they, like us, serve at the pleasure of the Channel 9 community. 

Help Desk Episode 1 with Chris Pirillo (Pilot) – Show Notes

February 9, 10 //
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Show Notes & Links from Help Desk Episode 1 (Pilot)

1. Bas (from the Channel 9 forums) [8:33]

How do I change the program associated with an extension when you choose ‘edit’ from a file’s context menu?

Answer: Gov says that this must be edited manually in Windows 7

A Bing search finds this 3rd party app for Windows Vista and Windows 7 that claims to be able to edit file associations (including “Edit”): http://defaultprogramseditor.com/

2. @r*er (via Twitter) [9:37]

@ch9live What is the easiest way to have a window maximized across multiple screens?

Answer: Chris suggests: http://www.realtimesoft.com/ultramon/

3. CodySmith (via FriendFeed) [12:32]

ok what is the differences between home premium and ultimate do you really need ultimate?

Answer: Jamie says check out the Products compare page to see the differences between the different versions.

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/products/compare

4. JoshRoss (via Channel 9 forums) [14:02]

How do I get cmd.exe to run in full-screen mode, with Windows 7, when Aero Glass is enabled?

Answer: Gov says that this is not possible. You can run command prompt in full screen however you will still see the Windows 7 UI/chrome

5. MadHugh (via FriendFeed) [16:05]

How do you use the play to feature in a home where the family already has a big plasma and wants to stream from a laptop. It looks like Western Digital has a 1080p DLNA add on box shown at CES

Answer: Gov says Windows 7 will automatically detect DLNA devices on the same HOME network as your Windows 7 machines.

More info about Windows 7 and DLNA: http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/NicFill/Windows-7-Play-To-in-Action/

6. albertoslopez (via Twitter) [18:45]

@ch9live Guys, Is there a way to remove the ugly-ass shortcut “arrow” from desktop shortcuts in Windows 7? Thanks. 2:14 PM Jan 27th from web

Answer: Jamie says there is a Registry hack that will remove the shortcut icon overlays but investigate/execute at your own risk.

A Bing search finds: http://www.thewindowsclub.com/ultimate-windows-tweaker-v2-a-tweak-ui-for-windows-7-vista

7. Stilgar / Mihail (via email) [20:17]

Me and my coworkers are staying after work to play a few games of StarCraft. Every now and then Windows 7 crashes really hard. The game freezes and there is nothing you can do except for press the power button. Ctrl+Alt+Del does not work. The problem has occurred on all our computers randomly.

http://www.sevenforums.com/gaming/11659-starcraft-freezes-after-1-5-minutes-playing-13.html

As you can see the rate at which the game freezes varies (from once every 1-5 minutes to once every 10-15 hours in our case). The hardware configuration, driver versions, running software, etc. also varies greatly. Compatibility mode is useless. Some people suggest forcing the process to run on one and the same core but it seems that this does not help either. The most tech savvy guy in the thread says that it is a DirectDraw problem. There are other threads on other forums that contain the same “solutions” with many more people confirming that they do not work for example here: http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=93382&currentpage=9

Another interesting fact is that StarCraft works flawlessly on Vista.

Answer: Gov says this is a “Race Condition” issue. You can try stopping explorer.exe before launching the game by pressing CTRL+SHIFT+ESC to bring up task manager.

Richard says: You could also write a script that closes explorer.exe before launching StarCraft

8. Dr Herbie (from the Channel 9 forums) [23:46]

Occasionally (less so on Win7 than on Vista) my PC will freeze during the ‘Loading Windows’ stage.  How do I go about figuring out what’s causing it?

Answer: Gov says try the Windows Performance Analyzer/Tool Kit to measure your systems boot performance: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc305187.aspx

Richard says: Unplug peripherals like USB devices to see if that fixes the issue 

9. @r*er (via Twitter) [27:14]

@ch9live In brief, what occurs when you run an application in compatibility mode?

Answer: Gov says that one of the many things that compatibility mode does is “tell” the application running that the OS is something other than Windows 7

10. @xXCodySmithXx (via Twitter) [30:57]

@ch9live i have another question as well what do you guys think the best anti virus software is for windows 7?

Answer: Windows Security Essentials: http://www.microsoft.com/security_essentials/ – it’s free, lightweight and accurate

11. W3bbo (from the Channel 9 forums) [33:41]

“How do I get Windows to stop searching inside *.zip and *.cab files, especially after I’ve extracted files so it returns double results?”

Answer: Gov says open the Folder Options dialogue (byz typing “folder options” into the start menu) select the Search tab and check/uncheck “Include compressed files (ZIP, CAB….)”

12. @mattwhiting (via Twitter) [34:45]

@ch9live Is there any way to cascade Word documents or Outlook emails with one click as you could with Vista? 

Answer: Jamie says Hold shift + Right click the respective icon in the taskbar

13. @r*er (via Twitter) [36:19]

@ch9live running XP mode on win7. Now I am unable to run my old virtual machines because they are in a standby state. How can I fix this?

Answer: Unsure – Need more info on the problem

14. DannyMinick (via FriendFeed) [37:13]

I am using Windows DVD Maker and the software tells me that I need to trim my movie, as it exceeds the size available on the DVD. How do I do this?

Answer: Try the new Windows Live Movie Maker http://download.live.com/moviemaker/

15. Sabot (via Channel 9 forums) [48:59]

I want to upgrade my work laptop (Lenovo T400) to Windows 7. It currently runs XP Pro. I want to know will the group policies etc still work or is there some gottcha I need to be aware of? I’ve run the upgrade advisor and it’s given me allot of info about programs and drivers just not if it will bust any policies or configurations.

Answer: Gov says generally speaking the group policies in XP still apply for Windows 7.

Check out http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/Group-Policy-management-for-IT-pros for more info.

Also http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd367850(WS.10).aspx

16. Sidney (via FriendFeed) [40:42]

Can you explain the process of explaining Windows 7 on a netbook?

Answer: Richard says use the official Windows 7 USB/DVD Download Tool: http://wudt.codeplex.com/

17. Carmine007 (via Twitter) [41:54]

@ch9live: is it possible to get taskbar to run directly like in xp on windows 7, I know i can enter directly through toolbar

Answer: Unsure – Need more info on the problem

18. IntelMan (via Channel 9 forums) [42:51]

Is there a tweak to make Windows Live Photo Gallery render faster with a calibrated profile? Perhaps this is a bug the Windows Live Team needs made aware of?

Answer: Unsure – Need more info on the problem

19  eInfinity (via Twitter) [42:20]

@ch9live I have 2 screens and I have XP. Can I have 2 mice. Can I use 2 mice at once? 2:12 PM Jan 27th from Chromed Bird

Answer: Gov says you can have two mice but only one cursor.

20. ZippyV (via Channel 9 forums) [45:14]

I’ve got a problem with Windows Vista. I’ve got a 7.1 speaker system attached and when I play music (doesn’t matter which media player) only the front 2 speakers are used. Why can’t I get music from all my speakers?

Answer: Gov says potentially two reasons. 1) your audio source may only have two channels 2) you may need updated drivers for your speaker system/sound hardware

Richard says what speaker configuration does your machine “think” it is setup for?

21. Sushovande (via Channel 9 forums) [47:55]

How do I remote desktop to my home computer from work? / How can I remote control a PC over the internet?

Answer: Richard says try Live Mesh – www.mesh.com

22. @wwejason (via Twitter) [49:39]

@ch9live You should Can you please explain the difference between Libraries and real folders in (Windows) 7 so that Joe User can understand.

Answer: Gov says folders/directories are the actual locations on your hard drive where the files are stored. Libraries are a collection of folders/directories – kind of like a collection of shortcuts in a single view

More info: http://windowsteamblog.com/blogs/developers/archive/2009/04/06/understanding-windows-7-libraries.aspx

23. Simon (via Twitter) [53:10]

How can I change an office 2007 key later to upgrade to a higher/another version of office? Can it be done?

Answer: Unsure, check support.microsoft.com

24. Jay Pugh (via email) [54:25]

I have a question that relates to Windows 7 home Premium.  My home network is 3 XP machines connected wired and wirelessly with a Linksys router.  Each XP machine has shared folders that do not require a password.  When you go to network, on Windows 7 pc,  and view the three XP pc’s and try to open one of them Windows 7 asks for a user name and password for that one XP pc.    On the other 2 XP pc’s you can click to open the pc and see and browse the shared folders.  No request for a user name and password.  I am stumped.

Answer:  Gov says check the Windows 7 event log. Make sure all machines are on the same workgroup. Create a username/password on each machine – use the same username/password on each machine.

25. LiteBulb (via Twitter) [56:44]

Is there a way to share and sync your speech recognition training between machines?

Answer: Gov says unsure but probably – will investigate

26. @Da_Bear_Man (via Twitter) [57:26]

@ch9live can I use homegroup with one win7 and one winxp?

Answer:  Richard says no. Homegroup is Windows 7 only. You can connect to the homegroup and interact like another machine on the network but you can’t join the Homegroup.

27. Prasad DV (via Email) [58:17]

I have an old laptop running on Intel BIOS without Hardware Virtualization support. How do I run my old Virtual PC vhd files on my system? Neither Microsoft Virtual PC nor Windows Virtual PC are supported on my system?

Answer: Gov says uninstall Windows XP Mode and install Virtual PC 2007 SP1 then install Virtual PC 2007 SP1 Editions and they should work.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=28C97D22-6EB8-4A09-A7F7-F6C7A1F000B5&displaylang=en

TWC9: Sara Ford, recognize touch gestures, make Windows 7 into a hotspot

February 6, 10 //
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This week on Channel 9, Dan is joined by special guest host Sara Ford to discuss the week’s top developer news, including:

  • Sara’s leaving the CodePlex team to work as a Developer Evangelist
  • Nitin Bharti – 7-Part video series on using Microsoft Expression Blend, via Alvin Ashcraft
    • Interesting because: It’s a free set of videos that cover the essentials of using Blend, including controls, data-binding, animation, and more
  • John Papa – Creating Custom Pre-loaders/splash screens in Silverlight
    • Interesting because: There are certain things you can and can’t do in Silverlight’s splash screen
  • Channel 9 Team – Simplifying how to share content on Channel 9
    • Interesting because: Most people didn’t discover the share feature on C9 and those who did used primarily used Twitter and Facebook
  • Don Syme - Introduction to F# Lecture Series
    • Interesting because: It’s a three part series with Don Syme who created the F# language
  • Greg Duncan – The Complete Windows 7 Shortcuts
    • Interesting because: This is arguably the most comprehensive list of Windows 7 shortcuts
  • Code Project – Manoj Kumar – Gesture recognition for Touch Devices
    • Interesting because:  This library helps take raw multitouch data from Windows 7 and interpret specific touch gestures
  • Chris Pietschmann – Turn your Windows 7 PC into a Wifi hotspot
    • Interesting because: It’s a free, open source 100% C# app that enables you to make your PC a wireless hotspot (great for travel)
  • Jason Zander – Visualizing Dependency Graphs using Visual Studio 2010
    • Interesting because: Jason walks through how to use the Dependency graphing tools and discusses DGML (Dependency Graph Markup Language) an XML representation of dependency graphs that Visual Studio extensions could use to visualize dependencies  
  • Wes Hutchins – Visual Studio Gallery Beta 2 extensions to be unpublished
    • Interesting because: If you use or have created an extension in the visualstudiogallery, realize that all beta 2 extensions will be removed
  • Windows Azure Team - Windows Azure Drive and beta SDK available
    • Interesting because: Azure Drive enables you to mount Azure as a drive  

Picks of the week:

Simplifying how to share content on Channel 9

February 4, 10 //
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Hey folks,

We’ve just released an update to Channel 9 that simplifies how you share content.

We’ve now added two dedicated sharing icons for Twitter and Facebook on a video page, as shown in the image.
 
Clicking on either of the links will ask you to login with your Twitter (via tweetmeme.com) or Facebook credentials respectively to share the link.

While this is a pretty minor change, we did want to discuss some of the reasons for the change.  

  • Familiarity - The Facebook and Twitter sharing icons are likely to be well-known niners and by making the sharing feature more obvious, the hope is that more people will share content.
  • Simplicity – The previous implementation of the share feature provided seven sharing options and had a dropdown menu of options. 
  • Usage data - Based on how the share feature was used, Facebook (#1) and Twitter (#2) were clearly the most used options.

Thanks,
- Channel 9 Team

TWC9 – Hack Powerwheels, APIs for Wikipedia, Smooth Streaming, Arduinos and more

January 23, 10 //
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This Week on Channel 9, Dan and Brian are back together to discuss the week’s top developer news, including:

  • MIX10 – Windows Phone at MIX10
    • Interesting because: There will be sessions on developing applications and games for the next generation of Windows Phone.
  • MIX 10K Smart Coding Challenge - Build a cool app in under 10K lines of code using HTML 5, Silverlight or WPF.
    • Interesting because: Users get to play and vote for their favorite entries and and the grand prize is a trip to MIX10 including hotel and $1,000 gift card for travel expenses.
  • Scott Hanselman – How many PCs have the .NET Framework installed?
    • Interesting because: Over 90% of PC have some version of .NET installed and over 65% have .NET 3.5 SP1.
  • Tim Higgings – Coding4Fun - Wifi Warthogs – How to article on how to hack a Barbie Powerwheels using a Windows 7 Netbook and a Phidgets microntroller.
    • Interesting because: You can hack your kids Powerwheels and drive them remotely via an Xbox 360 controller.
  • Brian Jepson - Windows 7 driver for Arduino sensors, via Coding4Fun
    • Interesting because: It makes it much easier to use popular Arduino microcontrollers in Windows 7
  • MultiPoint Mouse SDK - Using one PC, you can have multiple mice input
  • Daniel Crenna – A .NET wrapper for Postmark, a service for email delivery for Web apps.
    • Interesting because: It can be a pain (or impossible depending on your hoster) to use and track emails sent through SMTP
    • Note: Service is still in private beta
  • Michael Ballhaus – LinqToWikipedia - use LINQ to query Wikipedia results (live demo, source code), via Greg Duncan
    • Interesting because: It makes it easy to search Wikipedia in .NET and because Michael is following up with a how-to article on building your own LINQ provider
  • IIS team - Smooth Streaming Player Development Kit now available
    • Interesting because: It makes it easier to build a media player, it includes an already built sample player as well as tools to simulate live encoding for test purposes
  • John Papa - Silverlight TV show launches on Channel 9, including MultiTouch, Flash and Silverlight, Out-of-browser apps
    • Interesting because: John’s a Silverlight guru, it’s developer-to-developer content that shows off cool demos and samples and he gets great guests including Mike Downey (former Adobe evangelist), David Kelly (Silverlight MVP), and Keith Smith from the Silverlight team. 
  • MSDN – New Windows Azure How Do I videos
    • Interesting because: Useful topics like  migrating a database to SQL Azure, managing Azure Services using PowerShell, etc
  • Jonathan Carter – New release of Tailspin Travel
    • Interesting because: Tailspin Travel is an open source sample travel booking Web site using ASP.NET MVC 2 and it now works with VS 2008
  • Intuit – Build Software-as-a-Service applications with QuickBooks data using Windows Azure 
    • Interesting because: Microsoft partenered with Intuit and it’s an opportunity for developers to build value-add services for Intuit’s platform
  • Help Desk with Chris Pirillo - January 27th at 2PM PST, send questions to @ch9live on twitter or ch9live [at] microsoft [dot] com.
    • Interesting because:  Chris became well-known on TechTV’s Call for Help & Screensavers so having him on Channel 9 taking live questions via Twitter will great 
  • Cache My Work - Open source app that re-opens your applications after your PC reboots, via Greg Duncan
    • Interesting because: If you have “automatically apply updates” on, chances are you’re PC has rebooted and you’ve lost what applications were open.

Pics of the week
- Dan’s pick: Bill Gates joins Twitter and he’s following the Channel 9 user account! Check out TheGatesNotes for Bill’s recommendations on learning content
- Brian’s pick: – Visual Studio 2010 Beta 2 Virtual Machines available so you don’t have to configure VS 2010 or Team Foundation Server.

Silverlight TV Episode 1: The Joys of Trusted Out-of-Browser Applications

January 16, 10 //
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I am proud to announce the premier of Silverlight TV airing on Channel 9! You can watch the first episode right here where Keith Smith (Silverlight Group Program Manager), along with host John Papa (Silverlight Evangelist), discuss Silverlight 4’s out-of-browser applications. Keith demonstrates how to set up a Trusted application using the out-of-browser features, interact with the file system, integrate with COM and debug out-of-browser applications!
  
The mission of Silverlight TV is to provide premium Silverlight content through exclusive interviews with the members of the Silverlight product teams, partners and community leaders. Please help us get the word out about Silverlight TV by blogging, tweeting, emailing and shouting out loud! (I can’t hear you!) 

I’ve included a list of important links for Silverlight TV as well as a FAQ. Feel free to forward this information.

 

Key links for Silverlight TV


Silverlight TV

Watch Silverlight TV Shows on Channel 9

Watch shows and catch the latest news in our Silverlight TV blog


Silverlight TV RSS Feed

Silverlight TV RSS Feed

Subscribe to the RSS feed for the show on Channel 9.


@SilverlightTV on Twitter

Silverlight TV on Twitter

Follow @SilverlightTV on Twitter for updates, alerts for new shows, and to submit comments and feedback.

 

 

 

FAQ about Silverlight TV:

 

Q. What is Silverlight TV?

A. Silverlight TV is a new show in Channel 9’s lineup. Go behind the scenes at Microsoft with John Papa and learn what the Silverlight product team is dreaming up next. See exclusive interviews with the Silverlight product team, watch how community leaders are using Silverlight to solve real problems, and keep up with the latest happenings with Silverlight. Catch the inside scoop on Silverlight with Silverlight TV!

 

Q. Where can I watch Silverlight TV?

A. Silverlight TV airs on Channel 9

 

Q. Who would benefit from watching Silverlight TV?

A. Anyone interested in technical “how-to’s”, key Silverlight features, experiences from the real applications, and great examples of Silverlight.

 

Q. How long is each show?

A. Each show lasts about 10-15 minutes, depending on the topic.

 

Q. How often will Silverlight TV air?

A. Silverlight TV runs on an bi weekly schedule, however bonus shows will air prior to major events and announcements.

 

Q. How do I request a topic for Silverlight TV?

A. Send a message to @SilverlightTV on Twitter.

 

Q. How can I help Silverlight TV?

A. Blog, Tweet, Email, and Shout! Let all of your channels know about the new show! Feel free to forward this information to anyone who might be interested in Silverlight.

 

Channel 9 Live at PDC09: Day 3 Welcome

December 30, 09 //
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Channel 9 Live at PDC09: Day 3 Welcome. Mike Swanson, Dennis Angilletta and Jennifer Ritzinger with Nic Fillingham.
Recorded Live, November 19th 2009 at 10:30AM (PST)
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Channel 9 Live at PDC09: TWoC9 Day 3

December 30, 09 //
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Channel 9 Live at PDC09: TWoC9 Day 3

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