The XPS Essentials Pack installer (available via www.microsoft.com/xps ) does not currently support Service Pack 3 (SP3) of Windows XP. To enable XPS support on Windows XP SP3, you can install the XPS Essentials Pack prior to upgrading to SP3. In the end of Oct 2008, XPS team has released a new updated. This update fixes a problem with the installer where it failed to recognize a newer version of Windows Imaging Component (WIC) that is included in Windows XP SP3. Also included is an update to the

I recently discovered a phenomenal tool for listing the SPNs. You can find the VBScript on Microsoft's website below: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/solutions/spnquery.mspx Using this tool, you can locate any accounts with Application SPNs as follows (you can name the VBScript whatever you like): C:\cscript queryspn.vbs App123* Running the script above will list out all the accounts (with all their SPNs ) with SPNs that begin with "App123"

Windows® Azure is a cloud services operating system that serves as the development, service hosting and service management environment for the Azure Services Platform. Windows Azure provides developers with on-demand compute and storage to host, scale, and manage Web applications on the Internet through Microsoft® data centers. To build these applications and services, developers can use their existing Microsoft® Visual Studio® 2008 expertise. In addition, Windows Azure supports popular

There is a new logo for .NET now, so it is change from into The following are the blog from the .NET Team about the new logo. Why did we do it? We needed a logo that was in sync with the key values that we want .NET to stand for: consistency, robustness and great user experiences. We also wanted a logo that conformed to the design principles that are driving Microsoft’s brand identity evolution and is reflected in newer brands such as Silverlight, Surface and more. Finally, we needed a logo

IE8 Beta is officially launched in the MIX08. And you may download it and try it now. Here is the email from the IE team, As of 12 pm today, we officially launched IE8 Beta!! Please check out Dean Hachamovich (IE General Manager) in the MIX08 keynote. To download IE8 Beta 1, please click here . Please read the Release notes and the IE8 Readiness Toolkit which will give a detailed description of the features. We would like to introduce to you our feedback form , which allows you to submit bugs directly

Zumobi, the mobile startup spun off from Microsoft Research, has launched its first beta. The Zumobi lets you access, enjoy, and share web-based content on your mobile phone in an innovative, new way. The Zumobi software presents a unique way to access content, with a grid of sixteen tiles that you can zoom in and out of, and the tiles acting as widgets that display web-based content. Currently, mobile browsing goes something like this… Either you navigate through a list of web sites pre-loaded on

Today, Microsoft Live Labs is announcing the Volta technology preview , a developer toolset for building multi-tier web applications using existing and familiar tools, techniques and patterns. Volta’s declarative tier-splitting enables developers to postpone architectural decisions about distribution until the last possible responsible moment. Also, thanks to a shared programming model across multiple-tiers, Volta enables new end-to-end profiling and testing for higher levels of application performance

BARCELONA, Spain — Nov. 5, 2007 — Today, during the keynote address at Microsoft TechEd Developers 2007, S. “Soma” Somasegar, corporate vice president of the Developer Division at Microsoft Corp., announced that Microsoft will release Visual Studio 2008 and the .NET Framework 3.5 by the end of November 2007. Visual Studio 2008 and the .NET Framework 3.5 enable developers at all levels to rapidly create connected applications that offer compelling user experiences for Windows Vista, Windows Server

Few days ago, I shared about how to upgrade your ASP.NET 1.1 to ASP.NET 2.0, this time I am going to discuss about enabling ASP.NET AJAX v1.0 to your existing Web Site or Web Application. 1) You have to downlaod and install the ASP.NET 2.0 AJAX Extensions 1.0. Here 2) You may download and extract the ASP.NET AJAX Control Toolkit. Here After install it, you will found out that you may create AJAX Enabled Web Application when creating new projects(Web Site or Web Application). You may also found out

Read from ScottGu's blog and knowing this news, One of the things my team has been working to enable has been the ability for .NET developers to download and browse the source code of the .NET Framework libraries, and to easily enable debugging support in them. Today I'm excited to announce that we'll be providing this with the .NET 3.5 and VS 2008 release later this year. We'll begin by offering the source code (with source file comments included) for the .NET Base Class Libraries