Get the Best Results From Tablet PC Handwriting Recognizers
[ Source: Microsoft ]
January 2008-
One useful aspect of a Tablet PC is that it can turn handwriting into text. While developing Tablet PC applications, the developer can take steps to ensure that handwriting recognition returns the best possible results. This paper from Microsoft describes how best to use handwriting recognizers so that they provide the best results for the application. These descriptions and examples - in C# and Microsoft Visual Basic .NET - use the Microsoft Tablet PC Platform ....
Microsoft ""Longhorn"" Help Highlights
[ Source: WinWriters ]
January 2008-
Microsoft’s announcement at the 2003 Professional Developers Conference of the next version of Windows - code named ""Longhorn"" - included an unveiling of the proposed new Help format. Clever money might have been on an enhanced version of the Help and Support Center that one has in XP, since that’s where Microsoft seems to have been targeting most of its own user assistance efforts in recent OS releases. This paper provides with a synopsis of ....
The XPSDrv Filter Pipeline
[ Source: Microsoft ]
January 2008-
This paper provides information about the XPSDrv print drivers for the Microsoft Windows family of operating systems. Independent Hardware Vendors (IHVs) and Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) who have accessible printers or print drivers can use this paper to help plan their strategy for migrating their existing code to the new print architecture. IHVs and ISVs who are developing new print drivers can use this paper to understand the details of the filter pipeline of an ....
Using IPv6 and Teredo
[ Source: Microsoft ]
January 2008-
The amalgamation of IPv6 and Teredo lets Windows-based hosts to use IPv6-enabled applications that require unwanted incoming, IPv6 traffic and global addressing over NATs. The combination of IPv6, Teredo, and a host-based, stateful, IPv6 firewall (such as Windows Firewall) simplifies the configuration of wanted, unsolicited, incoming, IPv6 traffic and protects the Teredo client from unwanted, unsolicited, incoming, IPv6 traffic. Computers running Windows Vista in which IPv6, Teredo, and Windows Firewall are all enabled by default ....
Windows Vista Introduction to Windows Firewall With Advanced Security
[ Source: Microsoft ]
January 2008-
The increasing ease and efficiency of network connectivity and the growing number of network-aware programs have delivered a new level of productivity for businesses, organizations, and individuals. New breakthroughs in wireless and other connectivity choices have also brought to the mobile worker more options than ever. Windows Firewall with Advanced Security is a stateful, host-based firewall that blocks incoming and outgoing connections based on its configuration. While typical end-user configuration of Windows Firewall still takes ....
Windows Connect Now-UFD for Windows XP
[ Source: Microsoft ]
January 2008-
With the growing popularity of wireless networking, more and more users are creating wireless networks at home to connect PCs and other wireless devices. Creating a secure wireless network and propagating the wireless settings to the clients and to Access Points (APs) has been difficult even for sophisticated users. WCN addresses this problem with a simple, secure method for configuring and bootstrapping wireless networking hardware, wireless client PCs, and other wireless devices. The most visible ....
Windows Vista Rules for Enabling Windows Aero: With Guidelines for Troubleshooting
[ Source: Microsoft ]
January 2008-
All computers that meet the Windows Vista minimum supported hardware requirements will run the Windows Vista Basic user experience. Computer systems with more capable hardware - in terms of performance and video memory capacity - will run the Windows Vista Aero experience. Aero provides an additional level of visual sophistication and a more responsive and manageable user interfaces. This paper describes the process that Windows Vista uses to automatically enable Aero and the conditions under ....
Header-Data Split Feature and Its Impact on WFP Callouts, TDI Filters, NDIS IMs, NDIS Filters, and NDIS Protocol Drivers
[ Source: Microsoft ]
January 2008-
Header-Data Split is a new feature that will be introduced in Microsoft Windows Server 2008. This feature allows NDIS miniport drivers that implement the feature to indicate incoming packets up to the networking stack so that the header portion of the packet and the data payload portion of the packet are mapped into two or more Memory Descriptor Lists (MDLs). This paper outlines the implications of this Windows Server 2008 feature, outlines potential issues, and ....
Mobile Certification Company Simplifies Migration With New Tool
[ Source: Microsoft ]
January 2008-
Sporton International Inc. (Sporton) is the largest EMC/Safety/RF/Mobile conformance testing and certification company in Taiwan. Its customers include mobile phone manufacturers, IT product manufacturers, wireless product manufacturers, and chipset designers. Sporton expected to perform a time-consuming manual inventory and replace half of its PCs when upgrading to the Windows Vista operating system. Sporton used the Windows Vista Hardware Assessment tool to determine the Windows Vista - readiness of its PCs.
Is Windows Vista Really 50% to 87% More Secure Than Windows XP?
[ Source: Softpedia ]
January 2008-
In this paper published by Softpedia, the author tries to answer the question of Vista and XP security. Windows Microsoft Vista is the first software product to go with its entire development process through the Microsoft Software Development Lifecycle. According to the author, only time will tell, and it is not yet the right moment to draw the line and deliver final conclusions on the matter. Ever since Vista hit the market, Microsoft continually applauded ....