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Monthly Archives: September 2006

Windows Vista Tips

26-Sep-06

Here’s a couple of nifty tips for Windows Vista that I’ve learnt this week and wanted to share:
Tip #1: Hold Ctrl and Scroll the Mouse Wheel to Resize Icons
This one is great and a nice way to change the size of icons in any Explorer window. This will move through the different icon views in [...]

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The Short NAP: September 25th 2006

25-Sep-06

Here’s a quick list of interesting NAP and Domain/Server Isolation related links from Microsoft for September:

Webcast: Enabling Trusted Communications and Health Policy Enforcement with NAP
NAP Chat Transcript
Longhorn Server will have the Windows Firewall ON by default
Webcast: Network Access Protection Platform Architecture
Webcast: Next Generation Networking features
WebCast: How to configure VPN enforcement for NAP in Windows Vista [...]

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Windows Vista and Font Inconsistency

19-Sep-06

I’m not alone in my frustration with Windows Vista (or Windows XP) and the inconsistency in font usage. Fonts are definitely in your face and consistent font usage helps the user distinguish between a UI element and content. David Vronay, Research Manager for Windows User Experience Compliance, has posted a response to a thread that [...]

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IIS6, .ICA and 404 Not Found

14-Sep-06

I’m sure the use of adding .ICA files to web servers to launch published applications from Presentation Server doesn’t happen as often as it used to, but it’s still useful for adding a link to an application on an intranet site. After adding a .ICA file to IIS6, however, users may receive a file not [...]

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