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So, VB6 is more important than VS.NET 2003 I suppose?
According to Soma Somasegar's last post, the following is/isn't supported on Windows Vista, Microsoft's OS which has to replace Windows XP:
- Visual Basic 6 runtime and IDE. Supported.
- Visual Studio.NET 2002. Not supported
- Visual Studio.NET 2003. Not supported
- Visual Studio.NET 2005. Supported with SP1 (now in beta) and you've to shut down UAC, till they've fixed that after Vista ships.
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And the spiritual side got an off-switch
Microsoft has decided to make the bootsound of Vista mutable!
. See the article on Ars Technica.
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Something is out of wack with the spirtual side of the branding experience
Yeah, catchy title, eh?
Do I know what it means? No, I don't have the slightest idea what on earth mr. Steve Ball, group program manager for the Windows Audio Video Excellence team (what do these people do?), meant with spirtual side of the branding experience. You can read all about it here: The startup sound in Vista (Scobleizer).