I am glad to announce that today we shipped a new version of the Windows API Code Pack – version 1.0.1. This is not a major version with a lot of new features, but rather a minor version focused on fixing bugs, improving performance, adding demos and...

Windows 7 is now available to the public and anyone can buy and install Windows 7, whether for a new computer or an existing one. Soon, people from around the world will run your applications on Windows 7. They will expect the application to work and...

The Professional Developers Conference (PDC) is the one event that all developers who use any Microsoft technologies must attend at least once in their professional careers. It’s the flagship event for developers, offering the most comprehensive, future...

Have you ever wondered how Windows 7 resumes from sleep in less than 2 seconds? Or how Windows 7 can scale up to 256 cores? Or maybe you just want to want to learn about any Kernel improvements that will make your application run faster with no extra...

Yesterday Windows 7 completed a major milestone-- release to manufacturing (RTM)! And in three months time – on October 22 nd – Windows 7 will be available for everyone to enjoy. Excitement about the upcoming public release of Windows 7 has been growing...

This week we released the Windows 7 RC Training Kit for Developers as part of our ongoing effort to give you, all the Windows developers out there, and valuable content to work with while making your application shine on Windows 7. This version of the...

Last updated: June 11, 2009 This post is an index to the recent Windows 7 Libraries series. It includes relevant Channel 9 videos and links to additional relevant sources of information as well as code examples for programming Windows 7 Libraries. Posts...

We are wrapping up our comprehensive drilldown into the Windows 7 Libraries API and architecture with one final post about the managed API for working with Windows 7 Libraries. Previously we talked about: Understanding Windows 7 Libraries , Libraries...

Note – this post will be updated from time to time, to include new content. Last update: June 13 th (New Sensor, Location and Windows Animation videos) During the past couple of months, we have being working on Windows 7 videos featuring the new...

By now, you should have a better understanding of what Windows 7 libraries represent and how they can benefit users as well as developers. This is the third post in a series of Windows 7 Libraries posts. In the previous post, Understanding Windows 7 Libraries...

Libraries are the primary entry points to user data in Windows 7. They are the natural evolution from the user’s Known Folders , including those for documents, pictures, music, and videos. However, before jumping into the technicalities, let’s try to...

We’ve got .NET sample libraries and example for managed code developers to target Windows 7 new APIs! Windows 7 offers new functionality that developers can exploit in their applications to provide enhanced experiences and productivity for their...