Anith Gopal

Back in the summer of 2009, I blogged about Windows 7’s new support for TLS 1.1 and TLS 1.2 . These new protocols are disabled by default, but can be enabled using Group Policy or the Advanced Tab of the Internet Control Panel: Some adventurous Internet Explorer users have found that if they enable these new protocols, some secure sites will fail to load: Upon encountering an error like this, a user might try to see what’s going wrong by enabling Fiddler’s HTTPS Decryption feature and re-visiting the site. When they do that, they find that the site starts working correctly.

Architect Innovation Café is a set of 60-minute Software Architect-focused Webcast to educate on the latest trends/topics and how new technologies can align with your business needs.  Two sessions are offered this week that are of interest.

Kylie is back. Kylie made her debut in a commercial earlier this year, plugging the Windows Live Photo Gallery, in which she color-corrects and e-mails a photo of her pet fish Dorothy to her family

  Starting with Windows 7, Windows Installer enables native support for setting properties on shortcuts created during installation or re-installation. The MsiShortcutProperty table can be used to set any property defined by the IPropertyStore interface.

  Prior to the introduction of UAC in Windows Vista, setup authors were able to create a single package that could install for the current user (“Just for me”) or for all users on the computer (“Everyone”). With the introduction of UAC, setup authors were no longer able to create a single package that could install in both modes. This feature provides the functionality to aid the development of a dual-purpose package for installation on Windows 7

Windows 7 allows you to create custom search connectors to various OpenSearch standard search engines, e.g. Bing and you guessed it:  SharePoint!  Creating a search connector is super easy! 1.  Open Notepad and copy in the XML below 2.  Replace the areas in red with your SharePoint Search Center information.  Be sure to only replace just the part of the URL that gets to your Search Center:  e.g.  http://sharepoint.company.com/SearchCenter   You can also change the scope:  e.g.  &s=Intranet  or  &s=All%20Sites  or even  &s=People 3.  Save the file as:    SharePointSite .searchConnector-ms 4.  Copy the file to your “Searches” directory  e.g.   c:Users<username>Searches Optional:  you can add a shortcut the favorites area on any Windows Explorer window by dragging the Search Connector there. ———————————————————————————— <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <searchConnectorDescription xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/windows/2009/searchConnector">   <description> Search SharePoint Site </description>   <isSearchOnlyItem>true</isSearchOnlyItem>   <domain>http://sharepoint.company.com</domain>   <supportsAdvancedQuerySyntax>false</supportsAdvancedQuerySyntax>   <templateInfo>     <folderType>{8FAF9629-1980-46FF-8023-9DCEAB9C3EE3}</folderType>   </templateInfo>   <propertyStore>     <property name="OpenSearchHTMLRolloverTemplate"><![CDATA[ http://sharepoint.company.com/SearchCenter /Pages/results.aspx?start=1&k={searchTerms} &s=All%20Sites ]]></property>   </propertyStore>   <locationProvider clsid="{48E277F6-4E74-4cd6-BA6F-FA4F42898223}">     <propertyBag>       <property name="LinkIsFilePath" type="boolean"><![CDATA[true]]></property>       <property name="OpenSearchShortName"><![CDATA[ SharePoint Site ]]></property>       <property name="OpenSearchQueryTemplate"><![CDATA[ http://sharepoint.company.com/SearchCenter /_layouts/srchrss.aspx?k={searchTerms} &s=All%20Sites &u=&start={startIndex}]]></property>       <property name="MaximumResultCount" type="uint32"><![CDATA[100]]></property>     </propertyBag>   </locationProvider> </searchConnectorDescription>

The RTM release of the Windows SDK for Windows 7 and .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 is now available for customers to install from the download center in both ISO and Web Setup format.  See t he SDK announcement on the Windows SDK blog .    Please note that the stand-alone version of the Windows Installer 4.5 SDK is now no longer available for download from the Microsoft download center. Windows Installer SDK has traditionally always been included with the Windows SDK, but during the timeframe for the release of MSI 4.5 redistributable there was no other Windows or Windows update release for simultaneously shipping the SDK. We encourage you to download and use the latest version of the Windows Installer SDK tools (Windows Installer 5.0) included with the RTM release of Windows SDK for Windows 7.

You can register now for Professional Developers Conference (PDC) and save $500 for the full conference pass. Discounts expire September 15. PDC is being held at Los Angeles Convention Center .

Windows 7 is on it’s way. Windows 7 will be generally available (GA) on October 22.

They’re live streaming WPC09 at http://www.digitalwpc.com/ . Be sure to watch Stephen Elop’s demo

Attachmate was among the very first to earn the Compatible with Windows 7 software logo. In this video, Product Marketing Manager Kris Lall and Test Lead Chinh Vu talk with me about the whole application certification process

Going on right now at Microsoft Online Store , you can get Expression products at 50% off . If you’re interested in Windows 7 , you can pre-order the Windows 7 Home Premium Upgrade or Windows 7 Professional Upgrade for $49.99 and $99.99 respectively