What are threads?
A thread executes code synchronously—a set of instructions processed by the CPU “first in first out”. This can include virtually any kind of code, be it updating of the GUI, processing calculations, or waiting for user input.
Windows Forms is arguably one of the most used aspects of .NET Framework. GUI programs typically rely […]

Previous readers of my blog might already know that I am a big fan of ImageX, a tool that has been supplied by Microsoft in the Windows Automated Installation Kit since the release of Windows Vista.
A quick introduction
ImageX is a command-line tool that enables original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and corporations to capture, to modify, and […]

Време е за първия блог пост на български. Каква по-добра тема от Windows 7? Днес Microsoft направи Windows 7 RC – Release Candidate, достъпен за всички. Можете да научите повече и свалите своето копие от тук. RC означава, че тази версия е много близо до крайната, която се очаква наесен.
Инсталацията е бърза и отнема не […]

Just a couple of days ago Microsoft MVP lead Alessandro Teglia announced the newly awarded and renewed Most Valuable Professionals for 2009 — I would like to congratulate all of them on their achievements. Rock on!
I am also very happy and proud to be given the award for Visual C# this year. It is my programming language of […]

GlassLib is a wrapper library for the Desktop Window Manager API and is to be used by developers which would like their applications to take advantage of .NET Framework and Windows Presentation Foundation in particular.
It can be used to control the Desktop Composition due to application requirements, create and reference Live Thumbnails of arbitrary windows, […]

Following the first part of the Tweak DWM from your programs series, we are going to explore the actual usage of the Desktop Window Manager API in a Windows Forms-based program. The test application–included in the source package–also makes use of GlassBar, an extension to the existing control set.
Using GlassLib in your program
GlassLib is going […]

With Windows Vista, Microsoft introduced a whole new window manager which provides a better experience to the user and an independent graphics surface to us developers by taking advantage of graphics acceleration hardware (your graphics card or integrated GPU).
In a three-part blog post, I will show you how to use a wrapper around the Desktop […]

Yesterday Microsoft released the whole series of language packs (34), including Arabic, Greek and Bulgarian. The latter will be useful to fellow Bulgarians running Windows Vista Ultimate or Enterprise–they are the only editions of Windows with support of language packs.
There were some critic reactions to Windows Vista Ultimate Extras as a service because the team could not provide Windows DreamScene […]

I have recently worked on Windows Sidebar Styler and version 2.0.6 is now available.
Among the improvements is instant application of styles as well as the resizable Windows Sidebar feature. The latter is especially useful when Windows Sidebar is docked on the left. Added are more localizations and Alky for Applications is supported for use in […]

Christoffer Andersson–an MVP in Active Directory and a very good friend of mine–recently released the first beta of his Fine-Grained Password Policy Tool. If you are an IT planner or analyst or simply experimenting with the new features of Windows Server 2008 in terms of domain-wise security, you will like to deploy the application. It includes […]