One mans sin, another mans blessing

This is a reply to the Top 5 sins of Vista blog post written by Steve Wiseman.

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Making URL rewriting on IIS 7 work like IIS 6

Upgrading to IIS 7 should be rather transparent, unfortunately that is not the case when it comes to URL rewriting as we knew it from IIS 6. In IIS 6 all we had to do was to add a wildcard mapping making sure that all requests went through the ASPNET ISAPI process. After this was done, one could create a global.asax file that would either pass requests directly through or rewrite the URL based on an internal algorithm.

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Missing Windows Mobile Device Center

In an effort to get my HTC TyTN Windows Mobile 5 based PDA to synchronize with my Vista system, I downloaded the newest release of ActiveSync (4.2). This is what happens when you try to install ActiveSync on Vista:

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SetPoint volume control in Vista

It seems Logitech has some pretty functional SetPoint drivers out for Vista already (SetPoint is the all-purpose driver software for all their keyboards and mice).

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Installing Office 2007 on Vista

Ok, so I'd promised myself that I would at least give it a month before I'd install Vista on my desktop computer as I simply will not be able to cope with having major problems here. For work purposes I simply have to have a functional desktop computer.

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Running Vista, MSDNAA update

I am now officially running Vista! Although I have been somewhat skeptical about Vista so far, I must admit that my first impression of Vista is quite positive.

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Vista @ MSDNAA

According to The Australian IT Faculty Blog Windows Vista should be available through MSDNAA by now.

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