Rob Garrett - Blogs

February 2007 - Posts

• DreamScene, DeskScape and Vista

  Check out this video of my Vista desktop. DreamScene on Windows Vista Ultimate Extras allows users to play full motion video as background wallpaper, but Stardock DeskScape goes one step further, as an addition to DreamScene, by allowing users to set Read More... Posted Monday, February 26, 2007 9:51 AM by Rob Garrett | 1 Comments Filed under: Windows Vista

• Google Gadgets On Your Site

  I may be a tad bit out of date, but I found out yesterday that it is possible to host Google Gadgets on your own web site. Google has provided hosting for custom built gadgets for some time, just as Microsoft has. However, as far as I am aware, I know Read More... Posted Wednesday, February 21, 2007 9:13 AM by Rob Garrett | 0 Comments Filed under: Google

• .NET Wrapper for COM Elevation

  Microsoft has ramped up the security in their latest operating system - Windows Vista, which means that developers now have to pay more attention to certain security constraints imposed by the operating system when developing applications. Those of you Read More... Posted Monday, February 12, 2007 1:03 PM by Rob Garrett | 6 Comments Filed under: Development, Windows Vista