Running Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 on Windows Vista? Then you'll want to download and install the new Service Pack 1 for Microsoft Visual Studio 2005.
The Visual Studio 2005 Service Pack 1 Update for Windows Vista addresses areas of Visual Studio impacted by Windows Vista enhancements.
You can get it here Download Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Service Pack 1
Network Monitor 3.0 is a protocol analyzer. It allows you to capture network traffic, view and analyze it. This version is a complete overhaul of the previous Network Monitor 2.x version.
Supported Operating Systems:
Windows Server 2003; Windows Server 2003 x64 editions; Windows Vista; Windows Vista Business 64-bit edition; Windows XP; Windows XP 64-bit.
You can get it here Download Network Monitor 3.0
Windows Powershell is a new command-line shell and scripting language designed for system administration and automation. Built on the .NET Framework, Windows PowerShell enables IT professionals and developers to control and automate the administration of Windows and applications.
Windows PowerShell includes:
One hundred and twenty-nine command-line tools (called "cmdlets") for performing common system administration tasks, such as managing services, processes, event logs, certificates, the registry, and using Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI).
Command-line tools are easy to learn and easy to use with standard naming conventions and common parameters, and simple tools for sorting, filtering, and formatting data and objects.
Support for existing scripting languages and existing command-line tools, and multiple versions of Windows, including Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista and Windows Server code name "Longhorn".
Feature that allows users to navigate data stores, like the registry and certificate stores, as if they were a file system.
Standard utilities for managing Windows data in different stores and formats, including Active Directory (ADSI), Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI), Component Object Model (COM) objects, Active X Data Objects (ADO), HTML and XML.
Sophisticated expression parsing and .NET object manipulation at the command line, including pipelining of objects, make IT professionals more efficient and productive.
Extensible interface that allows independent software vendors and enterprise developers to build custom cmdlets to meet their unique application and system administration requirements.
Supported Operating Systems:
Windows Vista Business; Windows Vista Enterprise; Windows Vista Ultimate.
You can get it here: Windows PowerShell for 32 bit Vista or Windows PowerShell for 64 bit Vista.
If you're looking for a one-stop security solution then Windows Live OneCare should be on your shortlist. Windows Live OneCare is a Microsoft solution that packages Anti-Virus, Anti-Spyware, a Firewall, a Backup program and a program that Tunes Up your pc so it runs the best it can run.
At $50 a year for a 3 Computer license theres quite frankly nothing else available that can touch this offering as far as value goes.
You can download a 90 day trial here.
If you're looking for training on OneCare, Winstructor have Windows Vista Training available soon.
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