Changes to Functionality in Windows XP Professional x64

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Microsoft have today, released a document at their Download Center, that describes the changes in functionality for Windows XP Professional x64 Edition over Windows XP Professional SP2.

Overview

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View: Changes to Functionality in Microsoft Windows XP Professional x64 Edition - English

Save drafts locally - save entries that you're working on to your local hard drive
One button posting - send any of your drafts to the server with one button click
Edit multiple drafts simultaneously - a tabbed interface allows multiple drafts to be open at the same time
Multiple categories per post - select more than one category for each draft published to the server
Standard tag support - add bold, italics, underline, and URL tags via tool bar, menu, or keyboard
Shell checking support - built in spell checking module underlines misspelled words in red
Download existing posts - download the title and entry of existing blog enties from your server and store it on your hard drive for linking and editing
Edit server-based posts - download server-based entries, edit them, and then upload the changes to the server
Sync-able links list - advanced download techniques will always minimize data request for new published posts
Sync-able categories list - pull an updated category list from your server at anytime
Sync-able text filters list - apply existing server based text filters for drafts
MT specific creation - use MT's extended fields, such as publishing status, categories, and excerpts
Integrated Preview - built in Previewing allows you to view your drafts based on an HTML template
Upload Images - upload any of your local images to anywhere within your blog
RSS Aggregator integration - start new Blog entries from the most popular RSS Aggregator applications
MP3 Player integration - add "now playing" information into Drafts with WMP9's blogging plug-in
Favorites integration - list of Favorites from IE available as insertable links
Customizable tag support - change the tags generated for bold, underline, italics and ten custom tags
Customizable toolbar images - change the look of SharpMT by changing two images
Shell integration - double-clicking a draft file will open it in a SharpMT window
Bookmarklet support - any URL that starts with sharpmt:// will be inserted into a new blog draft
Updated UI - using the minimizing, docking and floating window suppose of .NET 2.0 for a modern interface
Help system - a standard Windows based help system with comprehensive and detailed documentation
Extendable interface - developers can add their own Plug-In by supporting the ISharpMTExtension

SharpMT is Donation-ware and requires the 2.0 Beta 2 version of the .NET Framework to run on a Windows-based PC.

#1 Emon on 03 May 2005 - 15:08

oooohhhh noooes !!!!1!!111@!!

spell check isn't available in OE64

(2 replies) #2 username on 03 May 2005 - 15:11

no OE spell check, ahhh

#2.1 quick on 03 May 2005 - 15:27

Correct me if I'm wrong but i thought it only said for the "Search Companion" spell check was not working...

I didn't read it too closely, so i might be wrong....

#2.2 roadwarrior on 03 May 2005 - 17:04

Nope, Quick, you're wrong. No spell check in OE. Read post #9 for the wonderful way they handled this though!

#3 mr_skrilla on 03 May 2005 - 15:19

yeah that is weird

(1 reply) #4 azanoncello on 03 May 2005 - 15:19

Genuine check isn't actually needed. You have the option.

#4.1 Dirtie on 04 May 2005 - 00:38

It doesn't matter to me. According to Microsoft my Windows is "genuine"

anyway.

#5 Kushan on 03 May 2005 - 15:20

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System Requirements

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Supported Operating Systems: Windows XP 64-bit

(1 reply) #6 Arckon on 03 May 2005 - 15:30

What kind of joke is this? Why would it matter what OS I'm currently using just to see some info?

#6.1 roadwarrior on 03 May 2005 - 16:57

Downloaded on Tiger with Safari just fine.

#7 Nelsinho on 03 May 2005 - 15:46

oh! yep, downloading now, thanks for the info and download this is very important of course

(1 reply) #8 pshantxx on 03 May 2005 - 16:22

No spell check. Good now they will focus on spelling abilities in schools

#8.1 roadwarrior on 03 May 2005 - 16:56

Why don't they go ahead and trash OE anyway? They haven't added any features to it in ages, and now they are removing features? How about giving all of those Usenet newbies proper multipart binary and yEnc support so the rest of us can get some peace?

(2 replies) #9 roadwarrior on 03 May 2005 - 17:02

Don't you just love the way Microsoft handled the lack of spell checking in OE? They could have just removed the option, but nooooooooo, they decided to leave the option in but give the user an error! It couldn't have taken THAT much time and effort to remove the Spelling option from the Tools menu, could it?

Detailed description
Spell checking is not supported in the 64-bit version of Outlook Express.
What works differently?
Because spell checking is not supported, you will see an error if you try to check spelling within a new message in Outlook Express by clicking Spelling on the Tools menu, or by pressing F7.

#9.1 beardly on 03 May 2005 - 18:19

That is very funny. How lazy can you get? It would have probably been easier to just remove the F7 mapping and the shortcut in the menu to do the spell checker.

#9.2 PCyr on 03 May 2005 - 19:50

There's gotta be another reason... I mean, it would take as much time to unmap the key and remove the menu entry than to write up a doc on it.

#10 metro on 03 May 2005 - 17:48

Anyone in their right mind would use a different app such as regular Outlook, or something free and great like Thunderbird. No worries here

#11 bucko on 03 May 2005 - 17:52

Thunderbird on x64 works great here, got bored of that document very fast. I've been using x64 (via MSDN) for a while and the only the only thing that annoys me is the lack of printer drivers and counter strike source runs like it has the speed hack.

#12 SkaterAustin on 03 May 2005 - 18:31

well im running my msdn copy of x64, I run cs source fine tho i agree with bucko does seem like im speed hacking when im not. I can run firefox, ie, nero, photoshop cs2, and a lot more older apps from windows 98 just fine. I like windows x64 it runs beautiful for me and there really is no slow down that I have noticed...

only crappy part, no 5.1 drivers for my creative sound blaster audigy ls

#13 DeltaLima on 03 May 2005 - 19:26

I also find it funny time was missing to fix the spell check in OE.
There must be an excuse.

#14 BigCheese on 03 May 2005 - 20:59

Why did they get rid of miniplayer mode in windows media player?
That was one of the best bits.

(2 replies) #15 ViperSnake on 03 May 2005 - 21:31

No Spell Check?! How can I live without my precious spell check!

#15.1 tiwaris on 03 May 2005 - 22:51

I still do not get it.

Why should porting an app from 32 bit to 64 bit cause spell check to malfunction?

They perhaps did not update their dictionary for a while and so thought of removing it altogether.

#15.2 Angel Blue01 on 04 May 2005 - 21:13

No OE spellcheck, no miniplayer I am not upgrading!

(1 reply) #16 computerchan on 04 May 2005 - 07:22

The features that are not supported in Windows XP Professional x64 Edition are:
• Active Desktop
• IME handwriting support

Oh hell these are the 2 features that I use everyday!
I've to consider installing WinXP x64 again...

#16.1 Angel Blue01 on 04 May 2005 - 21:11

I actually do use it. Handwriting support is probably useful on a tablet PC.

Does this mean we can't use PNGs as wallpaper anymore?

(1 reply) #17 ViperSnake on 04 May 2005 - 11:51

Well, ev1 hates Active Desktop right? We all hated it when it came out with Windows 98, remember? Ahh, the good old days. The only customization we could do is change the color of everything, and IE's intergration got the best of us.

#17.1 roadwarrior on 04 May 2005 - 14:16

Active Desktop came out before Windows 98. It came with IE4, which was released for Windows 95 a while before 98 was released.

#18 ir0nw0lf on 04 May 2005 - 14:28

OK, question, this has me a bit perplexed: the Files and Settings Transfer Wizard disk (which they call FASTwiz in the document) has to be made on the 64-bit XP first. What if you don't have a 2nd machine to make it on? Since it doesn't seem to allow dual boot (right or wrong?), how is a user with one computer going to be able to make this disk before canning their 32-bit install? (Assume no program like Virtual PC or VMWare available) Is their a way to make the disk from the 64-bit install CD?

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