Spartan_X Posted September 1, 2005 Share Posted September 1, 2005 Windows Vista will include a new technology known as Freeze Dry designed to maintain application states and unsaved documents even when patches are automatically applied and PCs are rebooted. Speaking at the Australian Tech Ed conference on the Gold Coast in Queensland this week, senior product manager Amy Stephan offered a preview of the Freeze Dry technology. Many IT managers plan to automatically install patches and updates on machines during periods when they are inactive, such as overnight or on weekends. However, as some patches require machines to reboot, users who leave documents open and unsaved run the risk of losing that data if the machine is automatically updated. Freeze Dry eliminates that problem by automatically saving application state and documents and then restoring them once the system restarts, Stephan said. Microsoft has promoted the general concept of saving application state in earlier discussions of Windows Vista, formerly codenamed Longhorn, but hasn't previously revealed the Freeze Dry moniker. A new point release of Vista is expected at the Professional Developers Conference in Los Angeles later this month. Officials said this week that beta 2 of the operating system is on target for a wider release before the end of the year. The software giant isn't the first company to try and grab the Freeze Dry name. In 1999, Hewlett-Packard released a Java compression technology called FreezeDry, and took out a US trademark on the name. However, the technology failed to attract widespread attention, and HP let the trademark lapse in July 2002. Angus Kidman attended Tech Ed as a guest of Microsoft. Copyright ? 2005 CNET Networks, Inc. All Rights Reserved> Source:> ZDNet Australia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0sit0 Posted September 1, 2005 Share Posted September 1, 2005 i thought they were going to buy deep freeze :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stephen_0002 Posted September 1, 2005 Share Posted September 1, 2005 sounds wicked.. and very interesting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P!P Posted September 1, 2005 Share Posted September 1, 2005 Yeah, sounds cool. I'm sure Microsoft will pump this up so businesses will want to upgrade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Code.Red Posted September 1, 2005 Share Posted September 1, 2005 It's all of these things that will really make Vista worthwhile. GJ MS! :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1WayJonny Posted September 1, 2005 Share Posted September 1, 2005 i thought they were going to buy deep freeze :D 586463734[/snapback] Me too, would have been a better move, plus more intelligent technology Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turkishdelight Posted September 1, 2005 Share Posted September 1, 2005 I think it's a good idea, as long as it's compatible with all applications. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sn00pie Posted September 1, 2005 Share Posted September 1, 2005 Good stuff, so it'll sort of be like Opera's browser, when you exit and re-open it, it loads the previously visited pages. (Y) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cropcircles Posted September 2, 2005 Share Posted September 2, 2005 Sounds like Acronis True Image, Partition Magic or Ghost. I've been using Acronis for over a year and have backup images of several OS including 5112 that I can restore and have up in about ten minues. This sounds like it works on specific files and programs. Pretty cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
error404ts Posted September 2, 2005 Share Posted September 2, 2005 I think it's a good idea, as long as it's compatible with all applications. 586466325[/snapback] If it's not I guess you'll get Freezer Burn? Has MS copyrighted that name yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirCasper6 Posted September 3, 2005 Share Posted September 3, 2005 Well I am excited! This will make my job incredibly easier. Not only help keeping computers upgraded, but secure. AND I don't have to make sure no one is running anything! BRILLIANT! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chavo Posted September 3, 2005 Share Posted September 3, 2005 I'm not trying to start a flamewar or onr of those "Who copied who" threads. Just pointing out some facts. This has been available with almost any Linux session-manager for years now. Everytime I log out or reboot, my session is automatically saved. All open apps and documents are reopened upon login. It's a cool thing and I'm glad to see it coming to Windows. Once again, not trying to incite flames. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J_R_G Posted September 8, 2005 Share Posted September 8, 2005 I'm not trying to start a flamewar or onr of those "Who copied who" threads. Just pointing out some facts.This has been available with almost any Linux session-manager for years now. Everytime I log out or reboot, my session is automatically saved. All open apps and documents are reopened upon login. It's a cool thing and I'm glad to see it coming to Windows. Once again, not trying to incite flames. 586472405[/snapback] Of course not, and I assume you do the same on linux websites whenever they get a 10 year old feature... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benplace Posted September 13, 2005 Share Posted September 13, 2005 I remember a FastZap cartridge I had for my C64 that you could hit a button and it would save your computers state to a disk. Then you could boot up the computer and load the file and it would return it to that state. I think this is similar to what they are doing, but on an application level. I am surprised no one has released a product that does this, like a USB or PCI card. The file would always be the same size as your memory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kjaja Posted September 13, 2005 Share Posted September 13, 2005 So it's just auto-hibernate. Big whoop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benplace Posted September 13, 2005 Share Posted September 13, 2005 So it's just auto-hibernate. Big whoop. 586520172[/snapback] How do you get auto hibernate out of this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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