The Old New Thing

December 31, 2007 - The Old New Thing

2007 year-end link clearance

December 31, 2007 Dec 31, 2007 12/31/07
Raymond Chen
A few random links that I've collected over the last six months. And then the obligatory plug for my column in TechNet Magazine, which, despite the fact that Microsoft's name is on the magazine cover, does not establish the official Microsoft position on anything...

Why aren't console windows themed on Windows XP?

December 31, 2007 Dec 31, 2007 12/31/07
Raymond Chen
Commenter Andrej Budja asks why cmd.exe is not themed in Windows XP. (This question was repeated by Serge Wautier, proving that nobody checks whether their suggestion has already been submitted before adding their own. It was also asked by a commenter who goes by the name "S", and then repeated again just a few hours later, which ...