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The Microsoft Windows Software Development Kit (SDK) Update for Windows Vista provides documentation, samples, header files, libraries, and tools you need to develop applications that run on Windows. This release of the SDK supplies updated compilers and documentation.
The updated compilers are the same ones that recently shipped in Visual Studio 2005 Service Pack 1. This SDK also includes the samples, headers, tools and libraries that shipped in the Software Development Kit for Vista in November, 2006.
This download contains the SDK only. To build .NET Framework 3.0 applications, you must have .NET Framework 3.0 Runtime Components.
This release of the SDK is intended to replace the Windows SDK for Vista. If you have already installed the Windows SDK for Vista and you want to install the Windows SDK Update for Vista, you will need to first uninstall the Windows SDK for Vista.
The Windows SDK Update for Vista includes content for application development with the APIs in Windows Vista, including the .NET Framework 3.0 technologies: .NET Framework 2.0, Windows Presentation Foundation, Windows Communication Foundation, Windows Workflow Foundation, and Windows CardSpace. This SDK is designed for use with Windows Vista (which includes Framework 3.0). The Windows SDK Update for Vista also supports creating applications for Windows XP, Windows Server 2003 SP1, and Windows Server 2003 R2. This release of the Windows SDK is compatible with Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 and the Visual Studio 2005 extensions for .NET Framework 3.0 (WCF & WPF), November 2006 CTP.

Hide My Windows software for quickly hiding windows without closing applications. Any games, documents and application can be hidden from your desktop till someone try to spy behind you. It will useful in office if your boss comes unexpectedly and you play in games or chat with friends - just press one hotkey combination to hide active or group of windows. All hidden windows will be shown again when you need it.
Hide My Windows provides a easy and flexible functionality for home and office PC users to quickly get sensitive materials out off the screen without closing programs or losing documents.
Features:
* Instantly hide windows with a secret hotkey combination - This feature allows to hide all windows of browsers, chats, games and other by defined filters.
* Instantly hide active window with a secret hotkey combination - Sometimes you have no time to add window name to filters, no problem this feature allows to you hide any active window by hotkey.
* Restore all windows on their places - All hidden windows will be restored with their sizes, places and style.
* Works invisibly in the background - To protect your privacy Hide My Windows can be hide and work in background.
* Customizable hot keys - You can change default hotkeys anytime.
* Show list of hidden windows - You can check which windows hidden by filters and change filters if needed.
* Owner process detection - Different processes can have windows with one name, you can decrease collisions by analyzing owner processes and changing filters to meet your needs.

Windows Installer (Windows XP/2003) 4.5 is a very considerable in degree installation and configuration service.

WindowsInstaller-KB893803-v2-x86.exe is the redistributable package for installing or upgrading Windows Installer.

Major Features:

1. The new Windows Installer redistributable follows a new naming convention that contains a knowledge base reference so it is easier to identify which version of the Windows Installer will be installed.
2. The previous naming convention, INSTMSI.EXE, will no longer be used.
   

Enhancements:

• Custom Action Execution On Update Uninstall-This feature enables an update to add or change a custom action so that the custom action is called when an update is uninstalled.
  
• Shared Component Patching Resiliency During Uninstall-This feature makes sure that the most recent version of a component is available to all the products.
  

Requirements:

• Supported Operating Systems: Windows 2000 Service Pack 3; Windows 2000 Service Pack 4; Windows Server 2003; Windows XP; Windows XP Service Pack 1; Windows XP Service Pack 2
• Windows Installer 3.1 Redistributable supports Windows 2000 with Service Pack 3 or later, Windows XP, Windows XP Service Pack 1, Windows XP Service Pack 2 and Windows Server 2003. Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 contains Windows Installer 3.1 and therefore can't be installed or upgraded by this redistributable.