Say what? (or, why should we use Vista or Windows 7 when we can’t easily develop on it)
Monday, July 13th, 2009You know it is bad when you find statements like this in a Microsoft document (the emphasis is mine):
Windows XP SP2 and Visual Studio .NET 2005
The recommended development environment for HealthVault applications is Windows XP with Service Pack 2 and Visual Studio .NET 2005. Some of the security settings in this guide are specific to this environment.
Windows Vista and Visual Studio .NET 2008
The HealthVault application environment is fully compatible with Windows Vista. However, Windows Vista locks down many shell and application security settings that are relevant to Web application development. If you choose to develop in Windows Vista, you need to manually configure the Visual Studio development environment to run in Administrator mode. In addition, you will need to take additional steps to configure security settings and grant local user permissions for your application development certificate. Some of those steps may depend on your local environment and are beyond the scope of this document