Having concentrated on writing development tools for years, I always look at new operating system releases with an eye toward seeing if there’s anything new I can use to solve difficult development problems. For example, Windows® XP introduced vectored exception handling, which allows you to intercept the exception handling chain for logging and diagnostic purposes. In the November 2006 issue of MSDN® Magazine, I discussed my attempt at using that functionality to write an exception logger for Microsoft® .NET-based applications.
With Windows Vista™, Microsoft didn’t disappoint. In fact, Windows Vista has a very interesting new API called ..
