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Microsoft Virtual PC 2004 Gotcha

posted Tuesday, April 25, 2006 9:03 PM by mitchell
When playing in full-screen mode, it's really handy to have this list where you can get to it... Key combination Description Host key+L Restores Virtual PC Console from a minimized state. Moves Virtual PC Console to the foreground. Host key+I Read More
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Murphy's Law: Computer-Style

posted Monday, February 27, 2006 11:14 AM by mitchell
I "coined" this a long time ago, so I thought I'd share it. Caveat, the thought isn't original, just the acronym: MRFFE (pronounced - murphy) = Microsoft Recommended Fix For Everything Naturally, the MRFFE is "reboot." Read More
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RSS Toolkit

posted Wednesday, February 22, 2006 11:10 AM by mitchell
Read about the RSS Toolkit Dmitry has just released on his blog. Allows for consumption and production of RSS feeds as well as caching options. It is also both ASP.NET and Forms usable. Read More
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Ajax.NET

posted Monday, February 13, 2006 8:02 AM by mitchell
Very cool! Read More
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ASMX and WCF Playing Nice in the Sandbox?

posted Wednesday, February 01, 2006 9:23 PM by mitchell
Jeff's got a pointer to a post covering a simple way to being migrating from ASMX to Inidgo services. It seems elegant and simple, but I wonder how well it plays if my services are wrapped with any of the WS-* specs? Read More
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If a tree falls in the woods...applying old conundrums to new things (w/ reference to Media Player 10)

posted Monday, January 16, 2006 4:16 PM by mitchell
Here's a sort of silly question and a challenge to all of you out there (if there are any of you):When I take Windows Media Player down to it's Skin Mode, Visualizations are shown in the player (and, for some annoying reason can neither be turned off Read More
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Microsoft WMF Patch Broke My System

posted Friday, January 06, 2006 7:58 PM by mitchell
So...I download the Microsoft patch to one of my systems at home and it BREAKS the video. No more NVidia card drivers on the system. To top that off, the Celeron driver says it's not loading right either! Does System Restore fix it? No, of course not. Read More
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Vista on Virtual PC

posted Monday, December 12, 2005 2:25 PM by mitchell
So, I tried installing Vista on Microsoft Virtual PC 2004. After an initial hiccup, everything was installed...but it ran dog slow. I'm fairly sure that my hardware just isn't up to spec to run it in a virtual environment. So I guess Tablet PC's can't Read More
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Announcement: Enterprise Library Core Architecture Webcast

posted Tuesday, December 06, 2005 6:39 AM by mitchell
Enterprise Library Core Architecture Webcast(12/5/2005 6:31:58 PM) So what's this Configuration Source thing meant to be? Why do you have so many kinds of factories? How can I reuse the instrumentation capabilities in my own app? What's different in Read More
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Team Foundation Server Source Control

posted Thursday, November 24, 2005 12:35 PM by mitchell
Anyone else having issues with the Source Control for Team Foundation Server? It doesn't seem to be bringing down the actual latest version. Read More
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WinFX November CTP Released

posted Friday, November 18, 2005 3:18 PM by mitchell
You can now download the November CTP release for WinFX which is fully compatible with the RTM Version of Visual Studio 2005. You must download and install the following: WinFX SDK Visual Studio 2005 Extensions WinFX Runtime. (Note, you must Read More
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Visual Studio 2005 Service Pack

posted Wednesday, November 09, 2005 9:51 PM by mitchell
They've already got one in the works... "The first service pack for Visual Studio 2005 will be released in the first half of next year after Microsoft gathers more data from customers, he wrote. A more specific release date will be released in a few Read More
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Download the Windows Workflow Foundation Beta

posted Monday, November 07, 2005 6:11 PM by mitchell
Here's the link to the Windows Workflow Foundation beta release 1.2 (just posted about) which is supposed to be compatible with Visual Studio 2005 RTM. (Also requires .Net Framework 2.0 - which you should already have if you have VS2005RTM). Read More
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Windows Workflow Foundation Webcast

posted Monday, November 07, 2005 5:28 PM by mitchell
Just listened to a recorded webcast on Windows Workflow Foundation with Ron Jacobs, John Evdemon (Microsoft Architecture team), and Paul Andrew (Windows Workflow Foundation team). It's a fascinating introduction to the Windows Workflow Foundation arena, Read More
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Guided Tour of Monad

posted Monday, October 24, 2005 4:57 PM by mitchell
Ryan Paul has provided a guided tour of the new Windows Command Shell over at Ars Technica. Read More
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