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Wednesday, February 25, 2009 11:45 AM

Installing latest Windows 7 updates could cause unbootable system

Be careful when installing the latest updates that just came out from Microsoft yesterday. I have only tried them on one machine but after installing the latest updates from Windows Update, my machine rebooted and Windows 7 will no longer start. I have...
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Friday, January 16, 2009 4:11 PM

Activating Windows 7 on different hardware

With Vista, if you replaced hardware on your machine or put your hard drive in a new computer, Windows would prompt you to activate online.  You were typically given 5 or so activations before your key would no longer work. With Windows 7, if you...
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Thursday, January 15, 2009 10:41 AM

How to get your Quick Launch Toolbar back in Windows 7

Right click on taskbar and select Toolbars > New Toolbar Browse to:  C:\Users\%username%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch Hit: Select Folder -or-   you can just download and install a much better version of Quick Launch...
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Thursday, January 15, 2009 9:33 AM

How to find missing drivers for Windows 7

I installed Windows 7 on machine that was a couple of years old.  When it booted up, the max display resolution was 640x480 because of the old vga video driver that shipped with Windows 7.  I tried to find an updated driver from several places...
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Wednesday, January 14, 2009 3:29 PM

Live Mesh update for Windows 7 Beta is now online

Microsoft has posted a new update for Live Mesh that is compatible with Windows 7 Beta. The info has been posted on the Live Mesh Blog .
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Thursday, August 21, 2008 4:01 PM

R.I.P. .NET Reflector

Yes.  It is true, Lutz Roeder has decided to end development of .NET Reflector…  This free tool has been the greatest addition to .NET development since, well, forever.   Development will be passed on to Red Gate Software and it is...
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Thursday, July 10, 2008 1:26 PM

Extension Methods with Enum Description

Since Enum names in .NET do not support certain characters like spaces, often developers will use the DescriptionAttribute to add detailed text to an Enum.     Copy Code    [ Flags ]    internal enum SuperHero   ...
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Friday, September 01, 2006 9:01 PM

.NET Framework 3.0 RC is out

.NET Framework 3.0 RC ready for download Via Jason Zander's WebLog - NETFX 3.0 just went live on the web today, you can download it here . NETFX 3.0 contains Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF), Windows Communication Foundation (WCF), Windows Workflow...
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Thursday, August 31, 2006 12:41 PM

Frans Bouma article about why a cache in an O/R mapper doesn't make it fetch data faster.

Why a cache in an O/R mapper doesn't make it fetch data faster. Via Frans Bouma's blog - Preface One of the biggest myths in O/R mapper land is about 'caching'. It's often believed that using a cache inside an O/R mapper makes queries much faster and...
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Thursday, August 31, 2006 12:35 PM

How to detect old versions when deploying the .NET Framework 3.0 (formerly WinFX)

How to detect old versions when deploying the .NET Framework 3.0 (formerly WinFX) Via Aaron Stebner's WebLog - I received an interesting question from a customer this weekend. They are working on a setup package that will include the .NET Framework 3...
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