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New Machine? Nope, Just a Defrag
I run Windows Server 2008 Enterprise on my quad core development workstation to take advantage of the OS’ Hyper-V support. (More info on setting this up at http://www.win2008workstation.com/ ) Anyway, Derek at Diskeeper corporation sent along an MVP freebie...
Posted 16 November 2009 12:10 PM by Ken Cox [MVP] | 2 comment(s)
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It Works On My Virtual Machine - So Ship My VHD!
With advances in virtualization technology, it seems like the old quip, “It works on my machine - so let’s ship my machine!” is becoming reality. In the old days, people would configure a physical box in their shop and send it out to the client or host...
Posted 14 November 2009 10:42 AM by Ken Cox [MVP] | with no comments
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Our Windows 7 Launch Party’s Over
The Windows 7 launch celebration went well at our place. I installed the “Windows 7 Signature Edition” on an older (Win 95 era) Dell machine and discovered that the new OS ran quite well. Even more surprising, Dell’s audio and video drivers for Windows...
Posted 22 October 2009 03:34 PM by Ken Cox [MVP] | with no comments
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VS 2010 Product Release Date? March 22, 2010
I don't recall Microsoft announcing a Visual Studio release date this far in advance. The official launch is March 22, 2010 . In the past there have been two product release dates for Visual Studio. The first was soon after release to manufacturing (RTM...
Posted 19 October 2009 05:41 PM by Ken Cox [MVP] | 1 comment(s)
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Animation on MSDN Web Pages? No Thanks
I may be fighting a losing battle against the Silverlight/Flash animation gurus. The Visual Basic Developer site on MSDN is showing off a preview of its proposed redesign . One of the “features” is a flashing, fading, distracting, and very annoying animation...
Posted 13 October 2009 08:26 AM by Ken Cox [MVP] | 2 comment(s)
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Windows 7 Ultimate Signature Edition w/ Party Pack
Gosh, it didn’t take long for eBay to come alive with offers to sell the Not For Resale (NFR) versions of Windows 7 ! I suspect most of these “Signature Edition” versions are coming out of the Party Pack that just arrived today. The asking prices seem...
Posted 09 October 2009 02:54 PM by Ken Cox [MVP] | 2 comment(s)
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Fixing the ‘Telerik.WebControls.GridInsertionObject does not contain a property’ Error
I really like working with the Telerik ASP.NET AJAX controls. However, I keep forgetting about a problem in the RadGrid that occurs when trying to add a new record using EntityDataSource. If there aren’t any records yet, and you click Add Record, you...
Posted 02 October 2009 09:01 AM by Ken Cox [MVP] | with no comments
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DropDownList Lookups Failing Due to SQL Char DataType
Here’s today’s episode of “Losing Time on Something Dumb”… In my ASP.NET 3.5 project (using Telerik’s AJAX controls) I filled a RadComboBox with Items and needed to set the selected item to the current value of the object (I’m using Entity Framework)...
Posted 30 September 2009 10:34 AM by Ken Cox [MVP] | with no comments
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WebsiteSpark – Free Software? Not Exactly
Microsoft has an interesting new initiative called WebsiteSpark that features a 7,122-word legal agreement . The attraction of the programme for small web development and design companies is obvious, starting with free licenses for development and hosting...
Posted 24 September 2009 08:28 AM by Ken Cox [MVP] | 4 comment(s)
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Publishers Prepare for Year End .NET 4.0 Release
While Microsoft is coy about product release plans (“When it’s ready” is a common evasive answer to the question), book publishers frequently reveal their (and Microsoft’s) plans online. If you’re curious about when software like .NET 4.0 and Visual Studio...
Posted 13 September 2009 11:40 AM by Ken Cox [MVP] | 4 comment(s)
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