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Avoid dynamic disks if…
…you’re setting up Windows Media Center Edition. This is one of those little tidbits you only learn after it’s too late. Although Windows Media Center Edition doesn’t have a problem with dynamic disks, the extender software (both first generation extenders and the Xbox 360) can’t tolerate them for some reason.
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Beyond WinFX: Transactions, Aero Wizards, And Task Dialogs In Windows Vista
The July 2006 issue of MSDN Magazine features my latest article where I talk about some of the new native APIs introduced with Windows Vista.
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Attributes That Do Nothing
Some attributes in the .NET Framework don’t do anything. That is, there mere existence decorating your assemblies (and their types and members) has no discernable impact on runtime behavior. They are not used by the CLR for things like serialization and they are not used by applications through reflection. Pointless? Not at all.