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Friday, May 29, 2009 8:48 PM

How to unblock installation of the .NET Framework 4 beta 1 on Windows XP Media Center and Tablet PC Editions

Question: I tried to install the .NET Framework 4 beta 1 and Visual Studio 2010 beta 1 on my Windows XP Media Center system.  It fails to install with an error like the following: Microsoft .NET Framework 4 Beta 1 cannot be installed because an incompatible
Posted by astebner | 5 Comments
Thursday, May 21, 2009 10:26 PM

Using WiX 3.0 to create an MSI-based installer for Visual Studio project templates

A while back, I wrote a blog post where I introduced a set of Visual Studio 2005 and 2008 project templates that I created to supplement the ones that shipped in one of the earlier versions of the Windows Vista Media Center SDK.  I used WiX v3.0
Posted by astebner | 2 Comments
Wednesday, May 20, 2009 2:41 PM

Links to download Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4.0 beta 1

As Soma announced on his blog earlier this week, Visual Studio 2010 beta 1 and the .NET Framework 4.0 beta 1 have shipped.  You can check out this MSDN page and this post on Jason Zander’s blog for information about what is new in VS 2010. 
Posted by astebner | 9 Comments
Friday, May 15, 2009 8:19 PM

Media Center SDK for Windows 7 release candidate now available for public download

I just noticed this item on Charlie Owen's blog and wanted to link to it here as well.  There is now a public download available for the Windows Media Center SDK for the Windows 7 release candidate.  Here are some useful links: Media Center
Posted by astebner | 5 Comments
Tuesday, May 12, 2009 4:26 PM

Links to introductory information about XNA Game Studio 3.1 Avatar APIs

My colleague Dean Johnson has posted a couple of items on his blog that I wanted to link to here to help raise visibility.  Dean is the primary developer for the Xbox LIVE Avatar APIs that are going to be a part of the upcoming XNA Game Studio 3.1
Posted by astebner | 0 Comments
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Friday, May 08, 2009 5:39 PM

Links to GDC 2009 XNA Game Studio Developer Day session content

The PowerPoint slides and the audio recordings for the sessions that were presented at the XNA Game Studio Developer Day at GDC 2009 are now available for download.  Here are links to the download pages and brief descriptions of each session as they
Posted by astebner | 0 Comments
Thursday, May 07, 2009 8:42 PM

Possible workaround for RGB9RAST install failure when deploying the .NET Framework 3.0 or 3.5

I have heard from a few folks recently (such as this blog comment and this forum post ) who have run into troubles installing the RGB9RAST component that is a prerequisite for the .NET Framework 3.0, 3.0 SP1, 3.5 and 3.5 SP1 on Windows XP and Windows
Posted by astebner | 6 Comments
 
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