A well-written series of articles on the Windows NT security model....

Just a quick note to developers who have not yet discovered Virtual PC 2004... do it now! I continue to be amazed by this product and how it has transformed my daily work experience. I'm able to have multiple Whidbey builds, multiple operating systems...

Last year when I was doing research online for my June 2004 trip around Europe , I was searching maps online and found a great map on the CIA (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency) web site. I was surprised to find it was part of a great resource online called...

MVP Bill Graziano's PASS 2004 presentation on " Trace and Profiler in SQL Server 2005 " Slides for download: http://www.pinpub.com/sqlblog/ViewItem.asp?Entry=31 A little bit from here: http://www.sqlskills.com/blogs/kimberly/PermaLink.aspx?guid=f3a2451a...

When you author a new component for .NET for which you want to offer a smooth user experience within the Visual Studio designers, you may find you need to write a few more classes to get it working the way you want. For example, you may need to write...

Mid-Atlantic Code Camp needs your help to be a success. If you know development, and want to share that knowledge with your peers, then we want you! To submit a session for the Mid-Atlantic Code Camp, please download the session submission form , fill...

Ok, the Xine install has been going on for like 30 minutes now and doesn't seem to have any end in site (it's currently configuring libxine1). I'm also not seeing items saved to my desktop actually showing up on my desktop. (i can see them from inside...

One of my pet peeves is seeing people use obscure managed code related terms incorrectly. So, I thought I’d make a little game out of it… Can you match the term to their usage correct? Terms: CLR CLS CTS CLI CER Fill in the blank: The __ is a contract...

Ok, wanted to install Xine, based on the recommendation of one of the posters. I opened synaptic and got a message saying dpkg had been interrupted and i needed to run: "dpkg --configure -a" Ok, slightly offputting. If i'm a a regular user i'm going to...

So i noticed a new icon on my status bar tonight. Nestled between the GAIM status icon and the Network status icon was a completely unidentifiable blob. When i hovered over it i saw "There are 173 Updates available". A-ha! I'd now dicovered the "synaptic...

Scoble pointed out that Joe Wood is asking if Aero is dead . Microsoft has a bunch of big public events happening this year ( WinHEC , PDC , etc.) and as we're ready to roll out more details on Longhorn, you will hear more about how the plans for the...

What is a Kiosk? If you asked a hundred embedded developers to think of what the word “kiosk” means to them and asked them to define the software features of a kiosk you’ll likely wind up with dozens of broad answers. My basic definition of a Kiosk is...