This is the short version, the longer version is further down, also make sure and review the SQL Express BOL and the Mini BOL . Follow these steps: 1. Make sure express is running correctly (assumes a default install) Drop to a cmd prompt ...

A friend pointed out the overload of HttpUtility.HtmlEncode today that I hadn't played with yet. No doubt every ASP developer has played with the version that takes in a string and returns the Html encoded string. This one will take a string and output...

Okay, according to the stats, you guys stopped reading when I posted the convoy topic, but, well, I'll keep throwing stuff at you and hope you enjoy it. This is the first installment of the bizTalk pub/sub infrastructure talk. I have met lots of...

How much of your development/debugging do you do on the emulator? [Author: Dave Stewart]

Boing Boing reports that one of the original Knight Rider cars is for sale on EBay , complete with the scanning lights in the grill and external speakers that make that scanning sound. You know the sound. I was always an A-Team kid myself. If that black...

The information published in this post is now out-of-date. —IEBlog Editor, 20 August 2012 I will paraphrase Jeff Davis , a developer on the IE team, when it comes to setting parameters for what we will and will not talk about IEBlog. We will...

Wow, I didn't realize I was entering such a hornets nest when I started making comments about licensing enforcement. Apparently there's a lot of misconceptions about how we enforce licensing in SBS. I understand licensing with Microsoft is in general...

For those of us who don't feel up to writing something with the Express editions to win an XBox and Halo 2, Mike Schinkel has informed me that Xtras.net and ComponentOne have an even sweeter deal. Download any ComponentOne program from Xtras.net, and...

Someone on the newsgroups asked for an official answer on why Team System is not in Whidbey Beta 1. The short answer is that it's not beta quality, so it didn't belong in a beta. Keep your eyes open for another CTP release in the next few months. The...

On July 15 in the office of Microsoft Bulgaria was hold the Sofia .NET User Group. The subject of the 1st meeting was "Code Access Security". Unfortunately I was not in Bulgaria at that time but I really like their website which you can find at http...

The May 2004 CTP that contained Team System (but not Team Foundation, which includes source control and work item tracking) is supposed to be up on MSDN by Monday. There were a number of requests for it in the newsgroups after it was mistakenly removed...

There's been lots of speculation about Lookout being bought just for the people and that the product would never be see the light of day again. Well, it's available as a free download from Microsoft here . Who knows how long it'll last, so grab it now...