I always knew that debug=true in the web config of an ASP.NET project was bad karma. However, this article explains just how bad it is when you are moving into production with a web application with regard to performance. It will scare you with things...

Ever have to do a specific type of task for a project? Check this site first to see if its already done. In addition to code snippets which you can also download, these are all samples that demonstrate the best practice methods in order to conduct common...

I recently had a client that wanted to increase the processing interval for the data warehouse in TFS. They problem was that they would run reports and they would not show up. After a period of stopping and starting the the scheduler service, we...

Odly enough, these tips come right from the Smartphone section of the 700w Palm site! The coolest feature that I did not know about was setting up video ringtomes. I can't wait to try it. http://www.palm.com/us/owners/treo700w/howdoi/

You might recognize some of my following posts as older ones from SessionState.com. Now that I work for Microsoft, I'm moving some of my relevant posts from SessionState.com to blogs.msdn.com now that I am a Microsoft employee.

I'm not sure if I wrote about this before, but PostXING is a great blog tool alternative for desktop blogging. It holds your credentials and operates with Community Server (which runs blogs.msdn.com) as well as MSN Spaces. The value add here is that I...

The feature pack is a set of separate downloads that allow you to install components of SQL Server without installing the whole server product. Available at the following URL: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=D09C1D60-A13C-4479...

From a client perspective in Team Explorer, the following link indicates how to view and retreive deleted items using the Source Control settings to check "Show deleted items in the Source Control Explorer" item in the Options menu. http://weblogs...

In order to delete a team foundation project, you have to use a command line utility called TFSDeleteProject.exe. The deletion cannot be done from the client, but must be done through this command line utility installed with the client. The following...

When attempting to use the performance wizard against an ASP.NET project you receive an error like the following: Launch Error: The web site could not be configured correctly; getting ASP.NET process information failed. Requesting 'http://localhost...

This issue occurs if there are errors with the referential integrity between data tables in a typed data set. The problem is that although it raises an exception, it is difficult to see what the actual problem was (it could be nullable fields, key violations...