Notes from a dark corner
Debugging anything that uses clock cycles
Dear readers I've not blogged a lot in recent years but from tomorrow I will officially no longer...
Date: 06/19/2019
Thanks to a new service from our content team, you can now get an Atom or RSS feed for a wide...
Date: 04/27/2018
This is rather obscure but seems to come up every so often. Here 0x1234 would be the process ID of...
Date: 04/19/2017
I am not great with keyboard shortcuts. I use quite a few but my repertoire is a bit limited. One...
Date: 01/04/2017
You know the situation – you develop and debug your app, all works well and you deploy it onto the...
Date: 05/19/2016
In the past I have maintained some blogs posts about version histories of the CLR 2.0 and CLR 4.0....
Date: 03/17/2016
Exciting announcements yesterday about the availability of Red Hat Enterprise Linux in Azure...
Date: 02/18/2016
It is not so often these days that support cases have a quick solution. With the wealth of forums...
Date: 02/15/2016
Following on from my “Version history of the CLR 2.0” post I’ve decided to start one for 4.0. The...
Date: 12/14/2015
I am slightly embarrassed by the length of time since my last blog post. But never mind, here I am...
Date: 08/28/2015
Some upcoming webinars, first one today! Brought to you by members of the Windows Store Developer...
Date: 06/10/2014
TechEd North America 2014 is underway! You can find an overview of the announcements on Soma and...
Date: 05/13/2014
Microsoft has just released two new resources to ease IT Pros’ lives. · Script Browser – IT Pros can...
Date: 05/01/2014
Note that in some situations after applying security bulletin MS14-009, your application that uses...
Date: 03/04/2014
A CTP (preview) of Visual Studio 2013 Update 2 has been released with lots of interesting new...
Date: 02/27/2014
On February 26th, 6pm – 8pm GMT (10am – 12pm PST) members of our Windows Store apps...
Date: 02/25/2014
I thought this might be worth sharing. Windows Phone 8 introduced a built in way to take a...
Date: 02/17/2014
An update to Visual Studio 2013 has been released.You can read about it here.You can read specifics...
Date: 01/21/2014
Microsoft’s Global Business Support (GBS) group is part of our Customer Service and Support...
Date: 01/17/2014
We have a great new resource available for you called the Top Support Solutions blog with curated...
Date: 01/16/2014
The Microsoft Services team in our Middle East and Africa (MEA) region have put together a series of...
Date: 01/15/2014
Got an Android or iOS app you want to port to Windows Store?See here on the Microsoft All-In-One...
Date: 01/15/2014
Just published – “Developer's Guide to Enterprise Library, 2nd edition”.Download...
Date: 11/19/2013
Windows Server Performance Tuning Guidelines have now been updated for version 2012 R2 here. (Update...
Date: 11/13/2013
The Windows Store Developer Solutions team is a global team within Microsoft Developer support that...
Date: 11/13/2013
A very interesting guide on technology roadmaps, usage patterns and migration paths with 70 pages of...
Date: 11/05/2013
Good...
Date: 10/31/2013
Ibrahim Kivanc has an excellent Windows 8.1 developer roadmap available here and is also currently...
Date: 10/30/2013
Windows and Windows Server compatibility cookbook: updated for Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2
The Windows compatibility cookbook has now been updated for Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2....
Date: 10/30/2013
An awesome update to that long staple tool in the IIS and general debugging toolbox has now been...
Date: 10/04/2013
Read all about it here. Successor to Netmon. Analyze network traffic and much more.Doug
Date: 09/26/2013
Great post by Eric Lawrence, the man behind Fiddler, about why you should not use User-Agent strings...
Date: 09/25/2013
Upgrading your app from Windows 8 to Windows 8.1 Preview whitepaperWindows 8.1 Preview Product Guide...
Date: 07/12/2013
This could be handy: code.msdn.microsoft.com/windowsapps/Windows-8-Modern-Style-App-Samples...
Date: 06/28/2013
Brian Harry’s blog here:...
Date: 06/26/2013
Microsoft has launched a new Windows App Builder blog. You can find it...
Date: 06/21/2013
If you are developing Windows 8 apps, there are some upcoming webcasts in June that looks...
Date: 05/29/2013
Our team within Microsoft Global Business Support that supports developer writing Windows Store apps...
Date: 05/09/2013
Lee Culver, a software developer on the .NET Runtime team, has shipped an awesome managed code...
Date: 05/04/2013
An exciting competition organised by CodeProject and sponsored by Microsoft is under way with the...
Date: 04/29/2013
An important hotfix package has been released:An enterprise hotfix rollup is available for Windows 7...
Date: 03/13/2013
My colleagues in Ireland have been stretching their legs raising money for Concern Universal as part...
Date: 03/05/2013
If you or one of the users of a Windows Store app you’ve developed are having problems with the app,...
Date: 02/27/2013
A few days ago the latest update to the Visual Studio Extensions for the Windows Library for...
Date: 02/18/2013
Our UK Developer and Platform Evangelism team have a great site designed to help get UK developers...
Date: 02/06/2013
Great to see that we are now going to provide crash reports to help you certify your Windows Store...
Date: 01/31/2013
Useful short, new video here explaining what a Microsoft account is.HTHDoug
Date: 10/30/2012
Loving watching the different style adverts we are using in different countries and...
Date: 10/23/2012
#MSLearning In case you are looking for some free training – starting today for two days...
Date: 10/10/2012