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February 2008 - Posts

Life at Microsoft
If you ever wondered how life looks like working at Microsoft, check out this video from on10.net which should reveal the “truth” :). Now want to order the “Moon” that Tina ordered? Come on board, join our Dev team or Test Team ! Weijuan Read More...
Head Tracking using a Wii Remote
How often do you get an e-mail where somebody says "this is cool" and provides a link to a web site or a video? "Yea, yea, it’s probably cool but I’ve got work to do" is my usual response. However, the other day I noticed at the bottom of a "cool" e-mail Read More...
Daytona 500 & Virtualization
I'm sitting in front of the TV waiting for the Daytona 500 race to start (the 'Superbowl' of Nascar racing) and root for #55 Michael Waltrip in the Toyota / Napa car. While waiting for the start I'm surfing the web and figure I'll drop in on some of the Read More...
January Chat Transcript is Now Live
A big thanks to everyone who joined us for our last chat session on January 29th! If you weren’t able to make it, you can now read the full transcript of the chat on the MSDN site here . Many thanks to our guest expert, Alexander Wechsler, who helped Read More...
Trying To Install .Net 3.5 On Top Of .Net 2.0 In XPe?
Recently, a customer reported an issue installing the .NET Framework 3.5 on an XP Embedded system that includes the .NET Framework 2.0 component in the image. The specific error message encountered is the following: Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 Service Read More...
XP Embedded in South Africa
I am writing this from sunny South Africa where I am combining some business with my vacation. It is almost 2pm here and the Marketing Department of Microsoft South Africa in Johannesburg is buzzing (they kindly lent me a desk to work from for 9 days). Read More...
Using C# to Automate Build Environments
Recently, I was tasked with writing a build automation system for our test group, and while the build system is pretty robust at this point, I've run into quite a few challenges in getting the most critical part of it to work: The part that runs our build Read More...
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