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New Addition to My Toolbox
08 March 08 07:46 PM
When it comes to creating CDs and DVDs, I pretty much have a singular need - burning ISO images of software.  Therefore, I always find myself pretty annoyed with the "everything and the kitchen sink" tools like Nero and Roxio and I've been Read More...
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Disabling the Annoying Toshiba Menu
19 October 07 11:25 AM
Do any of you have a Toshiba laptop? I have a Techra M5, and today I finally got annoyed to the point of looking up how to disable this moronic system menu . Now I can move my mouse again without fear of accidentally bumping the top of the screen. Read More...
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Windows SDK Integration with VS/VC++
02 October 07 10:06 AM
Part of my job with MSDN Magazine is looking at the accompanying code samples that we make available for download. A lot of things go into the level of detail that I spend with the code samples (such as how much time I have available, how familiar I am Read More...
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Really Cool Desktop Backgrounds
06 September 07 08:05 PM
I'm pretty sure that this is just one of those sites that I missed because I wasn't paying attention. However, I came across it tonight and absolutely love all of the desktop backgrounds that can be downloaded. They even have a bunch of backgrounds for Read More...
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XSD.exe Funkiness with Pre-Build Event
06 September 07 04:31 PM
So I'm currently working on something where my domain ontology is maintained in XSD. In the beginning, it was no big deal to periodically run xsd.exe from the command line when I changed my XSD file. However, as my data types became larger in number, Read More...
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Running Vista in VPC 2007
03 August 07 04:10 PM
I have my Orcas test bench environment setup in VPC 2007 using a Vista base image as the foundation for my Orcas differencing drive. That said, it has been driving me absolutely crazy how slow Vista performs under VPC - so after a quick search, I came Read More...
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WF Custom Actions - Location Matters!
28 May 07 05:47 PM
Firstly, many thanks to Kavita Kamani for helping me figure this one out. As you may or may not know, Windows Workflow Foundation contains a lightweight, forward-chaining rules engine (by lightweight, I mean to say non- Rete ). In WF rules, a rule is Read More...
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Vista and Wireless Network Security
14 February 07 09:59 AM
I learned something interesting about Vista yesterday (or part of something interesting – I'm sure that I'm probably missing something). I've been running Vista for quite some time on my work laptop, and it has never been able to connect to my home wireless Read More...
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