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Using SecAnnotate to Analyze Your Assemblies for Transparency Violations

KarinM — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:50:04 GMT

SecAnnotate can be used to analyze your assemblies, especially APTCA assemblies in order to find transparency violations without needing code coverage from a test case. The static analysis provided by SecAnnotate is valuable in ensuring that your...(read more)

Microsoft Help Viewer - New Help System in Visual Studio 2010

KarinM — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 07:35:19 GMT

Have you tried the the new Help system in Visual Studio 2010 Beta 2 ? Kathleen McGrath of Visual Studio User Education fame recently interviewed Ryan Linton, a Senior Program Manager on the Library Experience team. Check out the video on Channel...(read more)

New MFC modules for Win 7 Development

KarinM — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 19:10:30 GMT

The Windows 7 Training Kit for Developers was recently updated and is how hosted online on Channel 9, so you don’t need to download it. It has several excellent new step-by-step MFC tutorials with lots of screen shots. You’ll need to be running...(read more)

Burger King Japan sells the Windows 7 Whopper

KarinM — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 05:39:25 GMT

Thanks to Engadget for sharing this great image of Burger King Japan's limited time offer "Windows 7 Whopper" with a whopping 7 layers of beef. Stupid? Yes. Disgusting? Yes. But apparently, a great idea. I Binged "...(read more)

Twitter Search on Bing

KarinM — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 02:13:54 GMT

Bing announced today that they’ve been working with Twitter, and now have access to the entire public Twitter feed. Nice interface! Try out the beta of Bing Twitter search (sorry, only in the US, for now). Find more info on this Bing...(read more)

FREE Windows 7 Developer Boot Camp, Nov 16, before PDC

KarinM — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 19:59:53 GMT

If you're going to the Professional Developers' Conference, or even if you're not but plan to be in LA on November 16, sign up for the free Windows 7 Developer Boot Camp . You have to register to attend, and space is limited. It's a great...(read more)

Troubleshooting Windows 7 SDK Download/Install

KarinM — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 02:52:02 GMT

This article applies to the Windows SDK for Windows 7 and .NET Framework 3.5 SP1. Read these other posts to troubleshoot issues with the Windows SDK for Server 2008 and .NET Framework 3.5 or to troubleshoot issues with the Windows SDK Update for...(read more)

Installing Windows SDK for Server 2008 (v6.1) after VS2008 SP1 causes conflicts with Security Update (KB971092)

KarinM — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 01:48:06 GMT

Issue : If you install the Windows SDK for Windows Server 2008 and .NET Framework 3.5 , on top of Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack1, some CRT files will revert back to RTM version. ( See this post for more information about this issue ) This...(read more)

Windows SDK for Server 2008 (v6.1) overwrites VS2008 SP1 CRT files

KarinM — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 01:45:24 GMT

Issue : If you install the Windows SDK for Windows Server 2008 and .NET Framework 3.5 , on top of any post-RTM Visual Studio update (such as a Service Pack or Feature Pack), some CRT files will be reverted back to RTM version. Cause...(read more)

New Win32 Samples in Windows SDK for Windows 7

KarinM — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 20:22:24 GMT

The newly released Windows SDK for Windows 7 and .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 contains a comprehensive set of Win32 samples illustrating Windows 7 technologies. (An upcoming article will talk about the managed code samples.) Over 1,200 samples were changed...(read more)

Released: Windows SDK for Windows 7 and .NET Framework 3.5 SP1

KarinM — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 09:06:00 GMT

The RTM release of the Windows SDK for Windows 7 and .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 was posted to the Microsoft Download Center today, 8/6/09. The SDK is available for download in both ISO and Web Setup format. Web setup allows you to install only the SDK components...(read more)

Get Half off Windows 7

KarinM — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 21:42:00 GMT

Windows 7 is coming on October 22, 2009. Pre-order Windows 7 today at the Microsoft Store . You'll get it for at least half off and be one of the first to get it. Pre-order a Windows 7 Home Premium Upgrade for $49 or a Windows 7 Professional Upgrade for...(read more)

Like Vista Bridge? Love Win API Code Pack for .NET Framework

KarinM — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 00:02:55 GMT

If you thought the VistaBridge was a cool idea, you're really going to love the next evolution. Windows 7 has some great new features that will really shine in your managed application, and the Windows SDK team has been working on a way to...(read more)

SDK samples WSDAPI StockQuote, FileService fail to build with msbuild if VS 2008 installed

KarinM — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 23:44:04 GMT

The WSDAPI StockQuote and FileService samples that ship in the Windows SDK for Windows 7 may fail to build on the command line (using msbuild) if Visual Studio 2008 is installed. These samples include project files that reference WSDL and XSD files, and...(read more)

Win 7 SDK (RC) can disable x64 config platform choices in VS2008 RTM.

KarinM — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 23:44:05 GMT

Installing the Windows 7 SDK (RC release) and Visual Studio 2008 RTM can disable the X64 and Itanium configuration platform choices in Visual Studio. If the Windows 7 SDK (RC release) and Visual Studio 2008 RTM are installed on a machine running an x64...(read more)