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Use the March CTP ISO without burning it

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I downloaded the March CTP off of MS.com to make sure I was running exactly what our customers got. I was surprised to see that the package was an ISO.

Instead of burning the ISO to CD, I remembered a little tool that I used in college: Daemon Tools. It lets your mount ISOs as drives without the wasted plastic. Pretty cool.

While I’m talking about 3rd party tools, I’m still amazed when I meet people (in software) that haven’t heard of Process Explorer. Amazing tool. A bunch of cool new features that support .NET diagnostics and network usage.

Do you ever want to delete a file and you can’t figure out which process has the handle? Here’s your solution.

As with all non-MS software, you’re mileage may vary, restrictions may apply, void where prohibited, yadda yadda yadda.