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How-to Restore and Find Deleted Email in Outlook 2007
Help!!  I permanently deleted an email I need, I need to find an email I deleted, how to restore a deleted email.  If you’re in trouble, here’s a quick solution for retrieving email from the dumpster in Outlook 2007. When you delete an email Read More...
How to get started with .NET using Terrarium
Random .NET Ramblings talks about Terrarium , a game created to learn .NET programming.  He used this game at UCSD to get students a head start with .NET.   “Back in the day Microsoft created a code base to be used to help people learn Read More...
New Videos: Get Started with Visual Web Developer Express 2008
Visual Web Developer Express 2008 is a free web tool that allows you to build CSS, HTML ASP.NET, C#, VB, and JavaScript and supports additional frameworks like ASP.NET MVC, AJAX, Silverlight and jQuery. ASP.NET is releasing a new series of how-to videos Read More...
Vanity Popfly Mashups
You may have read an earlier C4F article Creating a Vanity Search Page using Windows Live Search.  I wanted to create a Vanity mashup for my Facebook page to show off my YouTube channel, but while there were YouTube blocks on Popfly they didn’t cover Read More...
Installing Win7 from USB onto Netbook or EeePC
My team at Microsoft won a diversity award and part of the prize was a new Asus EeePC . I’m installing Win7 on it today, thanks to some instructions Clint Rutkas laid out. I’ll post them here in case you’re in the same boat. Please note, the first link Read More...
Certification 101: Getting Started with Microsoft Certification
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7 Unmissable Tips for Writing Great Content for the Web
Whether you put out technical how-tos on YouTube, create Facebook events, write for school or love to blog. Creating great content is a task that requires practice and revision. Freelance Folder has great tips for creating good content. Here are a few Read More...
Visual Studio 2008 Tip of the Day
Sara Ford keeps an excellent blog with a column on Visual Studio 2008 Tip of the Day. Here's one you might enjoy: How to select a Start-Up Project when you have multiple projects in a Solution . Why would you use multiple projects? Often you want to a Read More...
Imagine Cup US Finals: Innovation and Entrepreneurship
You missed your chance to network with congressmen, Venture Capitalists, and Microsoftees like Andy Sterland from the Popfly Team , but you CAN see some of the presentations now available on Channel8 , Microsoft’s channel for students. Channel8 and MTVU Read More...
MIS (Management Information Systems) Resources
I recently visited an MIS department at Baylor University. Since my background is in engineering and development, I had to do a little homework to determine what functionality would be the right fit for this type of program. Here are some tools that I Read More...
Best Practices: Designing Mobile Applications
These days, mobile devices are as common as chewing gum. Will your next application be ready to hit the streets? I recently talked to a group of MIS majors at Baylor University about Windows Mobile Design. Here are some tips and tricks to help you with Read More...
QnA from Facebook Students
Question : I need to wipe my computer, is that possible without disks? Answer: This isn't an easy task, so you may want to recruit some help from a friend or professional who's done this before. A couple of things before you start, backup your data and Read More...
Transitioning from Java to C#
A lot of students learn Java as part of their curriculum. If you're a Java programmer or familiar with Java concepts you can Ramp Up to Visual Studio and C# through the Ramp Up Series . The Ramp Up Series offers 5 FREE courses for transitioning into a Read More...
Basic Threading in .NET CF (Compact Framework) or Generally .NET
As I mentioned in my NEAT-o-Games post , on Friday I visited CPL to see talk about Windows Mobile Development. I provided an overview of threading concepts in .NET CF and gave a quick demo of basic threading concepts. If you are new to threading in either Read More...
Windows Live Writer: Format C# or .NET Code for Blog
In an earlier entry ( Format C# or .NET Code for your Blog or Website ), I linked to manoli.net/csharpformat as a great web site for formatting C# or .NET Code for you blog. Clint Rutkas pointed out that Windows Live Writer has a plug-in that uses Jean-Claude Read More...
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