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September 7, 2009

Monday, September 07, 2009 12:03 PM/EST

Yes, you CAN run VPC2007SP1 on Windows 7

I've just upgraded my development machine from Vista to Windows 7. One app that I rely on is Virtual PC because I have a lot of different environments set up to test various things. Microsoft's VPC pages indicate that you...

September 1, 2009

Tuesday, September 01, 2009 1:59 PM/EST

Time for another “the value of 3rd party tools” reminder

I was thinking about a client I've been working with and his willingness to use third party tools so that he can get the  job done faster. I know there was a time when I was one of those people...

August 6, 2009

Thursday, August 06, 2009 5:01 PM/EST

Visual Studio 2010 Beta Fever and Windows 7 RTM Fever

When it comes to Visual Studio, I have downloaded every alpha, beta, service pack etc. as soon as they have become available. I remember having the VS2005 beta open on one computer and VS2003 on another with the Object...

March 25, 2009

Wednesday, March 25, 2009 8:15 PM/EST

Don't forget to take advantage of Microsoft's PSS - Product Support Services

I am blogging this reminder because I also need it. If you have an MSDN subscription, one of the subscription benefits is a number of *free* PSS incidents. These can be an invaluable benefit if you are really stuck on...

February 27, 2009

Friday, February 27, 2009 8:39 AM/EST

Visual Studio Challenge: Learn a new Menu command

Something that's been on my mind lately is the fact that there is so much inside of Visual Studio that I have never tapped. Last year, I started using the menu options that reformat code so it is easier to...

January 28, 2009

Wednesday, January 28, 2009 9:32 AM/EST

SQL Server 2008 Management Studio Script Generation Skips Tables

In my book there are a lot of walkthroughs that depend on my sample database(s). Rather than providing the entire database files, I have been providing scripts for readers to create the databases and data themselves. SQL Server 2008's SSMS...

December 22, 2008

Monday, December 22, 2008 5:27 PM/EST

The iPhone Cometh ... To Vermont

Vermont and Alaska are the only two states without AT&T service and therefore, no iPhones. That is about to change. AT&T announced today that they have acquired the Vermont holdings of Rural Cellular which in Vermont is branded as Unicel....

December 21, 2008

Sunday, December 21, 2008 9:03 PM/EST

Time for LiveMesh?

I was travelling this past week and realized that I had copied a shortcut, not an actual file, of the powerpoint presentation that I was using for my talk ("Defining the -ette in Geekette") at the NOVA Girl Geek Dinner....

November 25, 2008

Tuesday, November 25, 2008 8:46 AM/EST

Google Apps, was that a "dumb blonde" joke?

On CNNMoney.com, Jonathan Blum writes about his small business' transition to Google Apps in order to test out the collaboration software.[The Hidden cost of Google Apps, Nov 19th]. He loves the collaboration tools but he and his team got tangled...

September 27, 2008

Saturday, September 27, 2008 1:30 PM/EST

Seeing IE8 for the first time (finally)

At an MSDN Roadshow event presented earlier this week in Burlington (and then other locations in the Northeast) by Microsoft New England Developer Evangelists Chris Bowen and Jim O'Neil, I finally got a look at IE8. Lately I've stayed focused...

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