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How to Delay Loading VS Symbols
Sara Ford writes, "..if you don’t want all the symbols to load immediately, in case you need to do some other action, here’s how to delay. At the bottom of this tools options page, there are there’s a checkbox..." more
Wed, 27 Aug 2008 20:41:08 GMT

Debugging Puzzler - What Caused the WinForms Crash?
Tess Ferrandez writes, "I wanted to convert all my ASP.NET debugging demos to winforms equivalents for the presentation. As I was converting my first demo (a performance issue) I ran into a bit of a snag...I have attached the faulting application to this post if you want to try reproducing and debugging the issue and figure out what happened..." more
Wed, 27 Aug 2008 19:18:47 GMT

Example PowerShell Script: Get-Netstat
Hal Rottenberg writes, "...If you want to hack on it, just click on the PoshCode link below the script listing and update it in place. Here is an example showing the obvious benefits of turning screen output into an object:" more
Wed, 27 Aug 2008 18:55:03 GMT


How to do a Hyper-V Export Import Operation
Ben Armstrong writes, "...if you are making a copy of an existing virtual machine, you want to generate a new virtual machine ID and will leave this option unchecked. If you are moving a virtual machine, or restoring a backup copy of a virtual machine, then you will want to reuse the old virtual machine IDs..." more
Wed, 27 Aug 2008 21:06:15 GMT

Microsoft Security Bulletin Re-Releases - August 26, 2008
Don Patterson writes, "The following bulletins have undergone a major revision increment. Please see the appropriate bulletin for more details...Bulletin revised to include Internet Explorer 7 for Windows XP Service Pack 3..." more
Wed, 27 Aug 2008 21:02:34 GMT

How to Delay Loading VS Symbols
Sara Ford writes, "..if you don’t want all the symbols to load immediately, in case you need to do some other action, here’s how to delay. At the bottom of this tools options page, there are there’s a checkbox..." more
Wed, 27 Aug 2008 20:41:08 GMT

Debugging Puzzler - What Caused the WinForms Crash?
Tess Ferrandez writes, "I wanted to convert all my ASP.NET debugging demos to winforms equivalents for the presentation. As I was converting my first demo (a performance issue) I ran into a bit of a snag...I have attached the faulting application to this post if you want to try reproducing and debugging the issue and figure out what happened..." more
Wed, 27 Aug 2008 19:18:47 GMT

Avoiding Infinite Schema Chains
Nicholas Allen writes, "...With data contracts, trying the same fix caused proxy generation to go into an infinite loop rather than crash, but that's not much of an improvement. The data contract serializer worked best when I defined an intermediate type to represent the sequence rather than directly including the list type in itself. These all look like bugs with schema analysis..." more
Wed, 27 Aug 2008 19:14:27 GMT

There's Vista Then There's Marketing Vista
Mary Jo Foley writes, "...Whether you think — from a technology standpoint — Windows Vista finally is the product it should have been when Microsoft released it to manufacturing in November 2006, it’s plain, even to the most loyal Softie, that the marketing side of the Windows unit has been lagging..." more
Wed, 27 Aug 2008 19:07:51 GMT

SQL Maintenance for SharePoint Databases
Paul Mooney writes, "Before doing any maintenance, PLEASE read these articles. Index fragmentation is a big hotspot for alot of SQL DBAs...." more
Wed, 27 Aug 2008 19:01:50 GMT

Fix for Hyper-V New Virtual Disk Error
Desmond Lee writes, "This error message appears as a result of Hyper-V failing to find the folder. Unfortunately, Hyper-V will not automatically create it either if it does not exist in the first place. The simple fix..." more
Wed, 27 Aug 2008 19:00:04 GMT

Example PowerShell Script: Get-Netstat
Hal Rottenberg writes, "...If you want to hack on it, just click on the PoshCode link below the script listing and update it in place. Here is an example showing the obvious benefits of turning screen output into an object:" more
Wed, 27 Aug 2008 18:55:03 GMT

Latest Silverlight Server Controls for ASP.NET Pages
Ken Cox writes, "You need to download the full Silverlight SDK even though you only need a small part of it for use in ASP.NET page. Follow these steps to locate the required file and install it on your computer:" more
Wed, 27 Aug 2008 18:38:15 GMT

Data Corruption is Physical or Logical
Paul Randal writes, "Physical corruption This is where something has altered the contents of a data or log file sector with no regard for what is being stored there. Possible causes of physical corruption are...Logical corruption This is where something has altered some data so that a data relationship is broken. Possible causes of logical corruption are:" more
Wed, 27 Aug 2008 18:36:46 GMT

Example of Time Series Reporting Stored Procedure
Jamie MacLennan writes, "...a sample stored procedure you can use to see how some things are done, while simultaneously providing the ability to generate meaningful time series reports...Basically I needed to return both results from a single query so I created the following stored procedure..." more
Tue, 26 Aug 2008 23:29:06 GMT

Why You Should Rread the Release Notes for SQL Server 2008
PSS SQL Engineers writes, "Details about the dependency on Visual Studio 2008 SP1...A list of "top" KB articles...A set of hyperlinks to find "Known Issues". There are a class of known problems you may encounter with the product...For example, if you click the link titled Replication it will launch a browser window.." more
Tue, 26 Aug 2008 23:26:08 GMT

Trials and Tribulations of DataGridView, Column Selections and Sorting
Peter Ritchie writes, "What I’m now attempting to do is to unselect the column before sorting it. This, in itself, is not trivial either; there’s no public method to select or deselect a column in the DataGridView. I’ve had to create a new DataGridView derivative and call the protected method SetSelectedColumnCore. A few hoops…" more
Tue, 26 Aug 2008 23:23:34 GMT

Report Builder 2.0 RC1 - Earns the Title of Next Generation
Ella Maschiach writes, "If you remember, in Report Builder 2.0 CTP6 you didn't have a wizard to help you build a query and a parameter so easily...And that's not all because you can also open and edit Data Sources and Reports saved on the Report Server." more
Tue, 26 Aug 2008 17:59:34 GMT

Workaround forTemplating the Silverlight Calendar
Kathy Kam writes, "The following instructions assume that you already have set up a custom template for the Calendar, based on the ones from MSDN...And, just to be clear, this is a temporary workaround for Silverlight 2 Beta 2. We are working on ways to make templating even easier for the final version of Silverlight 2." more
Tue, 26 Aug 2008 17:54:31 GMT

Cool Debugger Tip - Make Object ID
Daniel Moth writes, "This is a neat little feature and even more useful for other scenarios where there is a need to distinguish between 2 or more identical-looking objects in the debugger..." more
Tue, 26 Aug 2008 17:48:29 GMT

How to Load Visual Studio Symbols From the Modules Window
Sara Ford writes, "When you use Tools – Attach to Process, you’ll see the Modules window pop up. From here you can right-click and choose “Load Symbols” From here the Find Symbols dialog box pops up..." more
Tue, 26 Aug 2008 17:45:20 GMT

How to Make a Good UI with WPF
Joe Stagner writes, "Check it out, its great for WPF and SIlverlight aficionados..Billy Hollis shows us some clever ways to make a clean, efficient user interface in Windows Presentation Foundation." more
Tue, 26 Aug 2008 17:37:24 GMT

Add VS 2008 Command Prompt on Vista 64
Rob Bazinet writes, "...add the ability to right click on any folder and have a new command prompt with all of the Visual Studio environment variables setup properly....The real changes were the new location of Visual Studio, in particular the fact that the location under Program Files is actually Program Files (x86)...The new command file looks like this:" more
Tue, 26 Aug 2008 17:35:18 GMT

How to Detect Information Card Support
Prabath Siriwardena writes, "...Following javascript will help you to detect Information Card support of a given browser and display Information Card based logins accordingly..." more
Tue, 26 Aug 2008 17:28:11 GMT

How to Strip HTML Tags From Text in Reporting Services 2008
Greg Low writes, "...I'd heard this could be done in Reporting Services 2008 so I tried it and it's easy. I presume others might find simple instructions helpful..." more
Mon, 25 Aug 2008 23:23:33 GMT

VS 2008 SP1 Error in Creating Custom Controls
David Yack writes, "...I had a bunch of custom controls on my page that were complaining at design time that they couldn't set the properties..fixed the problem. Read the full details of the connect issue..." more
Mon, 25 Aug 2008 23:22:21 GMT

Vista Virtual Desktop Manager Organizes Screen Space
Deepak Kapoor writes, "...Once you get used to working with it you start loving it. I have been using it for a while now and I cannot do without it anymore. You can download Virtual Desktop Manager from" more
Mon, 25 Aug 2008 23:20:13 GMT

High-Performance FILESTREAM Tips and Tricks
Paul Randal writes, "...a bullet list of things to do that will help you get good performance. All of these are explained in more detail in the whitepaper. Here you go, in no particular order..." more
Mon, 25 Aug 2008 23:16:07 GMT

How to Hide or Show the VS Script Debugging Disabled Warning Message
Sara Ford writes, "Internet Explorer has an option to disable script debugging. If you try to debug your javascript, and this option in IE is enabled, you’ll get the following warning message..." more
Mon, 25 Aug 2008 22:26:27 GMT

How to Write Where IN in LINQ
Deepak Kapoor writes, "Below is the query which can be used for a "WHERE IN" scenario. Query 1 uses query syntax and Query 2 uses lambda expression. I am using using a DataContext for Northwind database. See LINQ To SQL Tutorial to see how to generate a DataContext..." more
Mon, 25 Aug 2008 22:21:50 GMT

Code for VS Web Project Template for Zermatt
Vittorio Bertocci writes, "...I came out with something that's even faster: a Visual Studio template for web sites, which sets up the few knobs that Zermatt needs directly at project creation time....If all you need is creating a PoC, you can have your base RP site up&running REAL fast. How fast?..The results are pretty staggering... 37.1 seconds at the first attempt..." more
Mon, 25 Aug 2008 22:19:20 GMT

Increase LINQ Query Performance
MSDN Magazine writes, " ...It can tear through a structured set of data using a simple and straightforward syntax...Jared Parsons demonsrates a technique to achieve maximum performance from LINQ queries on large sets of data in order to create a responsive UI..." more
Mon, 25 Aug 2008 17:43:54 GMT

Log & Backup Log of Differing Sizes
Paul Randal writes, "If I have a transaction that inserts a huge amount of data, the transaction log grows to 50-GB. I then rollback the transaction. When I take the next log backup, it's way smaller than 50-GB." more
Mon, 25 Aug 2008 06:21:20 GMT

Cost of a Quad Core Laptop?
Keith Combs writes, "The next wave of processing power for laptops has begun. OEM’s have been quietly adding laptops to their online buying configurators. If you are curious about the specs for the processors, Intel has published the spec for the Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9300. As you can see, they are positioning this processor as a gaming and multimedia notebook platform. " more
Mon, 25 Aug 2008 06:10:28 GMT

Code for Euler Problem 8
Bill Wagner writes, "Problem 8 asks you to find the largest product of 5 consecutive digits in a 1,000 digit number.This can be broken into three different sub-problems....Here's my code: " more
Mon, 25 Aug 2008 06:05:18 GMT

X509 Certificates for Developers
Michael Stiefel writes, "Working with X509 certificates can be very frustrating for WCF developers....background for X509 certificates " more
Mon, 25 Aug 2008 05:51:39 GMT

iphone Development Help
Ralf Rottmann writes, "The iPhone OS is a great platform for delivering rich mobile user experiences and once you start understanding the core principles and paradigms, you can yield great results in a very short amount of time. " more
Mon, 25 Aug 2008 05:48:21 GMT

True Size of the .NET Framework
Scott Hanselman writes, "There's been some confusion about the size of the .NET Framework. The .NET Framework is not really a 200+ meg download. Which installer do I use? Here's the whole thing in a nutshell for Developers, ISVs, and Administrators. " more
Mon, 25 Aug 2008 05:15:47 GMT

Installing the SharePoint Infrastructure Update
Joris Poelmans writes, "I finally got around to installing the SharePoint infrastructure update on MOSS dev machine. Everything went very smoothly ... I had SP1 already installed (yes that's a prerequisite)....Be aware though that there are also some things that you have to watch out for when deploying these updates - I think these are the main problem areas: " more
Sun, 24 Aug 2008 04:55:54 GMT

SharePoint AllowUnsafeUpdates Issues
Sven Gillis writes, "The Microsoft idea behind introducing the AllowUnsafeUpdates property is to protect you from cross-site scripting attacks. " more
Sun, 24 Aug 2008 04:43:41 GMT

Help for Configuring Certificates in Operations Manager 2007
System Center Forum writes, "Anyone who’s configured certificate authenticate has felt the pain of this process....MS has releasedl…Certificate Generation Wizard....Here are some bits about CertGenWizard and a link to where you can get it " more
Sat, 23 Aug 2008 21:31:53 GMT

How to Determine if a PST is ANSI or Unicode
Jeff Guillet writes, "...One way is to download a free utility...Another way to tell without having to use a separate utility is by viewing the properties of the PST from within Outlook, itself. When you add the PST to Outlook, pay attention to the Format field..." more
Fri, 22 Aug 2008 23:30:30 GMT

How to Get USB Booting Working
Michael Kleef writes, "...Now that WinPE 2.0 comes with Vista DVD's and the WAIK, it provides for a ready easy way to make your own set of tools...Several easy steps..." more
Fri, 22 Aug 2008 23:27:59 GMT

Enable Wireless of Windows Server 2008 for Hyper-V Virtual Machines
Keith Combs writes, "...enable the wireless capabilities of Windows Server 2008....it’s rather easy to make the wireless network available to Hyper-V virtual machines. In my case, I always setup three virtual networks. Guest to Guest, Guest to Parent, and Guest to LAN...Now the assumption here is that you are using a laptop..." more
Fri, 22 Aug 2008 23:21:53 GMT

Redistributing Bits With VSTS 2008 Database Ed. GDR
Gert Drapers writes, "If you own an official copy of Visual Studio Team System 2008 Database Edition GDR you are allowed to redistribute these bits as described in..." more
Fri, 22 Aug 2008 23:17:21 GMT

Overlong UTF-8 Escapes Bite
Michael Howard writes, "...a new directory traversal bug that affects Apache Tomcat ...%c0%ae...Many people think these characters represent a 16-bit Unicode character. Wrong. They are an invalid sequence of characters that represent the ‘.' (%2e) character, it's often called an "overlong UTF-8 escape"...IIS4 and IIS5 were bitten by the same class of bug eight years ago..." more
Fri, 22 Aug 2008 22:59:34 GMT

Selecting the Right Client Technology
Brian Noyes writes, "...has finally gone online. The subject was Selecting the Right Client Technology. You can find all of the TechEd Online sessions here..." more
Fri, 22 Aug 2008 22:54:13 GMT

Anatomy of a Hack 2008
Jesper Johansson writes, "For the past couple of years I've been telling people that the future of attacks are against people, not networks. In June I got further confirmation of that. A notification came in from my blog that I had a new comment to approve. The comment was just a link, looking like this one..." more
Fri, 22 Aug 2008 22:49:24 GMT

Error Fix for Replication Operation Was Ppreempted
Justin Turner writes, "The reason we log this message is because there is an ongoing higher priority replication operation that has not completed yet. In order to see what inbound replication items are queued (and have preempted us) run the following command on the dc..." more
Fri, 22 Aug 2008 17:07:53 GMT

Your Chance to Let it Fly About the MCP Program
Hunter French writes, "...still sore about Microsoft’s change to Prometric from Pearson VUE...Microsoft just sent me a very cathartic survey about the MCP program. I didn’t pull any punches and I urge you to do the same. Be honest." more
Fri, 22 Aug 2008 16:57:22 GMT

TPH is More Than a Selection
Matthieu Mezil writes, "...EF does a lot of checks to make sure of the EDM coherency with the DB and of the consistency of your EDM. For example, if you have a derived entity with condition Is Null and another with the condition Is Not Null, the base entity type must be abstract." more
Fri, 22 Aug 2008 16:28:15 GMT

Anyone for a Slice of LINQ?
Samuel Jack writes, "...Rather than use standard LINQ operators though, I've created a new method called Slice to do the job using a C# iterator...Give Slice() a sequence, tell it how many items you want to be in each slice or chunk... and it will give you back a sequence consisting of slices of the original sequence...Here's the code for Slice()" more
Fri, 22 Aug 2008 16:25:25 GMT

Workarounds on 3 Team Build and Web Deployment Projects
Aaron Hallberg writes, "Team Build + Web Deployment Project + Web Application Project Combination is Broken...These three technologies don't play particularly well together, since Web Deployment Projects (WDPs) expect Web Application Projects (WAPs) to be compiled into a bin subdirectory directly under their source location. As such, the WDP invocation of aspnet_compiler.exe fails..." more
Thu, 21 Aug 2008 23:09:31 GMT

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Peter Ritchie
Peter has been working professionally in software development for 18 years. He's been working with computer software far longer; since his first computer, an Atari 800. Peter is president of Peter Ritchie Inc. Software Consulting Co, where he provides Windows-based software development, management and coaching services in Canada's national capital region. Peter specializes in Agile software development and management and is a Microsoft MVP in C#. Peter spends much of his spare time improving his skills but enjoys traveling to sunny destinations. more
Mon, 25 Aug 2008 17:38:58 GMT


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