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November 2006 - Posts

Thursday, November 30, 2006 10:32 AM

Visual Subst

I work a lot with the subst command prompt. I find it easier to manage a 'drive' then a path. I recently found this very cool application that present a UI for the subst command. Visual Subst making it easier to manage my virtual drives.    
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Thursday, November 30, 2006 10:11 AM

Remote Desktop Connection 6.0

The new Remote Desktop Connection (Terminal Services Client) provides a way to use the new Terminal Services features introduced on Windows Vista and Windows Server "Longhorn". You can find these downloads VERY usefull: Remote Desktop Connection (Terminal
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Wednesday, November 29, 2006 7:17 PM

Quiz

I found this question to be somewhat problematic even for experience developers :-) Let's see how well you know ADO.NET? Here is a sample DataSet that holds the tables:   Here is a code sample that do the following: adds to the DataSet 4 rows: 2
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Wednesday, November 29, 2006 12:00 PM

Searching enabled application

Although the current Desktop Search comes with a UI the previous one did not. So I started looking for documentation about Search API in Windows Vista and XP. There is not many documentation about it (I learned some from Sharepoint searching) but what
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Tuesday, November 28, 2006 1:25 PM

PIDS - Perimeter Intrusion Detection System

My #1 system is PIDS, Perimeter Intrusion Detection System. PIDS envolve a great amount of hardware support. Radars, Electronic Fences, Video Motion Detection Devices, CACS - Control and Access Card Devices and Systems , PTZ Camers, Video Recorder Devices,
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Tuesday, November 28, 2006 11:52 AM

XNA Part two on channel 9

Frank Savage talk about XNA Deployment to Xbox 360 and debugging features. SO COOL! Source Cross-post from http://blogs.microsoft.co.il/blogs/samuelson
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Tuesday, November 28, 2006 11:24 AM

Feature Specifications for Visual Studio and .NET Framework "Orcas"

Have you wonder what is going to be inside “Orcas”. You can now view and monitor the specs!!! View the specs here  Subscribe to RSS Cross-post from http://blogs.microsoft.co.il/blogs/samuelson
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Tuesday, November 28, 2006 11:12 AM

LINQ to XSD Preview

After working sometime with LINQ this becomes quite a missing feature. This will make my life way easier working via xml What is LINQ to XSD?   LINQ to XSD provides .NET developers with support for typed XML programming on top of LINQ to
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Monday, November 27, 2006 10:57 AM

Ready for a new day – Windows Vista, Office 2007 and Exchange 2007 lunch event

Cross-post from http://blogs.microsoft.co.il/blogs/samuelson
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Monday, November 27, 2006 9:51 AM

XNA beta 2 Tutorials

If you still haven't checked about XNA Framework or XNA Game Studio, XNAtutorials.com has published very good tutorials for the new XNA beta2. Find them all here: XNAtutorial.com Pack 1 - Installation XNAtutorial.com Pack 2 - Code Structure XNAtutorial.com
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Monday, November 27, 2006 9:34 AM

Total Commander Beta 7.0 Beta 2

The #1 file manager new beta 2 has finally released after almost a month since the previous beta. You should try it out! Cross-post from http://blogs.microsoft.co.il/blogs/samuelson
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Monday, November 27, 2006 9:27 AM

Skype for Windows 3.0.0.137 Beta

I doubt I'll have any "news" to say about Skype just that it now has a new beta version J Skype Ltd. Cross-post from http://blogs.microsoft.co.il/blogs/samuelson
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Monday, November 27, 2006 9:22 AM

WinSnap 1.1.8

This is my favorite application. All of my blogs images were taken using this very cool app. Now it also has a portable version to run on your memory stick! WinSnap is a small enhancement utility for taking and editing screenshots. It can easily capture
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Monday, November 27, 2006 9:08 AM

My Exposé

Expose is a great add-in for Windows Vista. Although it still require more work I find myself using it more and more. Notice: This still has problems when you changing resolutions or using multiple monitors. You can download binaries or source code.
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Sunday, November 26, 2006 10:09 PM

Vista RTM is HOT!

My laptop is even Hotter...and my laps are burning... Cross-post from http://blogs.microsoft.co.il/blogs/samuelson
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Friday, November 24, 2006 9:39 AM

Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats

After I upgraded to Office 2007 RTM, I discovered that I can not access my word/excel and powerpoint files anymore, they simply can not be read. As I browse to find a solution (I still did not find one...So if you know please comment) I found out that
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Thursday, November 09, 2006 3:47 AM

Windows Vista is RTM!

http://www.on10.net/Blogs/jesse/windows-vista-is-r...   That's some great news!!! Now I just need to wait for the GPU that supports DX10 and for the quad CPU and i'll get a new laptop. Yay!!! Do you think there will be a SP1 by then? :-) Cross-post
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Wednesday, November 08, 2006 7:27 AM

XNA Game Studio Express beta 2 is out!

"The XNA team is proud to announce the availability of the XNA Game Studio Express Beta 2, aimed at helping students and hobbyists build games for Windows and the Xbox 360. This release is targeted at Windows game development only, and contains several
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