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29. september 2006 9:05

ADO.NET vNext Entity Data Model Designer Prototype, CTP

Get much awaited ADO.NET vNext Entity Data Model Designer Prototype, CTP here (note: you'll need LINQ May CTP and ADO.NET vNext CTP (August 2006) to make it work. And make sure you don't install this stuff on production machine as you can easily get into
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27. september 2006 13:18

Dell 2001FP LCD and USB hub problem

Since long I have a nice 20" Dell 2001FP LCD monitor that works just fine. As a bonus it has an integrated USB hub which works just fine, too, as long as I don't standby my computer. Once computer wakes up from standby the integrated USB hub doesn't work
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27. september 2006 9:29

They saw the light

There are a ton of different instant messaging (IM) applications out there. And they are all free. However, while their features are remarkably similar there is not a pair of them that can communicate between them IOW you can communicate only using the
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26. september 2006 22:21

Visual Studio 2005 Service Pack 1 Beta 1 is out

So Visual Studio 2005 Service Pack 1 Beta 1 is out and available through Microsoft's Connect . First thought I had was like what? no CTP? OK, kidding aside, it takes forever to install - at least on my compaq nx7010 laptop. It started like two hours ago
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23. september 2006 13:35

BlueSoleil mystery revealed

A couple of days ago I wrote about how BlueSoleil bluetooth stack keeps resetting my Windows XP. I finally found what is going on. The reset is triggered by RUPS2000 software. I guess you are wondering what is this thing. It is an UPS management software
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22. september 2006 0:04

BlueSoleil bluetooth stack is restarting my Windows XP

Perhaps it is just me but I keep bumping into problems with bluetooth stacks. Making Qtek2020 to work with a bluetooth headset was an adventure by itself. But now I am facing another very annoying problem. I have a Logitech® Mobile Traveller Headset and
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21. september 2006 10:24

Another online storage provider with free storage

There is another interesting online storage provider offering 1GB of free space - DriveHQ . 1GB is less than the other two mentioned in this post yet it has one huge advantage - it supports access through FTP. Perhaps the downside is that it doesn't
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20. september 2006 23:24

Want free online storage? No problem, just pick a provider you like.

Just came over two free online storage accounts hosted somewhere on the net. The first one is AMD Live! Media Vault (seems like AMD Live! promotion) which offers 25GB of free disk space. Upload file siz e is limited to 25MB and you can't download
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16. september 2006 7:31

Sign up for Visual Studio 2005 Service Pack 1 Beta

Great news, something is happening in VS 2005 service pack area! Sign up for VS 2005 service pack 1 Beta . Apparently it will be available on Microsoft Connect in next few days. Found via this blog post .
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14. september 2006 14:45

Implementing more useful tracing for LLBLGenPro 2.0

LLBLGen Pro has an internal tracing mechanism that outputs data to Trace class using standard .net mechanism. To enable various tracing categories you have to switch one various TraceSwitch es either at runtime or in config file. But what if you want
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14. september 2006 11:57

Converting from DbType to [Sql]DbType is easy

I often see question on how to convert from DbType to SqlDbType (or any other *DbType). This is often required if you do some database independent code with ado.net. One way is certainly a gigantic switch block, such as: private SqlDbType FromDbType(DbType
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11. september 2006 23:34

My favorite CodeRush/Refactor! Pro features

Ctrl+3 aka embed method in region with the name of method Auto Completition aka completes the word you are typing and mostly the suggestion is correct. Introduce local aka extracts an expression and assign it to a variable. Templates aka CR writes code
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11. september 2006 22:46

Team Foundation Server won't install on Windows 2003 x64

In one of the previous posts I questioned which Vista version should I install on my future computer with a x64 bit CPU - be it x86 or x64. I will go with x86 as x64 is not yet there where it should be. On the server front the situation might be different
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9. september 2006 23:47

Capturing screen content with SnagIt is sooo easy

I have to capture screen or window or some custom region content once in a while. Untill now I always used (Ctrl+)PrtScrn Windows feature. Of course, there is nothing wrong with this method. It is just complicated and time consuming - if you ever did
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7. september 2006 13:52

x64 or x86

My next desktop computer will have an AMD x64 dual core CPU for sure. While Intel has come out with Core 2 Duo there is no motivation to buy such a beast because AMD is still cheaper ($/performance) and reliable, plus it has great support from mobo makers.
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3. september 2006 13:24

.net 3.0 RC1 is here

First release candidate of .net 3.0 (.net 2.0 + winfx) thing is here .
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