Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 experiences
I just uninstalled Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 because it constantly kept crashing. A good thing was that it was only crashing a single tab in IE8, but multiple tabs constantly kept crashing for...
Category: Vista
Disable Windows Vista UAC
Everyone who owns Vista knows UAC by now. Everyone also knows it’s not smart to turn it off, but still a lot of people do so. It’s not easy for Microsoft to make their...
Running Vista; Blue isn’t my favorite color
I just blogged that I’ll be switching back to Windows XP. One of the problems I forgot to mention is this one: I can’t remember the time that my Windows XP gave me a...
Running Vista; I think not!
I’ve made my decision, I’m rolling back to Windows XP. I’ve been using Vista on my laptop on which I perform my daily work. Some problems I’ve come across: Visual Studio 2005 doesn’t behave as...
ASP.NET debugging on Vista/IIS7
For some reason, a single project I’m working on wouldn’t let the debugger attach to my IIS7 on Vista. I was completely clueless on why this was happening. Great thing is, the problem is solved, it...
Visual Studio 2005 Update for Windows Vista Beta
Just recently Service Pack 1 was released (Beta!) for Visual Studio 2005. Back then, the Vista update had a link, but it was removed. Miguel blogged that the beta version is online! This update...
Vista desktop search & starting applications as administrator
Via Tim Sneath I’ve learned that you can start an elevated command prompt from the Start Menu. Press ctrl-esc to pull up the start menu, type in “cmd”. cmd.exe is the command prompt. When...
Visual Studio 2005 SP1 available!
And suddenly it’s there… Visual Studio 2005 Team Suite SP1 (includes SP1 updates for Standard, Professional, and Team Editions of Visual Studio 2005) Visual Studio 2005 Team Foundation Server SP1 Visual Studio 2005 Express...
Running Vista; My Documents
Ranting coming up, you might want to skip 😉 This is not actually a Vista problem, but a Windows problem. Why is the My Documents (or in Vista: Documents) folder so abused? Just take...
Running Vista; Part 3
SQL Server 2005 problem solved. The ISO’s I used were probably corrupted. I installed from cd and everything installed like a charm. I’m running SQL Server 2005 Developer Edition without problems now. Vista isn’t...
Dennis is an independent consultant and software architect who loves building distributed systems and the challenges they bring. What he learns he tries to share via numerous articles, blogposts, presentations and workshops.
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