Well, I just wanted to put together a short post about Microsoft Connect. For those of you who don’t know about Connect (and if the response at Tech.Ed was any indication, many don’t know!) it’s a great way to participate in Beta programs for new software being released by Microsoft. […]
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Well, I’ve been fighting Kerberos so I thought perhaps this might be a good time to document it. Hand up if you love Kerberos? …If you like Kerberos? ..If you have to live with Kerberos? Well, anyway, it’s often a necessary evil. Let’s start at the beginning. Event […]
Here’s an interesting article. Apparently in the .Net 3.5 Service Pack 1 world, strong name verification for .Net assemblies will be bypassed by the Common Language Runtime if the following criteria is met: Fully signed (delay signed assemblies still require a skip verification entry) Fully trusted (without considering its strong […]
In the spirit of doing a few things at the same time, Microsoft’s Parallel Computing Platform (PCP) team has unveiled ‘Microsoft Parallel Extensions’ for the .Net Framework 3.5. Here’s a link to the official Parallel Computing Team site. You may download a Community Technology Preview of the latest Parallel Extensions […]
Strong naming. Net assemblies isn’t new. Prepping dependency assemblies (specifically, those not in the Global Address Cache) is also non-trivial but necessary. Here’s a quick way to apply strong naming to an existing (non-signed) assembly. From a Visual Studio.NET command prompt, enter the following: 1. To Generate a Strong Name […]
Hi! Today and Sunday I am going to be blogging live from Code Camp Oz in Wagga Wagga. This is a live blog entry, so check back for updates regularly. Alternatively, you can follow my (and other) twits on Twitter (http://www.twitter.com) Running out of battery power – again. Last session […]
Well hello. A little while ago I was surprised when a number of people stared blankly at me when I suggested that they alter their HOSTS file. I’ve been meaning to write up a short entry on what it is and where you find it. I know this will […]
If you come across this fine error: It is likely because somehow, over time, you’ve installed many or multiple versions of SQL Server Compact Edition. This was, at times called different names such as SQL Server Anywhere and SQL Server 2005 Mobile Edition. To remedy the situation, it’s as easy […]
Jumping out from the void comes this exciting post from Scott Guthrie. It seems that in the upcoming release of Visual Studio 2008, Microsoft will be releasing the source code to the .Net Framework. From Scott’s post: "We’ll begin by offering the source code (with source file comments included) for […]
So we came across an old problem today which I couldn’t immediately remember the solution to. As a result, I figured I will blog about it. it’ll make it easier to come back across later when the same problem comes up again! The first time around, I managed to […]
Hi.. I pulled this quote out of a recent post to the ausdotnet mailing list from Rocky H. "You can not drop a file from a Medium Integrity process (Explorer) onto a High integrity process (elevated Notepad). This is actually the problem a lot of developers face with […]
For those of you who have been following every new technology but somehow have missed out on LINQ, grab the last CTP – LINQ CTP (May 06). It works fine with the Beta 1 Orcas (despite the disclaimers) and it will also work with VS2005. This stuff is pure gold. I’ve […]
Lets take time out to talk about the very tech/geeky topic of enums (enumerators). They can be fun, and also quite frustrating. Apologies in advance, I only do code samples in C# or C++. I might do Visual Basic examples, by request. Here are the Australian states listed […]