Visual Studio 2008 and .NET 3.5 SP1 now available

by Amit Verma August 12, 2008

Microsoft has released Service Pack 1 for Visual Studio 2008 and .NET 3.5. The download links are: Visual Studio 2008 SP1 .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 Visual Studio 2008 Express Editions with SP1 Visual Studio Team System 2008 Team Foundation Server SP1 Visual Studio 2008 Shell (integrated mode) with Service Pack 1 Visual Studio 2008 Shell [...]

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Is Virtual Earth road information correct?

by Amit Verma August 11, 2008

I was looking for Connaught Place map on Virtual Earth. I found that the road information is not correctly placed on the satellite image. Take a look at http://maps.live.com/default.aspx?v=2&FORM=LMLTCP&cp=28.63367~77.221634&style=h&lvl=15&tilt=-90&dir=0&alt=-1000&phx=0&phy=0&phscl=1&encType=1

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ASP.NET Wiki

by Amit Verma August 10, 2008

http://wiki.asp.net is a good resource for ASP.NET developers. You can browse the articles using tag cloud and TOC. You can also add and edit articles.

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Is Windows Vista Slow!?

by Amit Verma August 5, 2008

Do you think Windows Vista is slower than Windows XP? Jyoti says that it has many more features than Windows XP. Features are listed at http://www.nativejyoti.com/vista-slower-than-windows-xp-or-it-just-the-future-os/.

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Microsoft released an updated version of Windows Live Tools for Visual Studio

by Amit Verma August 4, 2008

Windows LIve Team released an updated version of Windows Live Tools for Visual Studio. It also includes control for Virtual Earth. Using Virtual Earth too, it is now very easy to add Virtual Earth maps to your application. For more information visit following links. Dev Center Download link John O’Brien has outdone himself creating a [...]

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Windows Vista – [XXX] is not a valid Win32 application

by Amit Verma August 4, 2008

If you are using Windows Vista SP1 for a long period. You may receive message “[XXX] is not a valid Win32 application”. If you are facing this problem, you can use hotfix KB952709 available at http://support.microsoft.com/kb/952709/pl. Thanks to Junfeng.

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Windows Vista Performance and Tuning

by Amit Verma August 2, 2008

Are you using Windows Vista on your PC? Do you think that it doesn’t respond well in time? You can improve the performance of Windows Vista. Download the Windows Vista Performance and Tuning guide here or from this link : http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=ab377598-a637-432c-a3c8-1607ab629201&DisplayLang=en.

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Live Search homepage revamped

by Amit Verma July 31, 2008

Live Search homepage (www.live.com) is revamped with a pleasing background. It is rolled out in US only, you can see it via this link: http://www.live.com/?mkt=en-us. This link will change your location to US. The background will change over the time. Do you need a laugh? Try the link in the left-bottom corner.

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Microsoft Certified Professional

by Amit Verma June 30, 2008

I was getting late for the office in the morning. I was about to start my bike. At the same time, a courier boy came to my house. There was a parcel for me and it was my MCPD (Microsoft Certified Professional Developer) certificate signed by Bill Gates. Hurry….

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