How do I capture Microsoft Office Live Meeting's screencasts?
How do I capture Microsoft Office Live Meeting's screencasts? ...
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Does Windows Server 2003 SP2 tell the truth about Free System Page Table Entries?
We have some Win32 console applications running on Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 that regularly fail with this: Error 1450 (ERROR_NO_SYSTEM_RESOURCES): "Insufficient system resources exist to complete the requested service." All the documentation we've found suggests it is linked to the number of Free System Page Table Entries...
Reading recommendations for: Microsoft SQL Server
Post your favorite book about Microsoft SQL Server (single book per comment please) or vote it up if someone has already listed it. Edit: Please include a small review or overview of subject matter and the reason for its applicability. ...
Intellisense in Visual Studio 2005 between C# and VB - can't navigate to definitions
I'm absolutely stunned by the fact that MS just couldn't get it right to navigate to the definition of a method, when you're combining C# and VB projects in one solution. If you're trying to navigate from VB to C#, it brings up the "Object Explorer", and if from C# to VB, it generates a metadata file. Honestly, what is so complicated a...
How do you convert a physical machine into a virtual machine image for use in MS Virtual Server or Hyper-V?
I'd like to use alternatives to System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 is possible, in other words, any FREE tools? ...
Uninitialized memory blocks in VC++
As everyone* knows, the Visual C++ runtime marks uninitialized or just freed memory blocks with special non-zero markers. Is there any way to disable this behavior entirely without manually setting all uninitialized memory to zeros? It's causing havoc with my valid not null checks, since 0xFEEEFEEE != 0. Hrm, perhaps I should explain a ...
Why doesn't BackColor work for TabControls in .NET?
If you use the standard tab control in .NET for your tab pages and you try to change the look and feel a little bit then you are able to change the back color of the tab pages but not for the tab control. The property is available, you could set it but it has no effect. If you change the back color of the pages and not of the tab control...
Visual Studio 2005 ERROR: An error occurred generating a bootstrapper: Invalid syntax.
I'm working on VS 2005 and something has gone wrong on my machine. Suddenly, out of the blue, I can no longer build deployment files. The build message is: ERROR: An error occurred generating a bootstrapper: Invalid syntax. ERROR: General failure building bootstrapper ERROR: Unrecoverable build error A quick Google search brings up t...
is Microsoft sort.exe able to sort unicode UTF-16 (LE) files?
Is Microsoft sort.exe 5.1.2600.0 (xpclient.010817-1148) able to sort UTF-16 (LE) files? ...
pseudo-streaming of wmv files
Is it possible to do pseudo-streaming(eg start playback at any point) with wmv files and silverlight? This is possible using Flash in a progressive download setup but can it be done on the Microsoft track? ...
Interacting with Outlook appointments using rails
Hi, I have a rails application running on a Linux server. I would like to interact with Outlook/Exchange 2003 appointments from the rails application. For example, certain actions should trigger sending an appointment, and then preferably accepting/canceling the appointment in Outlook should trigger events in the application. Failing t...
How to Autogenerate multiple getters/setters or accessors in Visual Studio
Before I start, I know there is this post and it doesn't answer my question: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3017/how-to-generate-getters-and-setters-in-visual-studio In Visual Studio 2008 there is the ability to auto generate getters and setters (accessors) by right clicking on a private variable -> Refactor -> Encapsulate Field... ...
Membership bulk email software
We have a Microsoft web stack web site, we have a members database. We want to start doing mass-emails to our (opted in) membership. I don't particularly want to re-invent the wheel with a system for having a web form submit and then mass send emails looping through thousands of records without timing out and overloading the server... ...
Many to Many Relationship in MS Dynamics CRM 4.0 - How to?
Hi I'm working on a MS CRM server for a project at my university. What I'm trying to do is to let the user of the CRM to tag some contacts, I thought of creating an entity to archive the tags an to create an N:N relationship between the tag entity and the contact one. I've created and published the new entity and the relationship, but I...
unintentional pitch change using MS SAPI TTS
Has anyone else experienced (and possibly solved) unintentional pitch changes using MS SAPI TTS voices? I'm using the SpVoice automation interface with SAPI 5.1. Right now, my application (VB6 app) can get into a state where the TTS (Microsoft Anna) starts to sound like a chipmunk (proper rate, but high pitch) and even a reboot of Vis...
Problem with MS Access, the clipboard and something called Biff5!
Hi, I have a legacy app I am currently supporting that is having problems when people copy large quantities of data from a datasheet view. The App is built in MS Access and the amount of rows being copied can get pretty large (sometimes in the thousands). The funny thing about it is, you can paste the data out, but then Access keep...
Figuring out the right language for the job: branching out from C#
I work in a Microsoft environment, so I can use my C# hammer on any nails I come across. That being said, what languages (compiled, interpreted, scripting, functional, any types!) complement knowing C#, and for what purposes? For example, I've moved a lot of script functionality away from compiled console apps and into Powershell scripts...
Trouble Ticket in Microsoft CRM
Hi I'm working on customizing a Microsoft Dynamics CRM (4.0) system for my university as a thesis. My teacher would like to know if it is possible to implement a ticketing system in the CRM so that the users (not the clients) could generate a trouble ticket. For example if their computer doesn't work properly. I had a look around the int...
Serializing versioned workflows using Microsoft WF
I have a simple business workflow with the following conditions Users need to change the workflow itself using a desinger The workflow is a long rinning workflow, so it will be serialized Is there a way to automate the task of versioning different workflow assemblies? ...
What are the best resources to get MS developer Certification?
I've just started working on my 2nd job out of university and my new employer has offered to pay for the resources and the tests to get me some certifications. Although most of the companies software is written in Java I'm pretty much the only .Net developer and they mean to keep me as a .Net devloper. I've looked into getting .Net 3.5...