It’s TechEd Time!
TechEd was split into two weeks this year–one for developers and one for IT folks (a formula that has worked well at TechEd Europe the last couple of years)–and Monday […]
Silverlight Page Turning Made Simple
My latest Wicked Code column is now online at MSDN Magazine. Titled “Silverlight Page Turning Made Simple,” it presents a Silverlight 1.0 framework for building slick page-turning applications. I mentioned […]
My Beef with Vista and IE
I have largely avoided problems with Vista by only running it on PCs on which it comes preinstalled. At least I avoided problems until a few weeks ago. With a […]
Vista SP1 for my 64-bit OS has fallen and it can’t get up!
Vista SP1 for the 64-bit version of the OS has fallen on my computer, and it can’t get up! I’ve been without my primary computer now for several days due […]
Easily Downloading and Installing the Sysinternals Suite
Everyone uses Mark Russinovich’s and Bryce Cogswell’s excellent Sysinternals Tools. Tools like Process Explorer and Process Monitor have helped solve some of the toughest bugs I’ve ever worked on. I’ve […]
Reading XAML from a Silverlight Application Assembly
I was having dinner with Walt Ritscher tonight when he posed an interesting question: how can a Silverlight app load its own XAML from an application assembly? I thought I knew […]
Installing Windows Server 2003 R2 x64 on a Mac Pro
Recently, the computer I was using as my server started having some overheating problems. The good news is that the machine shut down before harming components, but with that machine […]
Loading Images from the Local File System in Silverlight 2.0
In Silverlight 1.1, it was impossible to load images from the local file system unless you uploaded them to a server first. In Silverlight 2.0, it’s a piece of cake […]
Windows via C/C++ Table of Contents
Some (potential) readers have asked me to post the complete table of contents for my new Windows via C/C++ book. Here it is: Part I Required Reading 1 Error […]