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Last month (December 2008), Microsoft released some security updates for VB6 components such as the MS Chart control The first update http://support.microsoft.com/kb/932349 updates MS Chart to 6.1.98.12. The second update http://support.microsoft...
When I’ve started new Visual Studio projects on my Vista x64 box, the Company field would always show up as “Microsoft”… somewhat presumptuous and definitely annoying. At first I thought the problem was with the templates, but upon inspection they...
I was reading a newsgroup posting of someone reporting a problem with “Tinker” on Vista x64. They said they got it via Windows Update. Of course I had no idea what Tinker was, so I checked my Windows Update and there it was under Ultimate...
If you have Visual Studio 2008 installed, you can’t install all of the SQL 2008 bits because of shared components for Visual Studio 2008. SQL 2008 wants to use Visual Studio 2008 SP1 components and that might/will break your Visual Studio 2008 setup...
I downloaded the SQL 2008 Upgrade Advisor. When I tried to install it I got this : It says a “Windows service pack” , yet Windows Update tells me my system is up to date. Well it might help if I read the download’s system requirements...
Today I bought an Intel Quad Core Q6600 to replace my old Dual Core. I was amazed at how easy it is to swap processors. The box I was upgrading was an old Dell Dimension E520 .. when I say “old” I mean more than 12 months and hence out of...
I really like the preview pane in explorer in Vista, but it doesn’t have previews for a lot of text based files registered. You can of course write your own or download and install some other preview filters, but personally I find a text preview...
Windows Defender told me it scanned 12,843,673 objects !!! Admittedly that included another drive with Win 2008 on it, but that's still a lot of files. I noticed that the objects includes the contents of help files including MSDN. Even still, I figure...
I turn off Aero and themes, and all is good except for the start menu shut down and log-off icons which are just incredibly ugly: Notice the search icon is showed in colour, but the shut down and log-off are some crappy black and white images. What the...
I was working with Visual Studio and a few other applications, and put the computer to sleep while I took a break. Shortly after I resumed the computer did a hard restart. I presume it is something to did with Vista and the power management, but the nice...
Kathleen talks about security being Vistas biggest asset .... for me, a power user who use to run XP in limited access mode, using run as admin scripts, it isn't really anymore secure. In fact, I now find it harder to find a good software firewall...
I've finally given the Snippet Editor a major make over including a new look. To go with this, I've given it a new home on my web site: http://billmccarthy.com/Projects/Snippet_Editor And I've added a Snippets category to this blog for feedback...
I've updated the Snippet editor to work with Visual Studio 2008 and 2005 releases. Note this release requires .NET 3.5. Changes/fixes: Added 2008 product range to the list of products Fixed replacement of the install root variable for Visual Studio...
If you're using Windows Vista and are unable to add a web folder (http network location), and you're getting error message like : "The folder you entered does not appear to be valid. Please choose another." Then try downloading an installing...
I've only been seriously on Vista for a week or so, but so far I have found many frustrations, thankfully I've managed to work around. They removed the ability to mark a file type as "Prompt to download". You use to get to this via file...