Incase you haven't seen , Vista Service Pack 1 is out and already available from Windows Update. well I am five machines through and not a hitch. Service Pack 1 adds more than fixes , it offers significant performance and reliability improvements. it also adds a set of general improvements which I don't think are well …
Read MoreJoin the surreal world of Barry Dorrans on DNR - if you listen long enough you could even hear something about Cardspace.
Read Moreif you have listened to me talk about code quality and engaging with developers about the need to produce quality code from the get-go, you will not be surprised at the deep pleasure that a new release of FxCop brings to me. if you haven't had the pleasure of such a gripping conversation ( or rant as most people would …
Read MoreJust seen the sad news of the passing of Arthur C. Clarke. The world was better for his having been in it, and will not be the same without him.
Read MoreI don't know about you, but I always mean to gather various bits of knowledge into one place, but just like tidying my filing at home, I never quite get around to it. Fortunately for me, Chris O'Brien is a bit more organised and in my ever expanding blogroll today I saw a great article about really useful SharePoint …
Read MoreYou know, the thing about RSS is that it's a bit like the advent of the motor car - you miss things. Just as driving around means you don't get to pass the time of day with folk, or discover that tiny little deli you'd never notice from the road, RSS dehumanises the web. For example, I subscribe to the blog of my good …
Read MoreI have been trying to install the Feb CTP of SQL 2008 on an Virtual PC, but kept getting the following error SQL Server Browser Install for feature 'SQL_Browser_Redist_SqlBrowser_Cpu32' failed with exception System.InvalidOperationException: This access control list is not in canonical form and therefore cannot be …
Read MoreI will be speaking at the Irish Microsoft Technology Conference in early April on the Business Intelligence features in SQL 2008. I also just found out my Continuous Integration session at Developer Day Scotland has been successful in the vote, thanks to everyone who voted for it.
Read MoreAges ago I posted on using MSTest and CruiseControl .NET with VS2005. As I am presenting tomorrow to the Yorkshire Extreme Programming Club on CC.Net I thought it a good idea to revisit this subject with VS2008. Well basically nothing has changed, the old ccnet.config I detailed still works. However, I discovered that …
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