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Why Typemock Isolator does not work on TFS 2012 Build and what you can do about it
Richard Fennell Jun 23, 2012 · 3 min read · Uncategorised ·
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Update 4/Aug/2012: See post on my implementation of a 2012 version of this activity
If you are using Typemock Isolator in your unit testing then you be wanting to include then in your automated build process. Unlike other mocking frameworks you have to do a bit of work to achieve this with Isolator, this is because to …

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Next Leeds Sharp user group meeting is a coding kata session
Richard Fennell Jun 21, 2012 · 1 min read · Uncategorised ·
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The next Leeds Sharp user group meeting on the 28th of June is a Kata session using Conway’s game of life. For more details see their site.
Not sure if I can make it yet have to keep an eye on my ever filling diary

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Adding DHCP Option 119 (Domain Search List) to Windows Server 2008 R2
Rik Hepworth Jun 18, 2012 · 3 min read · Uncategorised ·
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If you’ve seen my recent blog post on making Android work in Hyper-V you will have seen my problems around DNS resolution when in the office. That turned out to be down to the DHCP options being handed back by our Server 2008 R2 box. Or rather, it was what wasn’t being handed back to the client that was the problem. …
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DDDNorth session submission is open
Richard Fennell Jun 18, 2012 · 1 min read · Uncategorised ·
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Session submission has opened for the next DDDNorth on the 13th October at Bradford University.
Why not submit a session?

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A Virtual Ice Cream Sandwich: Android 4 x86 in a Hyper-V VM
Rik Hepworth Jun 18, 2012 · 11 min read · Uncategorised ·
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More and more of our projects include a stipulation from the client that any web sites must work on the tablet devices of senior management. Up until recently that was exclusively iPads, but we are now seeing more Android devices out there. I wanted to find a straightforward way for us to test on such devices, …
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Where did my Visual Studio 2010 link go from my Windows 8 desktop after I installed SSDT?
Richard Fennell Jun 13, 2012 · 2 min read · Uncategorised ·
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I have been finding the ‘hit the windows key and type’ means to launch desktop applications in Windows 8 quite nice. It means I get used to the same behaviour in Windows or Ubuntu to launch things, no need to remember menu locations just type a name, all very slickrun . However, I hit a problem today, I hit the windows …
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Speaking at NEBytes on TFS2010
Richard Fennell Jun 12, 2012 · 1 min read · Uncategorised ·
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I am speaking at NEBytes next week on VS/TFS2012 with Andy Westgarth, check the NEBytes site for details
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TFSPreview.com no longer needs an invite code
Richard Fennell Jun 12, 2012 · 1 min read · Uncategorised ·
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At TechEd USA 2012 in the keynote and the ALM session it was announced that you no longer need an invite code to access the Azure hosted TFSPreview.com, it is now open to all.
There are no final details as yet over the pricing when it goes fully to production but they did say there will be some form of free offering …

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Tweaking my Lenovo x220 Tablet and running Windows 8
Rik Hepworth Jun 12, 2012 · 7 min read · Uncategorised ·
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A short while ago I replaced my trusted by heavy Acer laptop with a Lenovo x220 tablet. After a couple of months running windows 8 I’m ready to put my thoughts into words.
If you’ve landed on this post looking for notes on Windows 8 drivers for the x220, skip to the end. UPDATE 12/06/2012 – added some points to the …

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Cannot update local workspace in TFS 2012RC due to UAC
Richard Fennell Jun 11, 2012 · 1 min read · Uncategorised ·
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Whilst preparing the demos for my [TFS 2012 ALM session on Wednesday (still places available of you are in the Yorkshire area)](http://www.blackmarble.co.uk/events.aspx?event=How to Plan your Application Lifecycle Implementation with TFS11), I got the following error whey trying to add a new solution of sample code to …
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