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I recently was sent a utility by a friend called ' TweakUAC ', which he claimed could quiet down UAC such that it could still protect the system but stop prompting you for all the “Windows needs your permission to continue” boxes. Skeptical of this being some Trojan horse, I decided that I would...
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Using the CopyAsHtml Addin with VS2008 is not difficult. The standard installer will install to the VS 2005 Addin location. Generally c:\<userName>\Documents\Visual Studio 2005\Addins. To run this in VS 2008, simply copy these files to the same place in the Visual Studio 2008; I had to create the...
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One of the cool features (if you ask me) of Outlook 2007 is the integration with Windows Search Services. This gives me pretty powerful access to be able to find mail from someone. Brad Meador just posted how you can make this powerful feature even faster by turning off the search as you type functionality...
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I am posting this for those that would like to learn about options that can be restricted (or unrestricted) from an Office 2007 installation. First a little background. After installing Outlook 2007 I realized that I could not use RSS. I would get a message stating something to the affect that "You cannot...
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Just starting to play with VS2008 and wanted to keep a list of links that would help me keep track of the new features. Visual Studio 2008 - New Features What's new in Visual Studio 2008 & the .NET Framework 3.5 for Smart Client Developers? Visual Studio 2008: New Features Worth Mentioning Visual...
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From time to time I run into issues of removing reminders from my Outlook because I would remove it via my handheld device. When this happens its a bit annoying because it becomes a challenge to remove it. A little Google-ing finally came up with a solid answer. Issue: Past Reminders keep firing with...
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It's no secret, I have been a fan for a long time. Clear context has saved me countless hours on managing my inbox. Now they have gone and one upped themselves (actually may two or three upped ;-)). For those of you who are not familiar with Clear Context, it is a 'full featured information management...
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In addition to following naming and other such standards, I also feel it is important to keep your code files in order. This can sometimes pose a challenge because when you are being agile, it can sometimes be difficult to keep your methods, properties, constructors, all nice and tidy. A co-worker sent...
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So this is a feature that I had not used since working with VSTS. I have to admit, I generally use MemProfiler , but the licencing can be a challenge for those that are monetarily challenged. So I thought I would post a link to this article for my future reference. Here is a quick primer on Jeff Atwood...
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I know I do but I stumbled across this article that helps me take it to the next level. Jim Gries has a whole list of cool tips but this is by far the coolest. Jim shows you how to group your breakpoints by label so that you can turn on only certain labels while you are debugging. How cool is that. I...
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When Jeff Palermo talks people should listen ;). He just posted an article on how to better stay off the mouse. I could not agree more with him that keyboard to mouse interaction slows you down. While sometimes it is not avoidable, one should still strive to memorize as many shortcuts as possible. I...
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Oh yeah! I finally got around to figuring out what was wrong with the Metablog API Update that Rob wrote about a bit ago. I have not tested the functionality using blogmailr yet but this post is coming from LiveWriter. Too bad Word 2007 doesnt do this. Here is my proof of life:
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Ok this post is all about Clear Context IMS Pro 3.0 . And yes, it can change your life!!! From the site, IMS Pro is a "full featured information management system". What does that mean? Well, its an outlook add-in that helps to manage the overwhelming amounts of email that you can get in a...
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A co-worker drew my attention to the article recently posted on MSDN called ' Advanced Basics: Predicates and Actions '. So the basic concept is using generics to pass in a custom search implementation to a collection or array to allow you to specify how you would like to search for objects. I won't...
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So I just wanted to follow up on my last post where I described in detail (agonizing) how I thought it sucked that Generics did not support covariance. I had pointed to Rick Byers’ post where he explained more on the matter. He commented and gave me a great idea. So I went ahead and followed his...