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<img alt="" height="1" width="1"> Use breadcrumb navigation in Vista instead of the Up button TechRepublic, KY - 50 minutes ago As you probably know by now, I’m always on the lookout for great gadgets or PowerToy-like utilities that you can add to Microsoft Windows Vista to enhance ... Use breadcrumb navigation in Vista instead of the Up button TechRepublic all 2 news articles More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds

I'm currently working on a project with a database and have to keep in account that concurrency problems might occur. So I'm using*a timestamp column in most/all of the tables. My question is: what's the best sql stored procedure when updating data? Obviously I should compare the timestamp and see if it matches the last time it was read. But other than that, do I have to use transactions, raise exception, just return a -1 value if the timestamps don't match? What's the best stored procedure? More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds

<img alt="" height="1" width="1"> Use breadcrumb navigation in Vista instead of the Up button TechRepublic, KY - 8 minutes ago This download is also available as an entry in the TechRepublic Windows blog. (Is this item miscategorized? Does it need more tags? Let us know.) More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds

<img alt="" height="1" width="1"> Use breadcrumb navigation in Vista instead of the Up button TechRepublic, KY - 8 minutes ago As you probably know by now, I’m always on the lookout for great gadgets or PowerToy-like utilities that you can add to Microsoft Windows Vista to enhance ... More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds

<img alt="" height="1" width="1"> ZoneAlarm ForceField: Compromised in sixty seconds InfoWorld, CA - 9 hours ago ... registry virtualization, blocking drive-by-downloads, and so on) is also claimed by Microsoft in Windows Vista and Internet Explorer 7 Protected Mode. ... More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds

<img alt="" height="1" width="1"> Read all posts by Mike Ricciuti in News Blog CNET Blogs, CA - 41 minutes ago Flash Player 10 will run on Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows 2000, Mac OS X and Linux. Adobe said that some of the new features in ... More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds

The quick recap.* About two years ago I got an 80 (or is it 60)*GB Video iPod.* It has worked for about half that time.* I've sent it in twice.* I am fairly soured on it.* I want to replace it. Does anyone want to offer an updated opinion of Zune versus iPod? Some thoughts: I don't suspect I'll really watch much video, I thought I would, but so far I have not. I don't have much music, 80 or 60 gb is WAY overkill. More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds

<img alt="" height="1" width="1"> Read all 'Digital Kids' posts in News Blog CNET Blogs, CA - 13 hours ago A Microsoft representative replied that the company is committed to education and interoperability; and that more schools are upgrading to Windows Vista and ... More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds

Hi all, When I finished work last night, I had three instances of Visual Studio open - everything saved, but just didn't close down. This morning I come in to find that there were Vista updates overnight and my machine has rebooted (slightly annoying, but my bad for leaving apps open and nothing lost because everything was saved). However, there's something wrong. In my Pending Changes window for TFS, I can no longer filter files by solution - the button is totally greyed out.... This applies to VS.net 2005 and 2008 and it was all working before I left. I've tried all the usual stuff - rebooting, closing and reopening projects/solutions, but nothing is bringing it back, the button consistently remains disabled. My next step is to try reinstalling the TFS explorer tools which I'm going to try now. Has anyone else noticed something similar recently? I'm wondering if the windows update stuff is just a coincidence or not. My specs are Vista x32 ultimate, vs.net 2005 and 2008 with each editions TFS explorer, all service packed. TFS Server is 2005. More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds

untitled.bmp*in ie7 when trying to "save picture as" so what is the solution that solves this*stupid issue that doesn't*happen in*other browser engines? Has this been fixed in ie8 yet or will this most retarded issue still be affecting ie8 users? More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds

Looking for opinions, most people I talk to seem to think it's Baltar, I would have to disagree, it's just too simple I think. Thoughts? More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds

http://ms-os.com/ TECH.BLORGE.com <img alt="" height="1" width="1"> Microsoft seeks Apple-like coolness with $300 million ad campaign TECH.BLORGE.com, Australia - 16 hours ago Of course, the only reason Microsoft has to gain Apple-like appeal is due to Apple’s own advertising campaign which disparages Windows Vista up and down. ... More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds

Can't keep a good man down ... Shrugging off comments that he's 'sold out' to Microsoft, Negroponte has unveiled version 2 of his OLPC project. http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadget.com/media/2008/05/xo-2.jpg It has dual screens (the lower one being multi-touch) and will go for the totally unbelievable price of $75.I imagine that will be '$75' in the same way that the original OLPC sold for 'below $100'. More details at Engadget. More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds

Hi, I have a control that is inherited from dropdown list. I have added a couple of properties to it (arg1 and arg2). I have this placed on a datagrid. When I manually write something into these properties manually it works fine e.g When I use this it does not I changed arg1 and arg2 to store the information in viewstate when the properties are set and it works but is there a better way of doing this? Thanks, Alex More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds

Hi *Following is the code snippet which querries the db and open the access report. Commondialog's ShowPrinter And opening RecordSet object from db's openRecordset method by passing select query. * *** using rs's MoveFirst method*** navigating up to rs to reach end of file *** open* DoCmd's OpenReport rs of 0,acViewPreview Butmy problem is only last report content will be generated in the pdffile. I want to open the multiple reports data into printer file. Any Suggestions... Regards, Subbaro More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds

<img alt="" height="1" width="1"> Unleashing the power of PowerShell InfoWorld, CA - 50 minutes ago It's available for free download for Windows XP SP2, Server 2003, and Vista; it's built in to Server 2008. Yes, PowerShell is a CLI, not a GUI, ... More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds

<img alt="" height="1" width="1"> ZoneAlarm ForceField: Compromised in sixty seconds InfoWorld, CA - 45 minutes ago ... registry virtualization, blocking drive-by-downloads, and so on) is also claimed by Microsoft in Windows Vista and Internet Explorer 7 Protected Mode. ... More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds

Check Live Search Home Page to see about cashback. http://www.live.com/ If you are not getting it* ( as it is US only at present)then this is what it is: "Microsoft Live Search cashback is "The Search That Pays You Back".Find great deals on millions of products from hundreds of brand namestores that you know and trust. You will be able to earn cashbacksavings based on a percentage of the product price. Your savings willbe paid to you via your choice of a deposit to your PayPal account,direct deposit to your bank account, or a check in the mail. It's thatsimple!" I have just put it on my blog ,still exploring more about it.some screenshots on my blog So what do you think of this model? What will be its long term consequences? More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds

http://ms-os.com/Themes/AlmostGlass/images/icon-quote.gif pocket-lint wrote: "The penalty was unfair, illegal, even shocking", Ian Forrester,representing Nintendo, told the European Court of First Instance inLuxembourg. He added: "This remains one of the biggest single fines in EU competition law". Seriously, this bloke doesn't know the MEANING of a big EU fine. More details here. More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds

PC gaming is dying, get the facts: 1) Internet has enabled pricing and releasing to be global, instant*(pirate releasing especially) 2) Publishers are still trying to price items differently by each region/country 3) Publisher/BioWare decided that Mass Effect for PC*would be released a week*later in*Europe than US. Do they think a) no one in Europe understands or wants english*version b) it takes a week to move the bits from US to EU? c) both? 4) Publishers don't "get" the Internet. For a single player game you want to keep some of the content and code on a server until sales have died down, otherwise every bit of the content is on the torrent after the release in the first region. = in 1 month publishers are again telling us that PC gaming is dying*and not acknowledging that publisher policies and lack of understanding modern technology and the fact that PC gamers do not want to take a hour to install games from DVD's but want to stream them from the net (as WoW does, even though WoW is just a glorified single player game with chat client) played a big part. Also Say No to companies using installers for software that don't require installing. It's pretty annoying that you have*most of the *software running perfectly without admin rights - except for the installer. Windows does check that dependencies are there when you run the program, if something is missing, then go get it, you don't need installer for this. Pirated games can be often xcopy deployed from system to system, why would you want to pay for something that's more restricted? It's not like the installers were preventing the pirates! Hello publishers get a clue. PS.*Not buying MassEffect unless BioWare changes the EU release date to match US release date and changes the "copy protection" from activation to streaming without installers. Too bad, it might have been good. PS2. Using Windows is pretty much "streaming" already*having to download the hundred updates and SDKs to get anything done. More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds

*I had a couple of my C9 buddies e-mail me wondering if I was still alive.* I am.* I still watch Channel 9 and come in here.* Since I have become, as Corona would put it, a "competitor" I havent snubbed Microsoft and havent changed my opinion about the guys that work there or the work they have done.* I have just been busy, PC/OS and work are keeping me busy, for those that care OSLiving put up a review. The one thing that kind of surprises me but it doesnt upset me is the references to BeOS.* I feel like Im having to live up to a standard here. Overall, everything is going fair.* I have gone 4 weeks without a cigarette and as of my last physical I have lost 99 lbs.* I did cheat one day and went to Taco Bell but hey. For those of you that took the time to notice and write me I say thanks for caring. More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds

<img alt="" height="1" width="1"> Read all 'Digital Kids' posts in News Blog CNET Blogs, CA - 59 minutes ago A Microsoft representative replied that the company is committed to education and interoperability; and that more schools are upgrading to Windows Vista and ... More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds

I was just gonna install the FTP service but I saw this link : http://www.iis.net/downloads/default.aspx?tabid=34&g=6&i=1620 , talking about a separate download ( FTP7 )... What? Why? Can anyone explain please? From what I undrestand, I should install this instead ? Thanks. More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds

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