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<img alt="" height="1" width="1"> Will Vista SP1 Ship This InternetNews.com - 12 minutes ago Customers who visit Windows Update can choose to install Service Pack 1," said a blog posting at the time by Mike Nash, corporate vice president of Windows ... More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds

Check this out: http://blog.crazyboomerang.com/. It looks like Silverlight practically works in Opera, it just isn't supported as an option. Will this work or what's the status of support for Silverlight in Opera, with Silverlight 2.0 on the doorstep? More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds

If I call the native DLL like this: *** string dfhgfdgh = "jhdgjhdjghjdtgyhn"; [DllImport("StringTestNativeDLL", CallingConvention = CallingConvention.Winapi)] public static extern byte GetVehicleIdentification(ref string vehicleIdentification); private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) { * GetVehicleIdentification(ref dfhgfdgh); * textBox1.Text = dfhgfdgh; } and the native DLL looks like this: char m_VehicleIdentification[200]; extern "C" __declspec(dllexport) BYTE __stdcall GetVehicleIdentification(wchar_t** vehicleIdentification) { * strcpy(m_VehicleIdentification, "1234567890"); * strcpy (*vehicleIdentification, m_VehicleIdentification); * return 0; } The text in my textbox is a sequence of squares equal to half the number of characters in the string above i.o.w. 5 squares (unrecognized characters) It seems like it’s trying to interpret the ascii-string as a unicode string (2 bytes per character). If I try to public static extern byte GetVehicleIdentification([MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPStr)]ref string vehicleIdentification); I get a “Not supported”-exception. I get the same result for LPTStr LPWStr BStr BTStr and all other string types which I have tried. Is it not possible in the Compact Framework to call a native function which has a char** in-parameter and get a valid string back in any other way than to work with wchar_t** in the native function? I don’t want to use unsafe C#-code. (If cut the ref and use char* instead in the native function I get the same result, .) More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds

<img alt="" height="1" width="1"> Dennis O'Reilly CNET Blogs, CA - 9 minutes ago The preset power schemes in Windows XP and Vista are too generic to match your unique computing style. Creating your own custom scheme can reduce your ... More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds

What do they get out of the deal? * VS 2008? * Expression line? Developers are small compared to the overall public, surely this is small potato for MS? * Windows Server 2008? * SQL Server? The server line is a bit more pricey and can be used to server up those WMVs Silverlight likes so much? * Licenses to handsets? Right now, MS is probably making a sweetheart deal w/ Nokia to deliver Silverlight 1.0 on those handsets, but if Flash Lite can be licensed, surely, so can Silverlight 2.0? * Protecting the desktop? Once Macromedia makes Flex, which eventually became AIR, did MS feel threatened that the RIA space was going to be dominated by other companies? Could Silverlight be created just to contain Adobe? MS has done it before w/ the Xbox 1 for Sony. What do you think? More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds

At the South by Southwest Music tradeshow, we meet Jamison Stafford and Matt Kauffman from Iventa, an e-commerce vendor that has a SaaS solution built entirely on .Net and SQL Server.* Jamison tells about the company walks through the application, showing the Grateful Dead online store as one example of a site using their service.* Matt then explains the technology underneath the hood and how they have found real productivity gains with .Net. They're also hiring .Net developers in the Los Angeles area. Listen to the podcast(MP3) Listen to the podcast(WMA) Download the Video Watch the Video More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds

Just an update on my new machine* ***please...run if you are sick my new machine ok... for anyone else still listening there are ....problems. SATA problems.* BSOD problems. here is the error: http://www.channel9.ca/nvid.jpg ..so* err... i let mark no who was very helpful: i said id keep testing it - but would maybe need a new MB: " Yes Actually I made some search on Intel Motherboard, model* DX38BT will meet your requirement.*However that board is on back order and also it only take DDR3 memory. I will inform you for details Meanwhile pls keep testing and keep in touch" good ol' mark.** another few days pass - BOSD. ok - i need an intel MB for this intel chip... mark: "just let you know Intel only has 1 motherboard that support C2Quad Extrem 9650, model # DX38BT chnaged to that board will cost you $80 more* and... Bad thing is that board only supports DDR3 memory 4G will cost you about $600 more... Gigabyte make 1 motherboard, model # EX38DQ6*that motherboard will cost you $ 90 more. That board can take DDR2 memory. One thing is all the motherboard and CPU are very new and how they work with VISTA is still unknown.*I am very sure*they work with XP it shouldn't be any problem I only suggest to wait till VISTA or new motherboard BIOS to solbe those problems. a different motherboard may create another problem Thanks, Mark >>>>>>>>>>>> ok - i know everyone is thinking mark is a bad guy 0 he's not - but it is telling his - computer-mall - take on things. back to the ...yawn .... upgrade * oh did i mention i see NO speed difference?* sure... everything is more fluid... everything is more quiet... but i KNEW it...* hrtz is everything.* Where is my 7ghz chip intel?* Moore? ..-* oops - the upgrade so - gigabyte MB or Intel MB.... DDR3?* 600 more? any comments? * and yes i still love the monitor :p More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds

<img alt="" height="1" width="1"> Death match: Windows Vista versus XP InfoWorld, CA - 14 hours ago Point by point and blow by blow, we offer 10 reasons enterprises can skip Windows Vista and stick with XP By Randall C. Kennedy So there you are, ... More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds

<img alt="" height="1" width="1"> What's New in IE 8? ADT Magazine - 1 hour ago The IE 8 beta is currently available for Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2008. Demos for users of the IE 8 beta can be ... More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds

<img alt="" height="1" width="1"> What's New in IE 8? ADT Magazine - 17 minutes ago The IE 8 beta is currently available for Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2008. Demos for users of the IE 8 beta can be ... More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds

Now I've had a few issues with TFS. 1) My TFS client cache gets corrupted often. 2) The GUI tools are buggy. 3) The TFS client is buggy. 4) I get an object reference not found dialog after a successful checkin. 5) Supposedly there's a service pack out there fixing various issues, but heck if I know where it is. 6) I haven't seen a TFS version update for a long time. Apparently there's a guy out there that hates TFS so much that he registered a domain for it. http://www.teamfrustrationserver.com/ More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds

Hey guys and gals ... I'm off to sunny Spain tomorrow for some well needed Rest&Relaxation ... and I am leaving my trusted Dell laptop at home this time :) It will be strange not being in touch with the outside world, but good at the same time ... How would U feel if you would be cut off (so to speak) for a period of time ... would you go insane ? More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds

any ideas how i get the owner information for a ip (internet) address?? More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds

Zhiming Xue interviews Victor Mushkatin, CTO of AVIcode, a Microsoft partner that has developed*an application management solution based on the .NET framework and Operations Manager 2007. In this discussion, Mr. Mushkatin shares his view on why application management is important to architects and architects, and explains how AVIcode’s Intercept Studio was architected and how it works, with some demos. According to him,*AVIcode's next release of Intercept will support new features of the .NET framework such as WCF and WF. More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds

After a successful run with the IE7 beta, we’re bringing back our monthly online Expert Zone Chats with members of the IE team. The first is this Thursday, March 20th at 10:00 PDT/17:00 UTC. These chats are a great opportunity to have your questions answered and hear from members of the IE product team. In case you miss the chat, a transcript will be published afterward and available online. As we saw with the IE7 beta, these chats are a lot of fun and we hope you can join us online. Kristen Kibble Program Manager http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=8292312 More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds

<img alt="" height="1" width="1"> Vista SP1, Windows XP SP3 May Arrive This Week Redmond Channel Partner, CA - 9 minutes ago She pointed out that blog UX Evangelist predicted in February that Vista SP1 would be released tomorrow or Wednesday and Windows XP3 next week. More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds

You've seen the Zune, and you've seen the*newly remodeled Zune Markeplace, but have you ever wondered about the magic which goes on behind the scenes to get the music from the artists and studios into the*Marketplace? We visited Meher Daud on the Zune team whose job is to ensure that the Zune Content Ingestion Pipeline keeps flowing. It turns out that she uses Visual Studio Team Edition for Database Professionals (aka "DBPro) to help her in her job, so I also brought Mairead O'Donovan with me from the DBPro team to find out more. (And sorry, the yellow Zune was a special ship gift that members of the Zune team got so it's not available for purchase. Believe me, I tried!) Listen to the podcast(MP3) Listen to the podcast(WMA) Download the Video Watch the Video More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds

In this commentary, I examine Microsoft's expansion of its Microsoft Online Services (MOS) to the small business market! More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds

Bruce Kyle of Microsoft and Stuart Celarier of CheckFree explore the new languages features in C#. It's a whirlwind tour of the important language features since C# 1. Stuart describes the feature and why it is useful. But doesn't get into best practices nor suggested usages. Just the facts about the feature. Whirlwinds are bite-sized webcasts, each is shorter than 15 minutes. You can start anywhere in the series to learn about the parts you're most interested in. In Part 1 about generics, Stuart describes: What generics are. How generics compare with collections. How the compiler treats generics. He also describes how generics increase performance and save memory.This feature is part of C# 2 in .NET 2.0. You can find out more about the language features in C# at Stuart's blog: VisualStuart.net http://channel9.msdn.com/Photos/390556.jpg Watch the screencast(WMV) More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds

<img alt="" height="1" width="1"> Death match: Windows Vista versus XP InfoWorld, CA - 8 hours ago Point by point and blow by blow, we offer 10 reasons enterprises can skip Windows Vista and stick with XP By Randall C. Kennedy So there you are, ... More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds

Has anyone been able to navigate to the WSJ website today? I have not been able to get to it all day. Just wondering if it's on my end or theirs. http://online.wsj.com/ More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds

I am setting up a new PC for development and I've put on Visual Studio .NET 2005 Professional.* I know that I put on a service pack 1 on my old PC, and I would like to put that onto my new PC, but I cannot find it anywhere.* (I can find a SP1 for VS 2005 Team Suite, but I don't have that.* I've got VS 2005 Professional.) So, where do I find the service pack I am looking for? More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds

<img alt="" height="1" width="1"> Death match: Windows Vista versus XP InfoWorld, CA - 7 hours ago Point by point and blow by blow, we offer 10 reasons enterprises can skip Windows Vista and stick with XP By Randall C. Kennedy So there you are, ... More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds

<img alt="" height="1" width="1"> InfoWorld's other XP and Vista stories InfoWorld, CA - 26 minutes ago If you read my blog yesterday, you noticed my entry about Microsoft's move to retire XP and effectively force Windows shops into a wasteful migration to ... More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds

<img alt="" height="1" width="1"> Vista SP1 on track for mid-March release? Register, UK - 5 minutes ago There's no sign of the issue being fixed on Microsoft's Knowledgebase or Vista team blog. We asked Microsoft if it had fixed that particular issue. ... More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds