Booting from a VHD(blogs.msdn.com)

submitted by CharlieCalvert(7875) 2 years, 8 months ago

Hosting an OS in a virtual machine can be very useful for developers, but sometimes one pays a price in terms of performance. In Windows 7 developers can get improved performance in virtual machines by native booting a VHD. First create a Virtual PC that hosts Windows 7, then restart your computer, and finally boot directly into the VHD that contains the Windows 7 OS. When you native boot a VHD your virtual machine runs very close to the metal; performance is greatly enhanced and you have much better support for OS features that may not be available inside a standard Virtual PC. read more...

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How to add "Open with reflector" to your right-click actions(itscodeinhere.com)

submitted by RhythmAddict(440) 2 years, 10 months ago

A tip for convenience, this post provides instructions on how to easily add "Open with reflector" to your windows explorer right-click menu so you can right-click and open any DLL with reflector. read more...

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Having Fun with the New Editor in VS 2010(blogs.msdn.com)

submitted by markheath(1485) 2 years, 10 months ago

A brief demo of how easy it is to customize the new WPF-based text editor in VS 2010 read more...

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SilverBullet #7 - System.Windows.Messaging(geekswithblogs.net)

submitted by sorskoot(195) 2 years, 10 months ago

Most often Silverlight applications take up the whole screen and the page that is hosting the application contains only one control. It is possible to split you application into smaller controls. Silverlight 3 controls can communicate over the boundaries of tabs inside a browser, and even over the boundaries of the browsers itself. Sending messages back and forth between IE, Firefox, Chrome and even Out-Of-Browser. read more...

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2009 Silverlight Control Builder Contest is Live!(gosilverlight.org)

submitted by pbrooks(775) 2 years, 10 months ago

Now that Silverlight 3 is out, we want you to build a control. What kind of control, you ask? It can be anything! Build something that is useful or just plain cool. Silverlight is a powerful platform, we want to see what you can do with it! read more...

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