How do I edit work items in the Visual Studio 2008 xml editor? *

Question I'm trying to customize some TFS work items via the VS2008 xml editor, but every time I open a work item xml file it jumps to t...

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What is a good plotting library for .Net? *

Question I'm writing some data acquisition software and need a gui plotting library that is fast enough to do realtime updated graphs. ...

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Better windows command line shells *

Question Is there a better windows command line shell other than cmd which has better copy paste between Windows' windows and console w...

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Does it still make sense to learn low level WinAPI programming? *

Question Does it make sense, having all of the C#-managed-bliss, to go back to Petzold's Programming Windows and try to produce code w/ ...

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Verifying files for testing *

Question I was working with quality yesterday doing some formal testing. In their procedure they were verifying all files on the test machi...

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How do you create your own moniker (URL Protocol) on Windows systems? *

Question How do you create your own custom moniker (or URL Protocol) on Windows systems? Examples: http: mailto: service: An...

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Windows Equivalent of 'nice' *

Question Is there a Windows equivalent of the Unix command, nice ? I'm specifically looking for something I can use at the command li...

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Is this a good way to determine OS Architecture? *

Question Since the WMI class Win32_OperatingSystem only includes OSArchitecture in Windows Vista, I quickly wrote up a method using the regi...

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More vs. Faster Cores on a Webserver *

Question The discussion of Dual vs. Quadcore is as old as the Quadcores itself and the answer is usually "it depends on your scenario...

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Is there a WMI Redistributable Package? *

Question I've been working on a project that accesses the WMI to get information about the software installed on a user's machine. W...

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PHP Error - Uploading a file *

Question I'm trying to write some php to upload a file to a folder on my webserver. Here's what I have: <?php if ( !empty($_...

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Ruby On Rails with Windows Vista - Best Setup? *

Question What do you think is the best set-up for RoR in a Win Vista environment? I've tried the radrails eclipse plug-in, and it just ...

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OpenVPN Config file to prevent timeout *

Question I am using OpenVPN with an *.opvn config file under Windows XP to connect to a VPN server. Everything works fine, I connect success...

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How can I create Debian install packages in Windows for a Visual Studio project? *

Question I'm developing some cross platform software targeting Mono under Visual Studio and would like to be able to build the installer...

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How do I configure and communicate with a serial port? *

Question I need to send and receive data over serial connections (RS-232 and RS-422). How do I set up and communicate with such a conne...

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What's the best setup for Mono development on Windows? *

Question I started trying to play with Mono, mostly for fun at the moment. I first tried to use the Visual Studio plugin that will convert ...

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Appropriate pagefile size for SQL Server *

Question Does any know a good rule of thumb for the appropriate pagefile size for a Windows 2003 server running SQL Server? Answer Irrelevan...

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XML Editing/Viewing Software *

Question What software is recommended for working with and editing large XML schemas? I'm looking for both Windows and Linux software (d...

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Linux shell equivalent on IIS *

Question As a LAMP developer considering moving to a .Net IIS platform, one of my concerns is the loss of productivity due to lack of shell....

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What is a better file copy alternative than the Windows default? *

Question I need to copy hundreds of gigs of random files around on my computer and am pretty leery of using the vanilla file copy built into...

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