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January 2009 - Posts

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  IE8 RC1 is now available for public download IE8 Release Candidate is available for public download today in 25 languages for Windows Vista, Windows XP, and Windows Server customers. You can find it at http://www.microsoft.com/ie8   Please download it and try it out . We welcome your feedback... Read More... Published: Tuesday, January 27, 2009, 02:04 AM

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  RIA-Silverlight and Web applications Architecture pocket-guides from Microsoft Patterns & Practices Microsoft Patterns & Practices have several nice application architecture pocket-guides about RIA & Silverlight and Web applications. RIA-Silverlight pocket guide: http://www.codeplex.com/AppArch/Release/ProjectReleases.aspx?ReleaseId=19799 http... Read More... Published: Tuesday, January 13, 2009, 04:12 AM Tags: Architecture, Patterns, RIA, Silverlight

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  Windows 7 - Natively Booting from a .VHD (Virtual PC image) file Most important thing to keep in mind is that we currently cannot boot from any kind of .VHD. Actually, I have just managed to boot from a Windows 7 installed on a new .VHD, and I installed it right from the Windows 7 DVD. If you use Virtual PC 2007 to... Read More... Published: Sunday, January 11, 2009, 08:23 AM Tags: Windows 7

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  Attach a VHD (Virtual PC image) using Windows 7 capabilities Windows 7 has a great and new capability which consists on the ability to attach a VHD (Virtual PC Hard Disk image) as a native drive. This way you could see a VHD from Windows 7 like if it were a regular hard drive. It is very useful, many times I want... Read More... Published: Saturday, January 10, 2009, 03:56 AM Tags: Windows 7