Canon’s RAW codec does not support Windows Explorer thumbnail integration on x64 machines. 1. Install Windows Live Photo Gallery http://explore.live.com/windows-live-photo-gallery?os=other 2. In Windo
For Win7 Click on the Start Button Type “clear” Click “Clear ClearType text” Go through the Wizard. Helped me tremendously. Jon
TFS 2010 was released without “Branch by Label” in the UI (you had to do using TF.exe /branch /version:Lxxx). A hotfix was released on Aug 3 that fixes that problem. (details http://support.microsoft.
Had a tough time finding the right driver for my old GEMPLUS GPR400 Smart Card reader. This is what I found. It is for Windows 2000 and for the GemPC400, but it seems to work. http://support.gemalto.c
You need to use the SetValue method of the DependencyObject class… I’ll let the code speak for itself: <UserControl x:Class="SetGridProgrammatically.MainPage" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.co
Probably not the only reason you’d get this exception, but if you do try this: Open WMAppManifest.xml under /Properties Remove all child nodes from HTH, Jon
It’s really simple to Navigate to another page in Windows Phone 7, but it took me a few to figure it out. Where Page1.xaml is in the root of the app: NavigationService.Navigate(new Uri("/Page1.xaml",
Sometimes you click “Ignore” by mistake. “Ignore” is just a rule that auto sends the thread to Deleted Items. So, just find the item in deleted items, select it and click the “Ignore” button again.
Gladient has a Free Starter Edition of their product that allows you to do things like bulk move files and other things we take for granted in Windows Explorer http://www.gladinet.com/p/download_start
This is an awesome error message: I have found that manually killing wmdc.exe in Task Manager and then restarting helps.
I’m not sure what the deal is with this one, but rebooting my phone resolved it.
[ You likely get the exception "Connections to SQL Server files (*.mdf) require SQL Server Express 2005 to function properly.��� when you are trying to add a Database file to a project and don’t
[ This exception: “This server version is not supported. Only servers up to Microsoft SQL Server 2005 are supported” Probably means that you have SQL Server 2008 installed and don’t have Visual Studio
The Zune Pad on my 80GB Zune was unresponsive for a day or so and a normal reset or restore didn’t work because they require the Zune pad to be working. This worked for me, give it a try: Plug Zune
The exception “the data necessary to complete this operation is not yet available” can mean that the app you are trying to debug is already running on the device. Go to the device, close the app and t
Not sure why, but the “Start only if the following network connection is available” option is disabled for scheduled tasks if the task is configured for: “Windows Server 2003, Windows XP, or Windows 2
I spent about 20 mins with ATT technical support today trying to figure out how to send a Text from their website. Apparently they did some website updates and the “Send Text Message” option is buried
You will get this exception if you try to debug on a physical device from Visual Studio and haven’t install the debug certificates. “Connection failed. The device security configuration disallowed th
My beloved Microsoft Trackball Explorer mouse died recently and I was amazed to find that the price increased from about $70 to $600 (new) and $190 (used). I like the mouse, but not enough to shell ou
Sometimes you want a key command (keycommand) that works across all of your Windows Desktop. For example, let’s say that you write a lot of email and you want to be able to pop open Gmail’s compose pa