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FAQ about HeapSetInformation in Windows Vista and Heap Based Buffer Overruns
2/19 - Added some Minor Tweaks Perhaps it's the phase of the moon or something, but over the last few weeks I have received more email about correctly using the HeapSetInformation function than any other topi...
From : Michael Howards Web Log : Security
2008 Feb 19
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Readability Stats: Word Count: 728; Sentence Count: 45; Grade Level: 7.5
WPF Basics: How To Add Controls Dynamically at Run Time
Adding controls at run time using VB.NET in Windows Forms is fairly well-documented. Finding C# code-behind samples for doing this with WPF controls under Framework 3.0 is also an easy task. But I recentl...
From : VB & .NET Blogs @ vbCity.com
2008 Jan 15
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Readability Stats: Word Count: 229; Sentence Count: 11; Grade Level: 9.5
Silverlight Mac\Windows debugging play-by-play
Martin saw my keynote at ReMix Boston and wanted to try the demo himself to find out if it was all just demo-magic or not ;-). Well, I am relieved happy to say he was successful! His de...
From : Brad Abrams
2007 Dec 24
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Readability Stats: Word Count: 86; Sentence Count: 3; Grade Level: 11.1
Embedding a Screensaver in a WinForm (Think "Application Level Privacy Screen")
Mark Schmidt's Abode - Embedding Screensaver's in a Windows Form "Awhile ago I created the screensaver Vista Sidebar gadget and promised I would put some code up. As promised, here it is. It's actually quite ...
From : Gregs Cool [Insert Clever Name] of the Day
2007 Dec 22
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Readability Stats: Word Count: 373; Sentence Count: 31; Grade Level: 6.2
Use WPF and inline XAML in your Fox, Excel or VB6 applications
My prior post showed how to create XAML WPF and put it on your Winform App. We can go one step further: add XAML to a UserControl, which could then be made into an ActiveX control, which could be hosted by Fox...
From : Calvin Hsias WebLog
2007 Dec 12
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Readability Stats: Word Count: 4902; Sentence Count: 243; Grade Level: K
Get a Free Copy of Vista Ultimate for Your Feedback [Limited Offer]
Update: Microsoft has since pulled this offer. Snag yourself a free copy of Windows Vista Ultimate, Office 2007, or Microsoft Money Plus before December 31st by participating in Microsoft's Windows Feedbac...
From : Lifehacker
2007 Dec 11
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Readability Stats: Word Count: 147; Sentence Count: 8; Grade Level: 9.5
Possible workaround for errors during installation of Document Explorer 2005 and 2008
Every once in a while, I hear from a customer who has encountered an error while trying to install Document Explorer 2005 or Document Explorer 2008 (which is a prerequisite component that is installed during V...
From : Aaron Stebners WebLog
2007 Dec 10
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Readability Stats: Word Count: 410; Sentence Count: 17; Grade Level: 11.9
Enumerating Process.GetProcesses() fails on Vista
It is hard to believe something as common as this could fail but it appears that enumerating System.Diagnostics.Process.GetProcesses() and calling a Process property fails on Vista. Here is ...
From : Mark Michaelis Weblog
2007 Dec 05
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Readability Stats: Word Count: 198; Sentence Count: 26; Grade Level: 8.8
TiVo Gadget for Vista
For awhile, I've wanted to try my hands at writing a gadget for the Windows Sidebar in Vista, but I could never come up with a project idea that was small enough to accomplish and useful enough to justify. Sin...
From : Michael Swansons Blog
2007 Dec 02
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Readability Stats: Word Count: 1176; Sentence Count: 88; Grade Level: 7.0
How many versions does a bug have to exist before backporting the fix can't be successfully argued?
Some people may recall the blog that represents one of my favorite bug titles, namely Romanian keyboard is wrong, Wrong, WRONG!, in the blog entitled The Romanian keyboard layout on XP is the brokenest layout ...
From : Sorting It All Out
2007 Nov 27
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Readability Stats: Word Count: 530; Sentence Count: 28; Grade Level: 8.3
3D Desktop Management
Quite a while ago I played with a bit of free software called Yodm3D which provided a 3D virtual desktop manager for Windows and worked on Vista. This is being turned into a commercial product called DeskSpace...
From : Mike Taultys Blog
2007 Nov 21
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Readability Stats: Word Count: 130; Sentence Count: 7; Grade Level: 8.3
Temporarily Bypass Popup Blocking in IE7
I read over on ZMan's blog the other day about how he was having some serious issues with downloading VS2008. The list of problems is extensive, but I'll quote a bit of it here: You have to turn off your po...
From : CraigBlog
2007 Nov 21
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Readability Stats: Word Count: 344; Sentence Count: 16; Grade Level: 8.5
"Memory Leak" when using the Vista Audio API notification routines
We recently got an internal report from someone using the internal audio notification APIs that they were leaking memory and they wanted to help from us debugging the problem. I took a look and discovered that...
From : Larry Ostermans WebLog
2007 Oct 24
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Readability Stats: Word Count: 1224; Sentence Count: 16; Grade Level: 12.0
How to update DuaScriptGen to run correctly on Windows Vista
I recently received a comment on my blog asking how to get the DuaScriptGen tool to work on Windows Vista. I looked into this in more detail, and I found that the duascriptgen.exe.config file included wi...
From : Aaron Stebners WebLog
2007 Oct 16
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Readability Stats: Word Count: 263; Sentence Count: 36; Grade Level: 3.3
Installing XP after Vista - Will I Ever Learn?
For a bunch of what seemed like good reasons at the time I thought that I'd have another go at installing XP onto my machine which already has Vista on it. I thought I'd found a nice article over here; http://...
From : Mike Taultys Blog
2007 Aug 22
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Readability Stats: Word Count: 216; Sentence Count: 10; Grade Level: 7.4
