By Chris Richner on 1/2/2009

Due to a problem during the daemon tools lite setup I wasn't able to install my preferred virtual DVD solution. Forced by this issue I’ve tried to find a new tool and found one working like a charm called Virtual CloneDrive

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By Chris Richner on 11/5/2008

For a bunch of information visit channel9.msdn.com/tags/Windows+7/

After you installed one of those available M3 version you might wanna have a look at http://windows7center.com/windows-7-news/the-easiest-way-to-enable-the-new-windows-taskbar-in-windows-7-beta/

enjoy

By Chris Richner on 5/17/2008

I recommend watching the movie "LOOSE CHANGE" to anyone
http://www.loosechange911.com/

I also recommend watching the music video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9yYAX_i_MI&feature=related

and if you really like it hardcore check out

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzG1II3Y-KY&feature=related

By Chris Richner on 5/17/2008

It is always a good idea (and a good code practice for sure ) to check all given arguments in first place before the business logic starts to do what it has to do.

To make a long story short I've created these snippets to check reference types against null. if (channel == null) throw new System.ArgumentNullException("channel");  and string types against string.IsNullOrEmpty(). if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(feed)) throw new System.ArgumentNullException("feed"); This snippet helps a lot to improve the quality of your exception handling without any pain for the dev writing boiler plate code.

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By Chris Richner on 5/15/2008

check out http://www.uscash.net/tips/chat.html

By Chris Richner on 5/14/2008

enjoy http://www.road-runners.ch/video/road%20runner%20&%20willi%20coyote/index.html

By Chris Richner on 5/14/2008

check out http://www.reggieburnett.com/post/Sidebar-working-nicely-on-Windows-Server-2008.aspx

By Chris Richner on 5/1/2008

At SlickEdit, we've put several "advertorials" out now on The Code Project about our Tools for Visual Studio product. I'm one of the developers on the Tools team [profile], and I love The Code Project for learning how to do new things, especially because I learn best by seeing examples of how something's done. However, in order to see the sample code for an article, you have to:

Download the sample ZIP file Browse to it and unzip the contents somewhere Go to Visual Studio and Open the project I also love convenience, and that's why I made this add-in. It lets you browse The Code Project directly in Visual Studio 2005 or 2008.

check out the article and download here www.codeproject.com/KB/macros/cpbrowser.aspx

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By Chris Richner on 5/1/2008

Among the many features Windows Vista introduced to address security concerns, User Account Control (UAC) is one of the most significant. With User Account Control, even users who are administrators run most applications with standard privilege, but have "elevation potential" for specific administrative tasks and application functions. 

After using Windows Vista™ for many months, elevating a task or application as necessary has become second nature. However, I also encountered a number of shortcomings when trying to elevate some types of tasks in Windows Vista, and that became frustrating.

read the full article and get the powertoys here technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/cc162321.aspx

By Chris Richner on 5/1/2008

PowerCommands 1.1 is a set of useful extensions for the Visual Studio 2008 adding additional functionality to various areas of the IDE. 

great stuff, get it here code.msdn.microsoft.com/PowerCommands