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  Error in MailThere is an error synchronizing your mail account. Please verify your account has been configured correctly by first accessing your mail on the web.Error: 4102. Client. Cannot change immutable data: MessageClass. If you use the Outlook connector for your MSN or Hotmail account you may have started to receive this error (and […]

This is awesome news!  This is what you get from Verio: .NET Framework 3.0 SQL Server 2005 Express ASP.NET 2.0 w/Ajax support 100 MB of disk space Now you can have a home to showcase all those Microsoft technologies you’ve been playing with besides http://localhost on your dev machine. Here is what you need to do: Have a […]

  Dubbelbock TFS 2.0 lets you access Team Foundation Server (TFS) version control from Windows Explorer (explorer.exe).  Now you can go to any file in an existing TFS Workspace, right-click and you’ll then see the Dubbelbock TFS context menu with options like Check In, Check Out, Undo, and Get Latest. This tool is similar to […]

This release includes 5 new refactoring types, a new dependency viewer, additional data generators and editors, 2 new MSBuild tasks for Schema and Data Compare as well as the introduction of the TSQL Static Code Analysis feature. You can download the Power Tools here. It requires that you have Service Release 1 installed, you can download that […]

  Windows Vista Performance Update This is a performance update. Install this update to improve the performance of Windows Vista in certain scenarios. Additional information about this update can be found in KB Article 938979. x86 versionx64 version Windows Vista Reliability Update This is a reliability update. Install this update to improve the reliability of […]

It has been a few days since the upgrade to TFS 2008 Beta 2 and my in-place upgrade of WSS to version 3 — I have been watching my logs for errors. I started to get these errors in my event log today: The application-specific permission settings do not grant Local Activation permission for the […]

One of the projects I am working on is getting a site template for the Government of Canada’s new version of its Common Look and Feel v2.0. I am very excited about the potential that MOSS 2007 has to offer and here is an early peek at an alpha version of our CLF 2 column page: One […]

  Overview patterns & practices are Microsoft’s proven recommendations for how to design, develop, deploy, and operate architecturally sound applications for the Microsoft Platform. This DVD contains detailed technical information including printable guides, source code, PowerPoint presentations, and multi-media content. Get the files here. Technorati Tags: Patterns & Practices, Microsoft

 Now this is great advice on customizing a SharePoint 2007 master page.  Pay close attention to the comments 🙂 Chris Johnson : Minimal SharePoint Master Page

Check out all the new features of the Oracle 11g ODAC Beta Oracle Data Provider for .NET Features Instant Client Support: Smaller ODP.NET client installationUser-Defined Types: Map Oracle objects and collections to .NET custom types and support REFs to object types Process Database Down Events: ODP.NET automatically frees connections of a downed Data Guard instance […]