Monthly Archives: May 2007

Some articles for dotNET developer from MSDN Magazine

Garbage collection: Garbage Collection: Automatic Memory Management in the Microsoft .NET Framework — MSDN Magazine, November 2000 Garbage Collection-Part 2: Automatic Memory Management in the Microsoft .NET Framework — MSDN Magazine, December 2000 Garbage Collector Basics and Performance Hints — … Continue reading

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Windows update process and .msu patch in Windows Vista

Microsoft KB934307: Description of the Windows Update Stand-alone Installer (Wusa.exe) and of .msu files in Windows Vista. Conclusion: The patch file format .msu for Windows Vista is different from .exe patch files applied to previous OS. The .msu are in … Continue reading

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Speed up file copy/move operation in Vista

Just turn the feature “Remote Differential Compression” off. Start -> Conrtol Panel -> Programs and Features -> Turn Windows features on or off Uncheck “Remote Differential Compression”, press OK button. You’ve done. Enjoy the same speed as XP file copy/move … Continue reading

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get rid of boring “beep” sound

I’ve installed a fresh Vista, but sound card left unwork. But I hate the boring beep sound. So execute the commands: sc stop beep sc config beep start= disabled if you love it… (who will?) sc config beep start= auto … Continue reading

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Solve the ‘Unable to Debug: The Binding Handle Is Invalid’ problem

If you have disabled service “Terminal Services”, you will get the error as title when you try to start debug in Visual Studio 2005. Just enable “Terminal Services”, don’t worry, it won’t be a security hole. You can uncheck “enable … Continue reading

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