Step 1

Run dcomcnfg. This will open MMC with Component Services snapin.

Step 2

Expand Distributed Transaction Coordinator folder

Step 3

Right click on Local DTC and click Properties. Click on Security tab. Here you can modify DTC settings.

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Turn On MSDTC Windows 7

A good news for me and others who are in same boat is that Microsoft has released a patch which removes this requirement. Seriously, I cannot thank Microsoft enough for this. Good stuff guys, I owe you a beer.

Download the patch here.

Download patch for 64bit here.

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Remove Hardware Virtualization Requirement On Windows 7

Download HippoEDIT and see it for yourself.

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My New Favorite Text Editor HippoEDIT

1. Managed Languages
2. ASP.NET 4.0
3. Data Platform
4. WCF & WF
5. Parallel Computing
6. ALM

Link to Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework Training Course.

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Learn .NET 4.0 And Visual Studio 2010 On Channel 9

Let’s follow this post with an example of a simple program which uses a loop to add a number to a List<int>.

static void Main(string[] args)
{
  List<int> numbers = new List<int>();
  for (int i = 0; i < 100; i++)
  {
    numbers.Add(i);
  }
}

We will now add a breakpoint to numbers.Add(i) line. A breakpoint can be added by clicking on gray area on the left side of code editor or by pressing F9.

Here we have added a simple breakpoint. Our program will break when we hit the breakpoint for the first time. Let’s say that we want our breakpoint to hit at 50 iteration of our loop. To do this we can right click on the breakpoint circle on left hand side and click Hit Count.

When we click on Hit Count we get a dialog where we can set the conditions when our breakpoint should be hit.

In our case we will select “break when the hit count is equal to” and enter 50.

If we now run our program we will hit the breakpoint when value of i = 49. Remember that we started i at 0 so when i is equal to 49 we are on the 50th iteration.

This comes in handy when debugging large loops and we are only interested in breaking when we have processed X number of iterations.

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Create Breakpoints With Hit Count In Visual Studio 2008

1. Search For Weather

Just type in the city name followed by forecast

sydney forecast

2. Get Search Results returned in RSS format

Bing can return your results in RSS format. In this example I am searching for “Best Search Engine” and I want my results in RSS format. I can then subscribe to the feed in my feed reader and keep an eye on when search results are updated.

http://www.bing.com/search?q=best+search+engine&format=rss

3. Search Within A Website

With Bing you can search for content on a particular website. For example here I am searching for “Silverilght” on One .NET Way.

site:onedotnetway.com silverlight

4. Exclude a website from your search

Following search for Silverlight will exclude results from One .NET Way

-site:onedotnetway.com silverlight

5. Celebrity Search

Bing has a feature called xRank which keeps track of search volume on celebrities. You can also compare Bing popularity of celebrities. Here I am comparing popularity of Michael Jackson with Jet Li. xRank can be accessed at http://www.Bing.com/xRank

6. Bing Without Background Image

Bing home page by default displays a background image. Here is a sample:

If you don’t want to see the background (and why not?), you can turn it off by going to this address.

http://www.bing.com/?rb=0

7. Search Where results lead to File Type

A site can be searched for all links which further have links to specified file type. For example here I am searching Codeplex and I’d like to see results where I can find pdf files.

codeplex contains:pdf

8. Search For Flight Information

Bing also returns real-time flight information. Following text when typed into Bing search box return information for United flight 660

flight info united 660

9. Search within a country

You can specify a location for your search. Here I am searching for Bill Gates and I want search results from India.

Bill Gates loc:IN

10. Use Bing as a Dictionary

You can definition of any word by simply typing define and then the word. Example

define cyberspace

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10 Ways To Bing It!

As a web developer it is hard to ignore the popularity of JQuery. The issue however is that there are too many JQuery plugins available and at times it is hard to decide which one to chose. The Ultimate JQuery List is a fantastic web site which lists hundreds of JQuery plugins with examples.

This will serve as a great reference point if you are looking for JQuery examples.

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The Ultimate List Of JQuery Plugins And Examples

This look has slightly changed now. Here is the orb in Word 2010

The look has also changed when you click on the orb. Here is a comparison. This is what we see in Word 2007. You are also able to see  your current document in background.

In Word 2010, current document is hidden.

But that’s not all, there are more features available here. For example when you click on Print you immediately see a preview.

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Office 2010 Orb Has a New Look

Don’t they look cute? As you can see that there is a smile icon and a frown icon. If you are happy about something then click on the smile icon which opens up a form where you can put in your comments and send them to Microsoft with a screenshot of the Office Application from your machine.

And similarly if you don’t like something then you can send them a frown.

I think this is nice and clever little way to get feedback. It sure does convey the “We care” message.

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Microsoft Office 2010 Technical Preview Feedback With A Smile

So the question is how do you hide them? And the simple answer is that you can hide all updates from a friend on Facebook. This can easily be done by clicking on the arrow next to Hide which appears when you take your mouse towards top right on a message on your wall. And then by clicking “Hide <Your Friend’s Name>”.

And that’s it. You will not see that flood of Twitter status updates from your friend.

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Hide Twitter Status Updates From Facebook Wall