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Month: April, 2010

VS2010 / C# 4.0 RC Samples

10 April, 2010 (12:46) | .NET / C#, Computing | No comments

I’ve just installed the new version of Visual Studio to start looking at some of the new .NET and C# features and found a rather nice set of code samples on MSDN.

Windows 7 Update

3 April, 2010 (20:43) | Computing, Windows 7 64 Bit | No comments

I have now completed the majority of the setup on my new PC.  All in all I’m seriously impressed with Win 7 Pro.  I have solved all the BSOD issues (Dodgy audio driver from MOTU) and I have migrated all my data accros to the new machine.
It hasn’t been completely painless but all in all [...]

Getting Aero Back

3 April, 2010 (10:12) | Computing, Windows 7 64 Bit | No comments

Whilst I was installing my various apps on my new system I suddenly noticed that the Aero theme had completely vanished.  I had previously installed my copy of Spore which also installed DirectX 9.0c and I assumed that this may be the reason.
The Desktop had switched back to classic mode and no matter how I [...]

Window 7 64 Bit / MOTU Traveler

2 April, 2010 (13:32) | Computing, Windows 7 64 Bit | 2 comments

Well, I’ve finally made the switch to a new computer running the latest 64 bit version of Windows 7. I have a new Intel Quad Core i7 920 based development machine and I have to say that so far I’m impressed. The whole OS feels really sharp and responsive, even with the full [...]