software development

Hi, Newbie to the forum, here. I write small programs for myself and friends. One of them I have just completed - which works fine on several computers - installs itself in the 'Program Files (x86)' folder. However, on my friend's computer (Win7), when it tries to access and/or create a...

The Kinect for Windows SDK v2 is almost out, the SDK is just about ready for public beta and the excitement is really starting to grow. A number of developers, including many of you, have been coding your fingers off in the private alpha/developer preview program. Until the curtains go up on...

Today's Visual Studio Extension is more of a "teach you how to fish" kind of extension as anything. As he does so well, Shemeer NS, of Link Removed, has posted another project where he leverages another Control to create a Visual Studio addin that fits just what he needs, showing you all just...

China is probably saying, "If you can't join them, beat them!" "Windows XP is officially an unsupported operating system, so it no longer receives updates and security patches from Microsoft, but that doesn't necessarily mean that users are ready to give up on it." More...

3D PageFlip, a China based company introduces the 3D PageFlip Professional to customers worldwide. The magazine publishing software helps protect the environment by saving paper. (PRWeb April 20, 2014) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2014/04/prweb11776113.htm Continue...

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I’m here at the Moscone Center, San Francisco, California, attending the annual Link Removed. There’s a great crowd here and many valuable discussions. Our Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC) engineering teams have been working hard on the next version of EMET, which helps customers...

This release includes an update to Visual Studio 2010 SP1 that lets Coded UI tests and action recordings in Microsoft Test Manager to run successfully on machines that have Internet Explorer 9 or Internet Explorer 10 with KB 2870699 installed. Link Removed

Can I develop Win 8.1 Store App by using VS 2013 Express and Windows software development kit (SDK) 8.1 on My Win 7 Lap top ? Should I install Win 8.1 on My App or Can I Use Win 7 with Above Tools ? Windows software development kit : Link Removed

Hi i'm trying to install Microsoft Windows SDK for Windows 7 and .NET Framework 4 (ISO) for Windows 64 bits to be able to program software for the x64 architecture. the only problem is that the installation fails. i tried with administrator option, i tried different directories but always...

hi My name is Zaid I am 22 Yrs University student Specialist software development and programming (software engineer) Frankly I'm trying with all my energy to be a professional programmer and successful programming considered my inspiration and my Goal But I still feel I am a newbie and weak...

Consider this my nudge topic, since Linux here has been clumped together in this new section I am amking the best of it by making a controversial subject matter. But the truth is that I do think linux is better then Windows and here is why: 1 It is developed by communities: Microsoft values...

One of the most major parts of my windows 7 installs is changing the paths of my user folders. I install windows 7 alot and i got a bit sick of having to do that every time... so i decided to fully automate the process! Link Removed This usb portable program starts by asking you to select a...

Hello Everyone, I am new to the forums and say hello to all!! I programmed with Visual Basic 5, ASP and HTML4 back in the early 2000's. I build all my computers also. My question is, I am getting back into it and need to know if the programmers of today would use my set up...

I'm trying to find a new notebook for software development, wanting a touchscrren so I can test touch apps. I've been digging around but not found anything which meets all my requirements yet. These are the kind of specs I'm after: Windows 8 (Pro preferable, but can upgrade after) 64 bit...

Windows 8 is doing significantly worse than Microsoft's biggest failure, Windows Vista ... More...

As a curiosity of mine I've messed around with several types of shell replacements for the standard Windows7 Explorer.exe. However, I've found that most of them do not have any form of "Notification Area". So I was curious if anyone knew of a program that had a notification area or how I would...

Hello, I am developing an own app for Windows Phone 7 OS. I have a Nokia Lumia 710 and the app is going to be a VoIP app (according to this sample: Ozeki C# VoIP SDK - A SIP SDK for software developers). After it is done I might upload it to the Windows Phone Marketplace. Do you know what is...

Just thought i'd share what my current project is for C# development so far... It will be public when i'm done with this. It's an application that will walk through the steps of crash dump analysis and write output for you in a format of your customization. Including parts of what is...

Would it be nice to have a shortcut which would show you a form with all the keyboard shortcuts in Windows 8? Alternatively have a search charm that lets you list them by name? We are in the process of finding out if this would be a viable application/feature in Windows 8. Thanks for...