software development

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...

The last time anyone saw a SimCity game released was years ago, as The Sims, a game developed by Will Wright, took over as the top dog for Electronic Arts and their game studio, Maxis. As an independent studio, Maxis developed many Sim games before The Sims, including Sim Farm, Sim Tower, Sim...

You don't like it? Hey - had you thought of Windows 8 ? Exclusive Waiting for a second Windows 7 Service Pack? Keep waiting – it doesn't sound like Microsoft will be releasing one.… More...

Hello all, First things first... please dont' flame due to the OSX-ness of my desktop, I'm a software developer and rotate between Windows, Linux and OS X on a daily basis. I've taken bits of all three to comprise my desktop for what I like best. Anyways... I am wondering if you can disable the...

Hello Everyone, I am a computer engineer student who is also learning C lately. I want to start developing an own application. While I was doing a research on the Internet found a site (Ozeki C# VoIP SDK - A SIP SDK for software developers) that has lots of sample programs. As I have seen...

Hello windows users, my name is Elliott and I have decided to start developing programs that people will want to use. I am starting to get to know vb code and once complete I will be moving onto c# before finally doing c++ What I am looking for is for some ideas on what people would want...

Bart De Smet is back and he's going to go deep into improvements made to Rx 2.0 RC (so, Rx 2.0 getting close to coming out of the oven!). As you'd expect, Bart and company have been very busy since Rx 2.0 Beta - lots of performance and reliability improvements and some heavy work in how Rx...