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  • Quick backup with Live Mesh and Vista

    Did you know that… you can use Live Mesh to backup files in 1 click ? Here is how to do this in Vista (with Live Mesh client installed): First, create a BackupToMesh folder somewhere on your drive Then Share it on your Mesh (Right-click / “Add folder to your Live Mesh…” ) Now create a shortcut to this...
    Posted to Laurent Duveau (Weblog) by Anonymous on 07-25-2008

  • Sync your Screen Saver pictures with Live Mesh

    [Post directly inspired by Brad Abrams ] Did you know that you can use Live Mesh to share and sync your Screen Saver pictures on every desktop/laptop in the house ? Here is the tutorial with Vista and Live Mesh client installed: First start by choosing/creating a folder and copy your pictures in it For...
    Posted to Laurent Duveau (Weblog) by Anonymous on 07-18-2008

  • Sync your favorites with Live Mesh

    Did you know that you can share and sync your favorites between computers with Live Mesh ? Yes, like I did with Visual Studio settings . I already sync my favorites with Windows Live Toolbar and the Windows Live Favorites button, but I am not fond of toolbars so… here is my new method with Mesh! Go to...
    Posted to Laurent Duveau (Weblog) by Anonymous on 07-12-2008

  • Sync your Visual Studio settings with Live Mesh!

    Did you know that you can use Live Mesh to share and sync your Visual Studio settings between computers ? Here is how to do this in Vista (with Live Mesh client installed): Go to your VS2008 folder (usually C:\Users\ YourUserName \Documents\Visual Studio 2008), right-click on Settings folder and select...
    Posted to Laurent Duveau (Weblog) by Anonymous on 06-29-2008

  • Permission problem while trying to move/delete/rename folder in Vista ?

    I get this issue everyday in Vista: I try to move/delete/rename folders and get a “you need permission to perform this action” error. Note these are not system folders, just some personal folders, and this is not related to UAC or drive hardware. I have this issue regardless which account I use (User...
    Posted to Laurent Duveau (Weblog) by Anonymous on 06-24-2008

  • Pimp my IDE talk at EnergizeIT

    Here is a link to download the content I used for my quick talk at EnergizeIT Toronto ("Pimp my IDE" aka customize Visual Studio 2008): The blog post I showed: http://www.hanselman.com/blog/VisualStudioProgrammerThemesGallery.aspx You can also check this one: http://idehotornot.ning.com/
    Posted to Laurent Duveau (Weblog) by Anonymous on 05-25-2008

  • Testing web apps on IE6, IE7 and IE8

    As web developers we have to test our websites on IE6, then IE7, and now IE8. You can find tips and tricks to install several versions of IE on the same machine, but it may be easier and cleaner to use VPC instead. Microsoft provides a link to download several VPC hard disk images containing pre-activated...
    Posted to Laurent Duveau (Weblog) by Anonymous on 04-03-2008

  • Silverlight 2: migrating from alpha to beta 1

    Today I had to migrate a Silverlight Alpha 1.1 project to Silverlight 2 beta 1 for a client. As we had to expect there are a lot of changes ! First thing to notice: after installing Silverlight 2 Tools for Visual Studio 2008 you won't be able to open your Silverlight 1.1 projects in VS2008, you have...
    Posted to Laurent Duveau (Weblog) by Anonymous on 03-19-2008

  • Blend 2.5 march preview: Where is the Silverlight DataGrid ??

    [Post written as of Silverlight 2 beta 1 and Expression Blend 2.5 march preview] Strange that the DataGrid is not in Expression Blend 2.5 march preview toolbox, but only in VS2008 !? If you add a DataGrid in VS2008 and then switch to Blend that will break your designer. It seems like there are problems...
    Posted to Laurent Duveau (Weblog) by Anonymous on 03-13-2008

  • [Cool Tool] Search Engine helpful searches

    Did you know that Google provides answers to special searches ? I have just discovered this one: Time: But you also have: Calculator:   Currency conversion:   Units conversion:   Weather: You can find the whole list here . Note: Some of these works also with Live search .
    Posted to Laurent Duveau (Weblog) by Anonymous on 02-29-2008
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