Learn how to use Microsoft Virtual PC to host a Windows XP Embedded image on your Windows XP Professional machine creating the Windows XP Embedded image in a single partition....

This video series is designed specifically for individuals who are interested in learning the basics of how to create applications using Visual Basic 2005 Express Edition and Visual C 2005 Express Edition. Lesson 16 The RSS Reader Project Final...

Matt Harrington shows you how easy it is to make .NET applications talk back using Microsoft s Speech API SAPI ....

Install C Express and customize a screensaver as you follow along with Andrew Coates in our first Weekend Warrior column....

Download the latest Visual Studio 2005 Starter Kits such as the Card Game starter kit or the Shareware starter kit and learn how to possibly code your way to PDC for free...

Instrument your applications so that other people can look at the event logs to diagnose issues from VB6 applications using .NET....

Get the latest developer information at the Windows Vista Developer Center. Here you can find whitepapers links to documentation and guidance for building great applications for Windows Vista....

In this chapter from his upcoming book David Pallmann discusses how service data and message contracts are created in order to build interoperable services....

Microsoft has provided a version of the WinFX Runtime Components Beta 1 which includes the Windows Presentation Foundation formerly code name Avalon and the Windows Communication Foundation formerly code name Indigo for the general public....

Microsoft Phishing Filter software proactively blocks Web sites and cautions users about both reported and suspected phishing Web sites....

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Visual Basic Developer columnist Rick Dobson shows you how to program SQL Server stored procedure parameters with ADO.NET and VB.NET....

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