So you have started to trying out the Windows Azure Toolkit for Windows Phone 7, and created your first sample application. Then , when you launch the admin page, you get this error: Sorry, an err...

Stop QuickTime stealing your MP3 links So you have QuickTime installed? I’m terrible sorry. One of the many annoyances is that it takes over MP3 links when your are about to listen to a MP3 song f...

ClickOnce is a great technology that simplifies the setup and install process for the end user. I ended up in a project where there was a need to install the latest SQL Server Compact Edition 4.0 i...

WTL on Visual Studio 2010 Now that you have downloaded the latest WTL release (v8.1 at the time of this writing), you will find out that it doesn’t have any project wizards for Visual Studio 2010....

If the user of the Windows Phone 7 device switches from the default dark theme to the light theme, how do you detect which one is in use? In the MSDN article Theme Resources for Windows Phone, the...

The Windows Phone 7 has two different background color modes; dark or light. In addition, there are ten accent colors to choose from. There’s currently no simple way of detecting which theme a...

PLEASE NOTE: These aren’t the packages that are on the official NuGet pubished list. There is a MVVM Light NuGet package that will cause error and problems on WP7 projects (by incorrectly installin...

Once in a while when you have downloaded a ASP.NET MVC project, it will fail to start. All you get is a 404 error, or a Resource not found.  Here’s how to fix that. Go to the properties page of the...

Here’s one way you can use CDN links in your ASP.NET MVC application. Problem: When you develop your ASP.NET MVC application and use a link to a static content, such as css, jpg’s etc, you may wan...

This post will guide you through the steps on how to install IIs 7.5 on Windows 7. You must have administrator privileges to perform this operation. Go to Control Panel –> Programs and Featu...