Well I was literally about to sit down and write about my disappointment in the November WinFX CTP's absense of a visual designer for XAML, when I saw Aaron Stebner's blog announcing the December CTP. Too bad I just recently got the November CTP installed! (it's installer kept complaining about a CAB that wasn't properly signed, finally got it installed by deselecting the docs). The December CTP boasts a visual designer, “Cider”, for XAML applications. While I'm sure it won't be anything...

After unsuccessful attempts at installing Team Foundation Server Beta 3 Refresh, I ended up using the Release Candidate VPC with Virtual Server 2005. I couldn't stand the performance so I decided to move the virtual image to a physical drive. After a lot of unsuccessful attempts, I finally came up with a working solution.... (click title to view the rest)