For an integration solution with lots of dependencies, it's difficult to definitively state that everything is wired up correctly and that all components…

Moved to http://blog.ehn.nu/2011/12/09/compatibility-problem-with-microsoft-test-manager-2010-and-visual-studio-2011/

A mysterious problem plagued one of our web based applications: Usually searches are very fast and provide results within a couple seconds at most. Very…

The C#/.NET Fundamentals series is geared towards examining fundamental concepts in using C# (and .NET in general) to produce effective solutions.

Moved to http://blog.ehn.nu/2011/12/08/tfs-2010-build-troubleshooting-the-tf215097-error/

I was recently made aware of a couple of people having issues with WCF services (or ASP.NET applications) when using the MVVM Light project template for…

Renaming SharePoint service app databases When you install SharePoint 2010 and use the wizards, you will be asked which services you’d like to install. By…

- C++ AMP is a GPGPU API – it allows you to define functions (kernels) that take some input, perform an expensive calculation on the GPU and return the…

Simple Producer Consumer With Tasks And.NET 4 Threading was never so easy since.NET 4 with the TPL has been released. I know I am a bit late but there are…

The C#/.NET Fundamentals series is geared towards examining fundamental concepts in using C# (and .NET in general) to produce effective solutions.

While working on a WPF application, I had a need to show the wait cursor while performing a long running operation. You would expect the code to look as…

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Using the Static Code Analysis feature of Visual Studio (Premium/Ultimate) to find memory leakage problems Memory for managed code is handled by the…

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Part of the challenge with HTML5 is understanding the range of different technologies and finding good samples. The following are some of the sites I have…

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The software industry lives within an interesting paradox. IT in the enterprise moves slowly and cautiously, upgrading only when safe and necessary. IT…

So I was tasked with looking at converting 10 million tracks from mp3 320k to AAC and also Converting from mp3 320k to mp3 128k