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Jet 4.0 Update: Issues with certain Regional and Language Options on Windows XP (KB913296) provides proper default mapping in the Jet 4.0 Engine to the General (EN-US) LCID for language support added since the release of Windows 2000, and is discussed in...

LibCheck allows you to compare two versions of an assembly, and determine the differences. The tool reports the differences as a combination of 'removed' and 'added' APIs. The tool is limited to looking only at APIs (i.e., it can't check for behavioral...

SQL Server 2000 Windows CE Edition (SQL Server CE) version 2.0 is the compact database for rapidly developing applications in both native mode and the .NET Compact Framework that extend enterprise data management capabilities to devices. Companies and...

ActiveX technologies provide a smart, compelling Web development platform: Microsoft ActiveX Control Pad. The ActiveX Control Pad is an authoring tool that lets you add ActiveX controls and ActiveX scripting (Visual Basic Scripting Edition (VBScript) or...

Microsoft Windows PowerShell 1.0 for Windows Vista (32-bit) is a new command-line shell and scripting language designed for system administration and automation. It includes one hundred and twenty-nine command-line tools (called "cmdlets") for performing...

Vulnerability in the IDirectPlay4 API Could Allow Denial of Service. An attacker can send a malformed packet to anyone running the IDirectPlay4 API for Microsoft DirectPlay and cause it to crash. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.What...

Software Rasterizer for the Microsoft DirectX 9.0 Software Development Kit (SDK) is the first release of a simple software rasterizer that is compatible with Microsoft Direct 3D 9.0. It includes readme and the distribution CAB files for the x86 and x64...

Vulnerability in the IDirectPlay4 API Could Allow Denial of Service. An attacker can send a malformed packet to anyone running the IDirectPlay4 API for Microsoft DirectPlay and cause it to crash. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.What...

The patterns and practices, Enterprise Library is a library of application blocks designed to assist developers with common enterprise development challenges. Application blocks are a type of guidance, provided as source code that can be used as is,...

Dax Pandhi is the CEO of Nukeation Studios, an award winning UX studio, he is also a very recent MVP, and one of the first people to say that WPF will rock the world. He and his company have been helping clients prepare for and adopt Windows Presentation...