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Virtualization : Windows XP Mode |
Windows XP Mode isn’t shipped as part of the standard Windows 7 installation DVD. Instead, you download the installation from the Microsoft website (similar to how Live Essentials is handled). |
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Microsoft Visio 2010 : Importing rule sets from XML |
This method first requests the user to select the XML file (it can be in the standard Visio XML file format too) that contains the rule or rule sets to import from. It then iterates through the rule set and rule elements to add them to the selected VEDocument. |
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Windows 7 : Virtualization (part 1) |
Windows 7 includes a number of new virtualization features that have not previously been available in the desktop version of Windows—and in fact have only recently been available in the Server editions aimed at large corporate data centers. |
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Managing Printing : Migrating Print Servers |
You can use either the Printer Migration Wizard or the PrintBRM command-line tool to export print queues, printer settings, printer ports, and language monitors and then import them on another print server running Windows. |
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Managing Printing : Deploying Printers Using Group Policy |
The deployed printer connection is also displayed in the GPO used to deploy the connection. To view this, open the Group Policy Management Console (GPMC), right-click the GPO you used to deploy the connection, and then click Edit to open the GPO using the Group Policy Object Editor. |
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Microsoft Visio 2010 : Annotating Visio diagrams with issues |
One useful feature of Visio is the ability to add reviewers' notes and scribbles via the Review tab. You can add comments, which are automatically numbered against the current user, but they are not associated with any particular shape, except by juxtaposition. |
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Microsoft Visio 2010 : Extensions to our ribbon |
The Annotate button is enabled for all diagrams, but the other buttons are only enabled when the Rules Explorer window is open, and I have arranged them on the dropdown menu of a split button. |
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Testing Code with Visual Studio 2010 : Approaches to Unit Testing |
By definition, a unit test is supposed to test only one unit of code. No unit of code lives in isolation, however. Most developers work around this pesky paradox by using code stubs, which act as placeholders for units of code that the unit being tested needs to interact with. |
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Managing Printing : How Printing Works in Windows 7 |
XPS is a platform-independent, royalty-free, open-standard document format developed by Microsoft that uses XML, Open Packaging Conventions (OPC), and other industry standards to create cross-platform documents. |
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Taking Advantage of Volume Licensing : KMS and the Client (part 2) |
After establishing a TCP session with the KMS host, the client sends a single request packet and the KMS host responds with the activation count. If the count is equal to or greater than the activation threshold for that operating system, the client will be activated and the session is closed. |
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Visual Studio 2010 : Taking Command from Control Central |
A Windows Form is a blank canvas: It doesn't do much on its own. To bring your Windows Form to life, you must add controls to it. Controls are UI elements, such as buttons and text boxes, designed for interacting with your Windows Form. |
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Visual Studio 2010 : Designing Windows Forms |
When you create a new Windows application, Visual Studio creates all the files you need and prepares the development environment with the windows, designers, and editors that you need to work with your new project. |
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