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Why are software download times estimated using dial up? [closed]

Just a curious question here. I am going to use the .NET Framwork 4.0 as an example. When you download the web installer, it quotes the estimated speed when a user is using dial up. Why is this? ...
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Why can't Windows services have a GUI?

I was using this feature in earlier Windows release like XP and NT. I was able to run a GUI from a Windows service. But it is not possible in the later versions. What is the reason behind the removal ...
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Visual studio for Windows XP [closed]

Visual Studio 2012 do not support windows XP and Microsoft Store does not seem to sell VS 2010 anymore, any idea how can I use Visual Studio Professional for development in Windows XP?
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Multi-threaded application design

I'm currently planning a Windows service. It will be a multi-threaded application which will continuously check for database records and process them. My first thoughts were to set a number of max ...
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How to implement smart card authentication with a .NET Fat client?

I know very little about smart card authentication in general so please point out or correct me if anything below doesn't make sense. Lets say i have: A Certificate Authority "X"-s smart card ...
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What are the practical uses of Windows Services?

I am new to working with Windows Services. Although I have learnt to create Windows Services in VS2010 I would like to know some practical ways in which windows services could be used? I tried ...
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Windows GUIs: How Long Will 'Deprecated' APIs Last? [closed]

Note I said 'deprecated' and not 'abstracted'. Back in the days of the MFC, the WinAPI wasn't deprecated because, from what I've read, the MFC merely abstracted the WinAPI. There's a difference, for a ...
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Window Position on Startup

Here's a question for me that really makes me wonder every time I start designing and developing a thick-client desktop application. I'm a .NET developer, and with my forms (WinForms mostly, but the ...
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How to keep .Net assemblies relevant through high-flux period

How much do you, as .Net developers, consider the changes between Windows XP, 7, & 8 when choosing your development environment and libraries? We are nearing the end of Windows XP; Windows 7 is ...
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The cost of running a Windows App Server

I want to know what is the cost of running a Windows Application Server. I know the cost of running a Linux server with Java based Application Server is probably zero. What is the cost of running a ...
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What are the consequences of still sticking with Windows XP despite there are Windows Vista, 7 and very soon 8? [closed]

From a .Net programmer perspective, what are the consequences of still sticking with Windows XP despite there are Windows Vista, 7 and very soon 8? How does having windows XP limit programmers ...
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From .NET to low-level Windows kernel development, career suicide? [closed]

I have been writing applications for .NET for the past 10 years and got pretty proficient at it. Since I had C++ at the bottom of my resume, my current employer decided that it would be a good idea to ...
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.NET Libraries Cost More Than Windows? [closed]

When looking into libraries to make my programming life a little bit easier I've (almost) always been disappointed by the prices offered. For instance, Actipro's WPF Studio is $650. I suppose that's ...
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Packaging F#/C# Application

There is a .NET application built using F# (the core part, as a DLL) and C# (the GUI part, using WPF). What is the best way to package it and to make an installer package and what are the most ...
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Moving from Winforms to WPF

I am a long time experienced Windows Forms developer, but now it's time to move to WPF because a new WPF project is comming soon to me and I have only a short lead time to prepare myself to learn WPF. ...
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Upgrading from XP Pro to Win 7, anything I should worry about?

I do mainly .NET work so I assume that the framework is all fine and that. But have there been reports of various tools like .NET Reflector and the like not working properly with Win 7? This is a ...
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Have you ever hated a framework/programming language/platform but you eventually became curious in learning?

Little background: I've always been kind of a Microsoft hater. A while ago just the fact of learning a something like C# scared me. I was only interested in opensource project and programming ...
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Porting a .NET app to the Mac

I have been asked what it would cost to port a .NET application to Mac. I don't have enough knowledge to even give a rough estimate. I have not done anything on a Macintosh above surfing the web, ...