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Microsoft MVP 2016!

Woke to this great email this morning…   Becoming, or keeping, the Microsoft MVP Award is a community effort. I’d like to thank my friends, family, co-workers, RadioTFS guests and hosts, the Coding4Fun readers and This Week on Channel 9 (TWC9) watchers. Without you, earning this award would not have been possible. Thank you!

Sat Oct 1, 2016 20:35
"Unable to activate Windows Store app [GUID]. The [EXE Name] process started, but the activation request failed with error 'The app didn't start'." - Make sure your project is on C!

I spent the day fighting this issue... Had a Xamarin.Forms app, based on the Cross Platform - Blank App (Shared & also Portable), that worked in the Android emulator, but all the Windows targets would fail. The apps would crash right after start... --------------------------- Warning --------------------------- A debugger...

Sat Apr 16, 2016 05:35
“Fixing” Windows Live Writer’s NotFound - Open Live Writer…

TLDR; Windows Live Writer Blogger user? Go get Open Live Writer  Are you a Windows Live Writer user with a Blogger blog? Tried to post recently? Then you’ve seen this; --------------------------- Windows Live Writer --------------------------- Blogger returned the following error: NotFound: Not Found --------------------------- OK   ---------------------------...

Fri Dec 18, 2015 02:54
Vote Early, Vote Often... Only a couple days left for the Bytes that Rock 2015 Awards!

There's only a few days left to vote. Remember to vote early and vote often... :) Please Vote: http://www.rockybytes.com/bytes-that-rock/cool-thing-of-the-day See the entire Software Blog nominee list: http://www.rockybytes.com/bytes-that-rock/blog-awards/software-blogs Last, but not least, check out Bytes that Rock!   Follow @gduncan411 ...

Sat Dec 5, 2015 07:36
RadioTFS #102, Mass Hysteria, Git and TFVC living together

Mass Hysteria Git and TFVC living together Martin and I had a great RadioTFS show this week, chatting about VS 2015 Update 1, TFS 2015 Update 1 and most importantly how to carve a turkey... :/ Seriously, we had a great talk about a number of cool features in VS 2015.1 and a YouTube webcast neither one of us had heard of before, but now that we KNOW...

Sat Dec 5, 2015 07:35
Windows 10, Intel HD Graphics Driver & "Display driver stopped responding and has recovered"? Try turning off 3D Settings...

TLDR; If you are seeing Display driver stopped responding issues and have an Intel card, try turning off your 3D settings, reboot and see if that helps. Since upgrading to Windows 10 I've been getting "Display driver stopped responding and has recovered" every so often. SnagIt would trigger it, but other apps too. r Yet sometimes it would go away,...

Wed Nov 25, 2015 02:18

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