.Net and Some (may be MORE) Random Thoughts

I was working on a project and happen to go to the “Start Page” on my Visual Studio and noticed this Microsoft Popfly Alpha under Visual Studio Headlines.

As a technology enthusiasts, I ended up on http://www.popfly.ms and puzzled to see no information on the home page and liked the simple page.
You could Watch the Popfly [...]

I have tried Windows DreamScene before but have not noticed the resources it is consuming. To day I was browsing around and landed on Microsoft Silverlight Wallpaper Section.
I went ahead and got the DreamScene from there and noticed that my computer usage has gone up about 15%. I quickly went back and changed my background [...]

Yesterday, I have installed Vista and my Internet stopped working. You could find that post here.
The problem is not with Vista but with the Security Software I am using, Live OneCare from MS.
Apparently there is a problem with OneCare firewall that prevents Internet connection
The solution I found out was
“The only solution I have found so far [...]

I wanted to play with the Orcas Beta and really don’t want to mess up my existing dev environment. I am running Vista 64 Bit Ultimate with reasonable configuration. I dual boot my laptop with Vista 64 and XP MCE. Since I have not used/logged in to my XP in a long time, I thought [...]

I have been working my laptop for few hours and each operation is becoming painfully slow. Looked in to the Task Manager to see if there is anything unusual!
I have my Visual Studio 2005 open with 2 IE windows with each about 6-7 tabs.
My Visual Studio is taking about 56,000K and Each IE about 30,000K. [...]

I would appreciate if some one could tell what is wrong with my computer.
My Intel Core2 Duo T5600, 1GB, 3.1 windows Vista rated laptop running Vista 64 Bit Ultimate with Avast 64 bit anti-virus scrolls most of the times…
There is not much that could go wrong with the Hardware while i could add some more [...]