I updated to XP SP2 and since then i've tied to use windows update and the
two things it lists are .net framework 1.0 sp3 and .net framework 1.1 sp1.  
However, when i tell it to install, it tells me that they failed to install
with no reason why.  I checked and for .net 1.0 i had ...

I'm not sure if this is the place to ask about this, but why is there
no SyncRoot in List<T> &c the way there is in ArrayList &c? Instead,
List<T> supports ICollection, so we have to cast the list to
ICollection to access the SyncRoot -

Hi .NET experts,
My company has a three tier web application written by
VB.NET.
This application runs fine sometimes. However, it also

I saw a demo of a Microsoft product about a year and a half ago. It was
geared for designing web portals and worked with both Visual Studio .net and
Microsoft Office. Does anyone know the name it? Is it available in an
academic version? I'd love to use it for my own personal web ...

Does anyone know if it's possible to create and consume Web Services in
Visual C# 2005 Express?

The documentation for most collection classes state that
public static members are thread safe, but to what extent
can a collection be accessed safely via multiple threads
calling non static methods if the collection is not

I'm working alreaddy a lot of time with VS.NET 2003, and never payed a lto
of attention to the AxInterop and Interop dll's it creates.
Although this weekend I had a problem caused by them, and I began to aks
myself what they really do, what they stand for etc? What's the difference

Where can I find information about difference between .net Framework & .net
Framework SDK?
Thanks a lot.
ProRodman

I'm writing a program that allows users to import their data into our
system. The data can come from any datasource installed on the users PC,
eg Access, Excel, SQL, Text Files, etc..
Is there a way to get a list of all the installed data sources? I'd like

I would like to use stndard XP style icons (New, Open, Save, Print, etc...).
How can I extract them from OS?
I also need the same program to be run under Win2K and Win98 and, of course,
I would like the corresponding set

I know it's a bit out of topic but I don't know where to ask :(
I just deinstall my VS.NET2003 and reinstall it straight away, but on drive
D:
(need to makes some space)

we need to deliver or C# prduct to India...
But they do not have our numbers (0-9) instead they have some other
"symbols".
Is there any support from the int.ToString(CultureInfo) to support these

I have VB.Net/SQL Server app that connects to a common instance of SQL
Server but the "initial catalog" entry in the ..exe.config needs to be user
specific. Is this possible, i.e. can I have multiple copies of the
..exe.config and place them directories that will searched when ...

I have a class library that I wrote in one project, and another project (my
testing app) as a windows app.  I am having difficulty adding a reference to
the class library.  The class library project is in Whidbey and the windows
app is in .NET 1.1, which is why they are both not in ...

I'm writing a WinApp that makes use of plugins. In the aboutbox I want
to show a list of loaded plugins (Name, Version and if the plugin is
compiled in Debug or Release mode). The Name and Version are easy to
retrieve by using reflection, but I don't know how to determine in