It seems that on some XP platforms the Thread.Sleep method is malfunctioning.
I created a small application that was supposed to show 2 newstickerbars on
the main form, with the added possibility to alter the speed with which they
tick.

Why can't the XmlSerializer serialize IDictionary members?

I tried a small program, found that some local objects can't be automatically
collected by GC. I tried both in 1.1 and 2.0, get the same result.
Below the program, just try it, you will found that the last 3 objects
didn't been released. Does anyone have some idear on it?

Is there a way to change the width of the vertical scrollbar in the comboBox?
The width is to narrow for applications where it is being manipulated by a
Finger.
thanks,

Try this in a winforms project:
1. add checkbox to form
2. set Text = "abc (def)"
3. set RightToLeft to Yes

Hi,
I would like to set or to get some information from a ms sql server, E.g.
setting the culture of the server for date.
What can I use to do that ?

Does anyone knows how to determine the version o a dll used in a
application?
I have an application that uses a dll from another company, but
unfortunately that dll is sometimes more than one a a pc, and I want to knwo

I'm developing a set of libraries under the NET framework using C#. Certain of those library
assemblies rely on other library assemblies. Schematically:
Library A
    references Utility Library 1

i was just curious if anyone whos been playing with VS2005 could tell me...
In javascript (and java??) you can alter the prototypes for an object in
your project. I dont remember the syntax exactly, but basically you do
something like:

We're developing a new HR Recruitment program, and I'm wondering if it is
possible to automatically create a new Windows Network profile for a new
employee? (Active Directory I think). If not through C#, maybe some sort of
batch program or even some sort of mouse recording and ...

Can anyone please explain to me what the advantages in using String data
type over StringBuilder data type and vice versa?  Is that true that it's
better to use StringBuilder "Append()" to concat strings than using "+"?  
Which one is faster?  Efficient?

I am a little new to windows synchronization, and I was very confused
for a bit by the documentation for Monitor.Wait.
It currently reads:
//Releases the lock on an object and blocks the current thread until

In the win32 function ReportEvent() function has a parameter in which
one can pass replacement parameters that will be substituted in the
message text.
Is there an equivalent function in the .NET framework? Is this style

Windows displays a dialog box when I attempt to read files from a CD Drive
and there is not a CD loaded.  Anyone know how to stop this dialog from being
displayed?  
Following is code used to read drive. drivePath is equal to @"d:\" and d is

I don't keep my projects here, yet this folder keeps appearing in My
Documents.
This folder is cluttered up enough without extra folders being dumped here
for no reason.