Here what I've been trying to do:
I've two different configuration files with the same structure. One of
them is the default setting, which gets downloaded from the server,
and the other one is the user settings. The user settings overwrite

I have a simple situation in which I want to use generics along with dynamic
type assignment. Following code snippet can explain in more detail
But I am unable to do that will anybody help me why?
namespace genericTest

I'm Writing a smart-client application, when running both server and client
on the same machine everthing works fine, but running the client on a
different machine get me into trouble. I have written a very simple
application just to figure out what goes wrong. The only ting it ...

Has anyone had a serialization error occur when adding a variable to a
viewstate?  The error states 'Error serializing value
'System.Data.SqlClient.SqlDataReader' .  It does not mention
explicitly that it is from the viewstate, however, when I remove the

I have searched high and low and I cannot find any blogs or posts to explain
this.  I am kind of surprosed; I had guessed it would have been one of the
most asked questions here or in the Vista forums on MSDN.
I know where to download the Orcas CTP and the Visual Studio 2005 ...

       I have a question regarding installing .net 3.0 runtime as below:
* My PC is installed with window XP and SP2.
* There are other softwares in my PC.  My main concern are SQL 2005 BI
studio and the management studio, Microsoft office tools - Excel, Word.

Scenrio:-
I have to insert the picture whose paths is saved in the database and
file is originally present there.
What i have to do:-

I have the big application, it has C#, VB.NET, VB6 & VC++ components,
those components calling each other, passing the objects between the
managed & unmanaged layer.
The application crashes in one operation scenario, the crash is caused

Error,
      Supported Device Not Found. New XP Install with Winfast NF4UK8AA
board/ with AMD 3200+ /and GIGABYTE GeForce 6200 PciEX Graphics.
Message comes on screen twice on startup. What is the problem? Is the

Hopefully someone can help with this.  We have Team Foundation Server
installed on a server and then we purchased additional licenses/cals so that
more users could access the server. However, the server that Team Foundation
is installed on, is messed up so I am going to reinstall ...

Please, can sombody help me with this problem.
I have created a web application, in visual studio 2005 professional. This
application needs to convert some string values, from an externally stored
SQL database table, to decimals. When the application has been compiled and

An interesting problem has arisen concerning the new Windows DST patches.
The rules seem to apply without regard to year.  For example, run the
following C# code (assume you're running in the US Eastern time zone):
DateTime d = new DateTime(2006, 11, 1);

In SQL connection string i have to provide Initial Catalog and Data  
Source. How can i read available initial catalogues when i know only the  
given Data Source (for example "(local)\SQLEXPRESS")?

I'm building an application that follow this scenario.
1. Download a file on a server with http
2. Analyse this file and extract other files in one of the section of the
file (like dependent files)

I want to install VS 2005 on Windows Vista Business, can any one help is
finding out all necessary software required.
I know few of them listed below but if I missed anything, pls let me know
- Windows Vista Business OS