How do I pass the username and password from a web form to IIS for windows
authentication?

when I go into server explorer in VS I don't get all of the options that it
tells me I should get (i.e. add table) - the only options I see are:
- Retrieve data from table
- Refresh

I've created some apps on the beta of web developer express 2005.  I'm
publishing "copy files" to a Windows Server 2003 that hosts the domain I want
to use.  The Server 2003 box has .Net 2.0 Beta.  The app throws an error page
relating to one of the 1st couple of lines in the web ...

I am planning a fresh install of my development system. I have experimented a
bit with the setup on Virtual PC and have noticed a few things that I want to
understand before installing on my development box.
1) VS 2005 installs SQL Server express edition

I just installed Visual Studio 2005 Professional RTM version, and can't
find SQL Express Manager.  It was in the June CTP, and it quickly became
indispensable to me.
Did some marketing dw33b get a hold of the product and say "They have to

I have finally got the RTM version download, installed it and everytime I
run I just get the splash screen up for around 5 seconds then nothing .
Looking in the event log the following message is posted :
.NET Runtime version 2.0.50727.42 - Fatal Execution Engine Error (7C81EB33)

I have the VS Net Standard C# version 2003.
Can I upgrade from VS Net Standard 2003 to VS Net Standard 2005?
Maybe someone from MS VS Net Team can answer.
Thanks for your time,

Will I be able to run VS 2003 on .Net 2.0 and SQL 2005.
I understand I will not get all the features if I can but to make a long
story short, I need SQL and would rather not buy SQL 20005 unless I have to.

I'm experiencing a strange problem - I've got a VB.net solution that
contains two projects.
The first project is a series of windows forms and modules.
The second project is an installer package that contains the output

Does anybody know it? I've been playing with the beta 2 for a while and i
CAN'T WAIT ANYMORE :'(
thanx,
benjamin

Looks like we can download VS.NET Professional from MSDN subscriber
downloads, along with Visual SourceSafe 2005, Visio for EA 2005, and SQL 2k5
Developer.
My DSL only has 180kbps so do download the VS.NET ISO alone (3,7GB) would

I am confused about taking C# AS  my career

all i have on my machine (besides vs 2003 and .net 1.1) is the vs 2005
RC1 (no betas).  should i still run the uninstall tool?
thanks

Is there a Visual Designer (UML Editor) around that can emit valid UML?
For some odd reason MS decided not tuo support the UML standard for its
 visual designer. I would like to wirte some class stubs in c++/CLI or
c# anf have the diagramm autogenerated and the other way around ...

I don't know where to post this question, so please forgive me if this is the
wrong place.
We have got a MSDN Certified Partner Subscription and we work heavily with
Visual Studio 2005 Beta 2. One of the things we are really waiting for is the