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  • RFC: Web Platform Installer (WebPI) with an offline feed mode for bandwidth savings

    RFC: Web Platform Installer (WebPI) with an offline feed mode for bandwidth savings

    Sep 11
    24

    My wife is in the Kingdom of Swaziland this evening. If she was a developer over there and wanted to use Web Platform Installer to get Visual Studio or some large download she would have to patiently bring the bits down over 3G. If she was very well off, she might have ASDL with a maximum speed of 512kbps down, most likely with a cap. I've talked about limited connectivity in African countries and other nations (*cough* New Zealand *cough*) before on this blog and it's no fun. I've told the w...

  • Starting IIS Express from a right click in explorer

    Starting IIS Express from a right click in explorer

    Apr 11
    13

    After publishing this for Starting ASP.NET Development Server from a right click in explorer it is time to do it for IIS Express. Tonight trying out Orchard 1.1 I just wanted to start by right clicking and getting IIS Express fired so that I can test the 1.1 version. So I just modified my old Windows Registry .reg file and adapted it to IIS Express: Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Folder\shell\VS2005 WebServer] @=IIS Express Here [HKEY_LOCA...

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