Unable to connect to the Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Remote Debugging Monitor in service mode

Rarely I need to use Visual Studio Remote Debugger to debug Native application. It always big pain to configure everything correctly. But today I needed to run Remote Debugger as service, so I can debug another service, when no any user is logged onto computer. First strange thing I noticed, that I am able to …

Windows 7 64-bit setup / install failed to start with ‘Status: 0xc0000225’

Today I was trying to install Windows 7 x64 on new computer. Setup immediately stopped with the following screen: Windows failed to start. A recent hardware or software change might be the cause. To fix the problem: 1. Insert your Windows installation disk and restart your computer. 2. Choose your language settings, and then click …

‘auto’ in C++ is the same as ‘var’ in C#

auto in C++ is the same as var in C#. Auto keyword is defined in upcoming C++ standard C++0x The news is, that latest Microsoft Visual Studio C++ 2010 have support for this keyword. auto keyword has a new meaning – ‘declares a variable whose type is deduced from the initialization expression in its declaration’. …