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May 2, 2011May 2, 201105/2/11By Selma Ikiz
Would you like Visual Studio 2010 to be even faster? Would you like any performance issue you see to be reported automatically without any hassle? Well now you can, with the new Visual Studio PerfWatson extension! Install this extension and help us deliver a faster Visual Studio experience.
April 13, 2011Apr 13, 201104/13/11By Robin Reynolds-Haertle
This morning, we released an updated version of the Visual Studio Async CTP (SP1 Refresh) that’s compatible with Visual Studio 2010 SP1 and Windows Phone 7!
What Is the Visual Studio Async CTP (SP1 Refresh)?
The Async CTP previews a language feature that is in the next version of Visual Basic and C#.
April 4, 2011Apr 4, 201104/4/11By Jack Hu
As the word “code-first” implies, the EF 4.1 offers a code centric data programming paradigm. From a coder’s point of view, it requires little effort to map a very clean object model to a database. This style of programming is idea for explorative,
March 15, 2011Mar 15, 201103/15/11We’re pleased to announce a new Quick Find (Ctrl+F) extension in the February release of the Productivity Power Tools. This is the first version of the Quick Find extension and we are planning to make some improvements to it in future Power Tools releases,
March 11, 2011Mar 11, 201103/11/11As of this week, Visual Studio 2010 SP1 is now available for download! The service pack was released to MSDN subscribers on March 8 and became generally available on March 10. SP1 includes fixes that improve reliability and address the most commonly-reported customer bugs.
November 30, 2010Nov 30, 201011/30/10We are pleased to announce the availability of Color Printing as a free extension for Visual Studio 2010! By default, VS 2010 prints only in black and white; this extension restores support for printing code in color.
Installation and Setup
Installing Color Printing requires Visual Studio 2010 Pro,
September 1, 2010Sep 1, 201009/1/10We are pleased to announce the availability of Emacs Emulation as a free extension for Visual Studio 2010! This extension provides basic support for Emacs keybindings and text editing commands, very similar to the built-in Emacs keyboard layout in VS 2008.
June 25, 2010Jun 25, 201006/25/10If you’re experiencing frequent “insufficient memory” errors when doing small cut or copy operations in Visual Studio 2010 RTM, please download this patch to see whether it resolves the issue.
What are the symptoms of this bug?
Attempting to cut or copy small to moderate amounts of text in Visual Studio 2010 RTM may incorrectly cause the following error: “Insufficient available memory to meet the expected demands of an operation at this time,
June 21, 2010Jun 21, 201006/21/10Two weeks ago, we launched the Productivity Power Tools at TechEd North America and the response has been great with over 37000 downloads so far! Many of you also may have noticed that an updated version of the Power Tools was released last week.
June 21, 2010Jun 21, 201006/21/10[Update
7/20/2010]: Updated changes made for version 10.0.10710.22 of the Pro Power
Tools. Please take a look at the changelog.
A couple of posts ago I announced the availability of Document Well 2010 Plus as part of the Visual Studio 2010 Pro Power Tools.
