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Let me repeat that: Never, never, never ever install Microsoft preview SDKs.
For a very good reason, from Microsoft own account, if you have a preview SDK on your system, you will have trouble installing and/or running the final version. (and uninstall process of all the dependent bits is an error prone process liable to leave your system in an incorrect state)
That bite me me in me arse with .NET 3.5, Vs uh... 2010 was it? something like that I vowed to never do it again!
Unfortunately I got too excited by .NET Core and installed the preview bits on my main (work computer)... Now, after a few install / reinstall /uninstall / repair of preview 1, preview 2, RC1, RC2 final.. I just can't compile any .NET core no more on my work PC and I just can't figure out what's wrong... :'(
Luckily (and stupidly!!) .NET Core preview 2 is working fine on my home computer! But... mm... perhaps it was a mistake installing it...
Damn I should have fire up a VM!!
Will try tonight.. hopefully create in VS2015-Windows 10 Hyper-V VM doesn't take too much time! 
Could I somehow clone my running environment?
Are there somewhere out there ready made (even if time limited) VM Images? (with Windows 10 + VS2015)
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Super Lloyd wrote: Damn I should have fire up a VM!!
That's the only way I code these days. Clean operating system images at the ready. Bring on the preview SDKs.
Super Lloyd wrote: Could I somehow clone my running environment?
Disk2vhd[^] from Sysinternals.
If you have weird hardware, YMMV I suppose, but it worked well enough for me the few times I used it.
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I rather program on my main machine.. I strongly prefer it!! 
We did try to work on VM at work... Using local HyperV VM running on local drive... But it was just too damn painful to use...
That said a test VM to test a preview SDK on my home super computer! that I can cope with! 
And thanks for your link, might prove helful! 
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Super Lloyd wrote: We did try to work on VM at work... Using local HyperV VM running on local drive... But it was just too damn painful to use...
The bottleneck is almost always disk I/O. Use SSDs, use RAID, use whatever you can to speed it up. Then throw RAM at it.
Right now, my i7-4820K machine is running 14 VMs (running side-by-side, not merely present but powered off), using 48 of its 64GB of RAM. I'm sure there's some overhead in having things virtualized - I've never run anything native on this machine so I can't compare, but all VMs are pretty snappy and responsive, and I've never had a reason to believe the CPU is a problem (or the i7-2600K I used to use before that as a host, 3 or 4 years ago).
The simplified backup process, as well as the ability to very quickly spin up a new VM, is well worth the expenditure in hardware IMO.
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Well.. we were using variable size virtual drive, for lack of big real/host drive to start with...
A completely hopeless situation considering how disk space hungry Xamarin is (because multiple version of the Android + iOS SDK chew up space like there is no tomorrow!!)
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I learnt a long time ago that installing anything that wasn't the proper release version (and for Microsoft, that usually means Service Pack 1) on a "proper" system was a mistake, and I try never to do it.
A "Technology preview" is pre Beta, which means for a normal company that QA haven't even been told it might exist at some point in the future... 
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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I am very lazy in installing ANY Software from Microsoft. I often wait to check what other "Beta-testers" are getting as results. 
tip: install betas only on machines/devices which can suffer a hard factory reset
Press F1 for help or google it.
Greetings from Germany
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At a wedding ceremony, the pastor asked if anyone had anything to say concerning the union of the bride and groom.
It was their time to stand up and talk, or forever hold their peace.
The moment of utter silence was broken by a young beautiful woman carrying a child.
She started walking toward the pastor slowly.
Everything quickly turned to chaos. The bride slapped the groom. The groom's mother fainted.
The groomsmen started giving each other looks and wondering how best to help save the situation.
The pastor asked the woman, "Can you tell us why you came forward?
What do you have to say?"
The woman replied, "We can't hear in the back."
Will Rogers never met me.
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<sings>
Sit down, Sit down, for Christ's sake!
The buggers at the back can't see!
</sings>
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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So bad it was good. 
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At least the punchline wasn't from the bride.
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Yes it was! Didn't you read the text?
The bride slapped the groom.
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
Anonymous
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
Me, all the time
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That's only the punch, where's the line?
GCS d--- s-/++ a- C++++ U+++ P- L- E-- W++ N++ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t++ 5? X R++ tv-- b+ DI+++ D++ G e++>+++ h--- ++>+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
If you think 'goto' is evil, try writing an Assembly program without JMP. -- TNCaver
When I was six, there were no ones and zeroes - only zeroes. And not all of them worked. -- Ravi Bhavnani
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So we are sitting - all 4 of us - on a pile of super important projects to carry out at the highest level... Now the CEO walks into that pile and announces, that cutting short one of those project (one of the two biggest) with two months is a good idea, as it will start our relations with the customer on the right foot... Now we have 84 minutes work for every hour...
The most funny part, that the customer is the government... The project started 15 months ago and we still run the (2nd) pilot on VMs as they didn't bought the computers in the specification...
F...k that idiotic two months!!!
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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Don't worry, you can always test in production 
if (Object.DividedByZero == true) { Universe.Implode(); }
Meus ratio ex fortis machina. Simplicitatis de formae ac munus. -Foothill, 2016
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No - I can not install developer tools on the site, can not even connect it from the outside and more security things...
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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Wow, sounds like the big boss is pushing too hard to get the project done early.
if (Object.DividedByZero == true) { Universe.Implode(); }
Meus ratio ex fortis machina. Simplicitatis de formae ac munus. -Foothill, 2016
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Sounds like it's time to update the resumé. 
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Or maybe not.
Let me guess, this is the kind of guy who will not listen to a question like: "Sure we can cut two months, which other project should we delay by months?"
... such stuff as dreams are made on
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Just get it done. You know you can.
But after it's done, if you don't get the appreciation you deserve: find another job, and leave.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Mark_Wallace wrote: find another job, and leave.
there are civil penalties for Wrongful Resignation
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Huh?  should there be a joke icon somewhere?
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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I very much doubt that your contract doesn't have a notice period. You don't have to walk out on the spot -- find another job, first.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Most (okay, all) of you are better versed in the mysteries of MS Marketing than I, so I pose a question to the group. We have until July 29th to take advantage of the free Win10 upgrade offer, then we have to pay retail, as I understand it. But suppose I burn an .iso of the installation today, and don't get around to installing it on an existing Win7 machine until October. Will it work without buying a new product key?
Inquiring minds want to know. Besides, I don't want to "upgrade" until I get a full backup to run, and neither Backup, nor Acronis True Image will run reliably on this machine. I want to resolve that issue before doing the changeover.
Any definitive opinions on this licensing issue?
Will Rogers never met me.
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