Meng Li's Blog
Leaving Microsoft
This will be my last technet/msdn blog. All my future blog posts will be at...
Author: softienerd Date: 02/05/2014
Enable Missing Kernel Debugging Transport in Visual Studio 2012
By default, when you install Visual Studio 2012, you won't have Kernel Debugging in the list of...
Author: softienerd Date: 04/04/2013
Changing Executable Dll Characteristics Flags: DynamicBase, NX, AppContainer
Inside the PE header of all executables, there is something called DLL Characteristics which...
Author: softienerd Date: 03/09/2012
Attack Surface Analyzer x86 and x64 Download Link
Our original download link for the tool only had x64 msi. We had since fixed it with a new download...
Author: softienerd Date: 01/25/2011
Attack Surface Analyzer
My team here at Microsoft Security Engineering Center just released our latest tool for the SDL,...
Author: softienerd Date: 01/19/2011
Installing .Net 3.5.1 on Windows 2008 R2
Sometimes when you try to install .Net 3.5 on Windows 2008 R2, you would get an error message: You...
Author: softienerd Date: 11/18/2010
Building Both VS 2008 and VS 2010 on the Same TFS 2008 Server Using 2 MSBuild Build Agents
My team recently upgraded some of our Visual Studio solutions to be 2010 based in order to take...
Author: softienerd Date: 10/21/2010
Moving and Bouncing Circle with HTML5 Canvas
This should work in ie9 and chrome. However, if you use ie9, make sure you set the browser and...
Author: softienerd Date: 10/20/2010
Bouncing Circle with HTML5 Canvas
This should work in ie9 and chrome. However, if you use ie9, make sure you set the browser and...
Author: softienerd Date: 10/20/2010
I finally signed up for a twitter account: https://twitter.com/softienerd. My first post is on the...
Author: softienerd Date: 09/27/2010
Visual Studio Load Test Performance Testing
Recently, my team needed to do some perf testing on some ASP.NET application with sql backend. After...
Author: softienerd Date: 06/11/2010
Error 80040200 When Regsvr Registering Com/Activex Controls
Sometimes when I try to register a com control, I get the following error dialog. [Window...
Author: softienerd Date: 11/10/2009
Anonymous DCOM Problems with remote Hyper V Manager(Access Denied. Unable to Establish Communication)
If you ever run into problems using the remote Hyper V Manager, there is a wonderful little...
Author: softienerd Date: 10/29/2009
Remotely Managing Hyperv in Win 7
Although, Win 7 official release is this week, internally it has been available for a while now....
Author: softienerd Date: 10/20/2009
Finally Fast the Scam?
This commercial rocked my world:...
Author: softienerd Date: 05/12/2009
Best Tech Ad of 2009?
Possibility the best tech Ad I've ever seen:...
Author: softienerd Date: 05/11/2009
NoScript
On my laptop, I use firefox and an extension called NoScript. What NoScript does is blocking general...
Author: softienerd Date: 05/04/2009
Google "Office" Taking Over Microsoft Office
Nothing could stop Google from taking over Microsoft Office except these 5 items:1. The amount of...
Author: softienerd Date: 04/28/2009
Automated Runs on Start Up
Note: this is for a non domain joined computer. This is the scenario that I want. Once windows boot...
Author: softienerd Date: 04/28/2009
Exploiting Online Games
At RSA last week, there was an interesting panel on hacking games(woot!)...
Author: softienerd Date: 04/27/2009
Delete Remote Files Via WMI and Powershell
Ever wanted to delete a file on a remote computer without using the net use/shared folder stuff?...
Author: softienerd Date: 04/22/2009
Max Int Min Int - a Common Coding Mistake and a Sample Microsoft Interview Question
Write the function atoi, a string to integer converter.Write the function itoa, an integer to string...
Author: softienerd Date: 04/21/2009
Powershell Tip #1
In Powershell, type $profile. PS C:\Program Files\Microsoft\AxFuzzer>...
Author: softienerd Date: 04/20/2009
Tone Matrix the Tenori-on Wannabe
I've been into music a lot lately. And I found a little flash program that is just awesome. It...
Author: softienerd Date: 04/17/2009
Best Codeplex Project Ever?
Have you ever wanted an open source library that implemented hello world? Neither have I, but...
Author: softienerd Date: 04/16/2009
Investment
I bought some citi stock at around $2.7. Now it's all the way up to $4 in around a week. Woot! Now...
Author: softienerd Date: 04/16/2009
!exploitable Extension for WinDBG
Continuing the trend of giving plugs to my coworker's software. 2 months ago, a couple of my...
Author: softienerd Date: 04/14/2009
Quick Powershell Tutorial
Not a lot of help text but once you try these commands, you'd learn 90% of the commands most people...
Author: softienerd Date: 04/14/2009
Ad Blocker for IE 8
According to a friend of mine here at MS, there isn't a really good ad blocker for IE8 yet so he...
Author: softienerd Date: 04/13/2009
On Windbg and Symbols
Every once a while, a developer(SDE) or a tester(SDET) will find himself needing to look at dump...
Author: softienerd Date: 02/17/2009
Recruiting Trip Down in San Diego part 2
A method that I am using in order to locate top candidate for interviews at Microsoft is by...
Author: softienerd Date: 02/16/2009
Anime at Microsoft
Microsoft has a lot of internal mailing lists. Any full time employee could create their own mailing...
Author: softienerd Date: 02/14/2009
Recruiting Trip Down in San Diego
Every quarter or so, Microsoft puts together a recruiting trip down to San Diego. The trip usually...
Author: softienerd Date: 02/10/2009