It's official Windows 7 has a release date. October 22, 2009 just in time for the holidays. I can't wait to get a copy of Windows 7 RTM. I've been running the Release Canidate for over a month now. I think that this is a real improvment over Windows Vista.

Microsoft has released a new search engine. This search engine is call BING and you can get to it by going to the following URL www.bing.com . What little I've used this search engine I do like it. I will have to use this engine more. I do think that Google is in for a run even if it is a short run for Microsoft.

I've installed Windows 7 RC and Google Chrome. After having issues getting Google Chrome working I found that you need to modify the properties of Google Chrome to get it working on Windows 7. Below is the line of code that needs changed.

C:\Users\shawnb\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe --in-process-plugins

The bolded part of the above line is what needs to be added. Once the above has been completed you will be able to use Google Chrome.

If you see this post it means that BlogEngine.NET 1.5 is running with SQL Server and the DbBlogProvider is configured correctly.

Setup

If you are using the ASP.NET Membership provider, you are set to use existing users. If you are using the default BlogEngine.NET XML provider, it is time to setup some users. Find the sign-in link located either at the bottom or top of the page depending on your current theme and click it. Now enter "admin" in both the username and password fields and click the button. You will now see an admin menu appear. It has a link to the "Users" admin page. From there you can change the username and password.

Write permissions

Since you are using SQL to store your posts, most information is stored there. However, if you want to store attachments or images in the blog, you will want write permissions setup on the App_Data folder.

On the web

You can find BlogEngine.NET on the official website. Here you will find tutorials, documentation, tips and tricks and much more. The ongoing development of BlogEngine.NET can be followed at CodePlex where the daily builds will be published for anyone to download.

Good luck and happy writing.

The BlogEngine.NET team