Debugging A .NET Service With “Attach To Process” In Visual Studio

The tricky thing about building a Windows service is the debugging.   You cant just hit F5 and debug the app from there,  you need to “Attach” to the process.

Thankfully its not very difficult, although some of the guides out there aren’t very clear on this , so follow the following steps and you’ll be debugging in no time.

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Introduction To Powershell (Move Over Bash)

For years UNIX/Linux administrators have looked down on the windows environment,one of the main reasons being that windows did not have a nice CLI. UNIX has always had sh, bash, ksh which are great shells. Microsoft has now introduced Windows PowerShell (Codename MONAD) a very powerful .NET based shell. A shell is a great tool for system administrators to automate tasks. Continue reading “Introduction To Powershell (Move Over Bash)” »