Old application, for me, means Winform applications using DataSets for binding operations. When converting and opening an old application, the least thing you want on your hands is to open a form and see Designer screen of death. This is due to the fact that in the WinForm world when you open a form, all the extra codes in the constructor and Load events will get executed, and this where things can go wrong. 

DevExpress has just released a new version of their Visual Studio .NET add-in tool namingly "CodeRush Xpress". This version is Free! Some features refactorings available in this free version. 

As Scott Hanselman points out in his blog fully, you can take advantage of all your CPU cores when building the solution using MSBuild.Of course this is a luxury you get if you upgrade to Visual Studio 2008, and is not supported in older versions. Fortunately, since MSBuild in VS.NET 2008 (and the IDE itself) supports multitargetting, if you're still using .NET Framework 2.0 you can upgrade to VS.NET 2008 and benefit from this feature.One thing to know before expecting faster build speeds, is to know the dependency tree of your Solution. If your projects are dependent on one another, 

I was taking a look at Gaston Milano's weblog the other day, and I saw that he has released a new version of his Cool Commands for VisualStudio.NET 2005. There are lots of useful things that should have been in the VS.NET in the first place, like Opening the folder of an item in the tree, etc. but most of all I like the new Resource Editor. Just select a text inside the code editor of the VS.NET and with a click of a mouse, you'll have an entry created in the your resource file!I think this one will come