As an enterprise developer, I've always had SQL Server on my laptop (which is my main development machine). For years, SQL Server has been an indispensable tool for enterprise development, since the kind of application you tend to write in this line of business always has a relational database. One well-known drawback of having SQL Server (and others for that matter) on your laptop is that it takes up resources, and it greatly increases start-up time when you turn on your computer. While...
I did it... I took the plunge..., installed Vista on my development laptop... (I feel almost like I went and buy something from incredible connection), anyhow, as, I come across little niggles, I will attempt to document my findings in this blog as well. So... for those of us in need to have full and absolute control over our machine environment and anything that spoils our perfect human-machine symbiosis is to be spurned. Well, here are some tips. Firstly, it's might be worth a brief digression...