Visual Studio Express 2005 Video Tutorial – Part 2

This is the second of a series of asp net video tutorials for people that are getting started with Visual Studio. In this second video, we will just show you how to use Starter Kits in Express Edition 2005 for Visual Basic. To see the vb.net video in full-screen mode, click on the heading for the tutorial.
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Part 2a – Visual Studio Tutorial – Using RSS Screen Saver Starter Kit

Sept 27, 2007

By: Wade Harvey (Ideal Programmer)

8 minutes

Quick 8-minute tutorial shows how to load, compile, and run the RSS Screen Saver Starter Kit for Visual Basic Express 2005. We also cover how to find and download other starter kits.

Part 2b – Visual Studio Tutorial – Using RSS Screen Saver Starter Kit

Sept 27, 2007

By: Wade Harvey (Ideal Programmer)

8 minutes

Quick 8-minute tutorial shows how to modify the title and background images for the Screen Saver. We also cover how to change the options for the Screen Saver. Finally, we install the screen saver on the computer.

Further Study

Microsoft has a one hour webcast on the RSS Screen Saver Starter Kit that is excellent. The first portion covers goes over a lot of what was covered in the above tutorials, but the second part talks about how one would extend the starter kit by replacing the RSS feed by reading files right on your computer.

Here is a great link that contains about five webcasts and downloads for Starter kits for Visual Basic 2005 Express.

Other Tutorials in this Series

Part 1 – Installing Visual Basic 2005 Express Edition – Quick 2-minute tutorial shows how to install Visual Studio Visual Basic Express 2005.