Martin Schray walks through creating an installer for the Delayed Startup Application using Visual Studio 2005.  This is remarkable easy compared to using InstallShield! 

The Delayed Startup Application delays the startup of some applications so you can use your computer more quickly after reboot.  Get the source code here.

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Introduction to Gaming:  Modify your first 2D Game using XNA Games Studio Express.

I walk you through some of the key gaming concepts and then add in Collision Detection and Score Keeping to the game.

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Resources:
Original 2D Project
XNA Creators Club
XNA Team Blog

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