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Who needs a reason really?
05 November 09 11:03 PM | jamesbl | 0 Comments   

I frequently do a lot of testing inside Virtual Machines (VMs) using Server 2003 and Server 2008 and one thing I’ve grown to dislike is having to type in a reason why I decided to shut down or restart my machine. Even though I’ve grown accustomed to simply Read More...

Does Bing know about your web site?
20 October 09 03:36 PM | jamesbl | 0 Comments   

This took a bit of time to find, so, thought I’d share it with everyone to hopefully save you some time. If you have a website you’d like to be indexed by Bing, simply use the following URL: http://www.bing.com/docs/submit.aspx To determine whether or Read More...

So your Jawbone 2 is dead and you left your charger at work?
12 August 09 09:36 AM | jamesbl | 0 Comments   

I realized after returning from vacation recently, my Jawbone 2 was dead, and I have a conference call tomorrow that I must take from my car.  Of course, I left my charger at work, and since it doesn’t have any sort of standard USB connector on it Read More...

Launch Task Manager (or any other program) from Desktop Context Menu
09 July 09 06:04 PM | jamesbl | 2 Comments   

I use task manager a LOT in my job.  I also almost always have a ton of programs running,  therefore, do not have much space on my taskbar and get tired of finding “just the right spot” to right click in on to get to Task Manager.  Saving Read More...

Uncovering True Errors in SharePoint (and other .NET web applications)
09 June 09 10:30 PM | jamesbl | 0 Comments   

Have you ever come across an error like this? Or perhaps one similar to this? Unfortunately, these types of “unexpected error” messages do not provide any level of detail as to the actual problem, but instead, only inform you, the admin, there was some Read More...

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Are you running a 32-bit OS on your 64-bit capable machine?
21 May 09 10:54 AM | jamesbl | 0 Comments   

I recently formatted my wife’s notebook in order to install Windows 7 Release Candidate (RC).  I was curious whether her system was 64-bit capable or not, so I whipped up the following script, which answered the question for me (yes, it was, btw). Read More...

Filed under: Misc.

Downloading Hotfixes for Multiple Platforms
09 March 09 11:36 PM | jamesbl | 8 Comments   

If you download hotfixes on a regular basis, this may be old news for you, but if not, you may find use in the below.  Most, if not all recent hotfix articles contain the means to obtain the hotfix electronically, without having to call into support Read More...

My Brother-in-law…
09 March 09 03:27 PM | jamesbl | 1 Comments   

THE Ops Manager…  Here’s my thousand words: Read More...

Filed under: Misc.

Daemon Crashes When Crawling Visio (VSD) Files
05 March 09 06:42 AM | jamesbl | 2 Comments   

Recently, I ran down an issue with very frequent crashes occurring on one of my customers’ MOSS 2007 x64 Index servers.  Every time it would attempt to crawl virtually any VSD file in the farm, we would experience a crash in the daemon (mssdmn.exe) Read More...

Filed under: SharePoint

Please Bring Back my IE
13 November 08 11:47 PM | jamesbl | 3 Comments   

Every time I install a fresh copy of Vista and/or Server 2008, I have to dig this up and “remember” how to bring back my IE icon on the desktop, since there’s no longer a way in the UI to do it, so I thought I’d share this with you (and me next time I Read More...

Filed under: Misc.

SharePoint Guidance – Patterns & Practices
13 November 08 11:29 PM | jamesbl | 1 Comments   

Newly released! http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd203468.aspx Check it out.  Definitely good reading here! Read More...

New Article Regarding SharePoint and High Availability
24 July 08 04:57 PM | jamesbl | 0 Comments   

Just a quick note to let everyone know of some great long-awaited content that was recently published regarding high availability within MOSS. The link to the article is here . There is also a nice Visio that accompanies the article which can be found Read More...

Filed under: SharePoint

Are you SharePoint Designer Challenged?
28 February 08 09:42 PM | jamesbl | 1 Comments   

I know I am... Like me, you might also like two new downloads that have been recently posted. Office SharePoint Designer 2007 Training Standalone Edition and Office SharePoint Designer 2007 Training Portal Edition Read More...

Filed under: Misc., SharePoint

New Whitepaper: Database Maintenance for Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies
28 February 08 09:37 PM | jamesbl | 2 Comments   

Bill Baer recently finished his whitepaper concerning strategies around SharePoint related database maintenance. I encourage you to download it from here and check it out! Bill's blog is also located at http://blogs.technet.com/wbaer/ if you would like Read More...

Filed under: SharePoint

So, your IIS Manager comes up blank, too?
28 February 08 09:33 PM | jamesbl | 4 Comments   

Have you ever opened the IIS Manager MMC (quick shortcut - Start/Run/inetmgr) only to find it comes up completely blank? Also, keen eyes will notice it takes a lot longer for the MMC window itself to appear as well, when this problem occurs. This phenomena Read More...

Filed under: IIS, .NET, SharePoint