Gaffer-Tape Engineering
A journal of my exploits, professional and personal, with regards to fitting square pegs in round holes.
I had a case recently that was peculiar to say the least and took some interesting troubleshooting,...
Date: 02/23/2012
This blog has long been a combination of professional and personal posts, insofar as I post about my...
Date: 08/12/2011
I've been researching an issue today relating to a problem with SSRS 2005, the symptoms are as...
Date: 06/17/2011
I had a particularly tricky case recently that took a while to track down the cause, sharing in case...
Date: 04/15/2011
This is another post that is for my own reference though likely useful to a number of people is on...
Date: 08/24/2010
I've recently moved to the SQL Developer Team and I'm currently building a one stop SQL machine with...
Date: 06/09/2010
A quick update to my previous post regarding installing TFS 2020 Beta2 on Windows Home Server, the...
Date: 02/12/2010
It is with great pleasure that I can announce that the Visual Studio 2010 and Team Foundation Server...
Date: 01/15/2010
Howdy, For those who may have noticed a decrease in the number of non-TFS related posts on here you...
Date: 12/08/2009
Updated: This precedure also works for TFS 2010 RC using the latest bits. After many attempts to...
Date: 10/30/2009
I’ve just installed TFS 2008 SP1 (slipstreamed) and could connect to my new server however could not...
Date: 09/15/2009
Is easy. Very easy in fact, upgrade isn’t much more difficult either! There is a...
Date: 05/20/2009
Power Pack 2 has been released, huzzah! There are a lot of new features in the box for remote...
Date: 04/01/2009
Just came across a great project to create a number of customer build tasks for TFS Build. It...
Date: 03/19/2009
A nice guide someone just pointed out to me on MSDN:...
Date: 03/19/2009
I’ve been thinking about the “little guys” of late and solutions not always available to the small...
Date: 01/26/2009
Allow and Deny permissions can cause confusion in TFS, for the most part deny overrides allow which...
Date: 01/21/2009
Nine times out of ten most TFS related Reporting Services 2005 issues can be resolved by resetting...
Date: 12/02/2008
Under some situations you may come across an issue that requires you to delete and recreate the data...
Date: 12/02/2008
As I mentioned some time ago I have been writing a few documents to compliment the official...
Date: 11/27/2008
This post is more for myself than anyone, it is a collection of links difficult to find that are...
Date: 10/22/2008
There is a feature of TFS that allows all commands run through it logged to an internal database....
Date: 09/19/2008
Regular readers of my blog will know I've been a fan of Foldershare on Home Server for a while now....
Date: 07/25/2008
Not the snappiest of titles though if you are debugging Win32 applications, COM servers or just see...
Date: 07/25/2008
Another trick I use in Virtual Server is the use of differencing disks. A differencing disk is one...
Date: 07/15/2008
Recently I've been working on SQL mirroring with TFS and concentrating on worst case scenarios, when...
Date: 06/04/2008
I've been a long standing proponent of virtual environments, for creating isolated test environments...
Date: 05/15/2008
I am currently writing a few tutorials for common issues I see with my customers TFS instances, so...
Date: 03/27/2008
Brian Harry has released a new version of the TFS Version Checking tool, more information below....
Date: 01/17/2008
Came across this very lengthy, detailed guide on Team Development With TFS and thought I would share...
Date: 01/11/2008
Today (or recently) WebGuide for WHS goes live as a free download. For those who haven't come across...
Date: 01/10/2008
I just received a question from a friend of mine, James Alderman (there's your mention James ;) )...
Date: 12/21/2007
Found a nice little tool on CodePlex that I will be looking at further as this project continues;...
Date: 12/20/2007
I recently decided to take the plunge and decided my home server really deserved a case rather than...
Date: 12/20/2007
A lot of the problems I come across, and this wont be a surprise to anyone who has had to do it, are...
Date: 12/19/2007
I had a case recently where a someone was trying to develop an application which used the TFS Client...
Date: 12/18/2007
Not exactly a Home Server addin so I didn't add it to The List but I'm finding that FolderShare is...
Date: 12/17/2007
FYI, if you install a fresh build of Team Foundation Server and immediately install the Web Access...
Date: 11/22/2007
The Home Server Toolkit v1.0 is now available for download, aids in troubleshooting Home Server...
Date: 10/09/2007
So, finally got homeserver running on my ghetto setup. At the minute it consists of a VIA EPIA...
Date: 09/28/2007
The TFS training continues, today we were asked to rename a machine hosting a TFS ATDT. Easier said...
Date: 09/25/2007
Today I have been having fun installing Visual Studio 2005 SP1 on my Windows Server 2003 SP2...
Date: 09/18/2007
I've found myself more and more at a loss to find useful info online and have often ended up "giving...
Date: 08/20/2007