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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