Jeff Papiez - SQL Server Test Developer

My random thoughts, ideas, comments, and brain dumping ground.

Windows Home Server Announced

Yesterday at the CES, we announced the future availability of Windows Home Server, a new server...

Author: jpapiez Date: 01/08/2007

Adding n tuners in MCE

https://blogs.msdn.com/peterrosser/archive/2006/04/03/MCE_TechTalk_1.aspx

Author: jpapiez Date: 07/06/2006

Windows Live Messenger Released

Windows Live Messenger is released! Pick it up here: https://get.live.com/messenger/overview

Author: jpapiez Date: 06/20/2006

Using P/Invoke to Call Unmanaged APIs from Your Managed Classes

I came across this article on MSDN this morning about using P/Invoke in managed code. Had I came...

Author: jpapiez Date: 04/14/2006

Using WatchedFolders on Media Center 2005

I don't know how many times I've had to search for this on TheGreenButton, so I thought I'd post the...

Author: jpapiez Date: 01/18/2006

Unable to Install SQL 2005 Management Tools with Visual Studio 2005 installed.

SQL Server Express Edition 2005 (Express) installs a set of command line tools that it calls...

Author: jpapiez Date: 11/14/2005

Watch the PDC05 Sessions

Missed the PDC like I did? Well here's your chance to catch up. You can view all the sessions from...

Author: jpapiez Date: 11/08/2005

SQL Server 2005 Upgrade Advisor and SQL Clusters

If you've thought about using SQL Server 2005 Upgrade Advisor to determine the upgradability of your...

Author: jpapiez Date: 09/28/2005

SQL Server 2005 and SQL Server Express 2005 on The Same Machine

Installing both SQL Server 2005 (SQL) and SQL Server Express 2005 (Express) on the same machine can...

Author: jpapiez Date: 06/07/2005

What am I doing now?

A few things have changed since I blogged last. I've changed managers (though on the same team), and...

Author: jpapiez Date: 05/06/2005

Re-installing WMI

For those folks out there using Windows Server 2003 SP1 Build 1277 along with the SQL Server 2005...

Author: jpapiez Date: 12/09/2004

Life moves pretty fast...

... and if we don't stop and smell the roses... ah who am I kidding. I'm not word sleuth. But I do...

Author: jpapiez Date: 08/17/2004

HowTo: Debug a Managed Stored Procedure with Visual Studio 2005 and SQL Server 2005

In response to a newsgroup post, I wrote this quick little tutorial. This tutorial assumes you have...

Author: jpapiez Date: 07/23/2004

Query for a list of Procs that contain a string

I was browsing the SqlServerCentral.com forums today and came across a post where a user was asking...

Author: jpapiez Date: 07/23/2004

Databound List Boxes

This one had me stumped for a little while until I was kicked in the right direction. The Problem...

Author: jpapiez Date: 07/21/2004

How do we Integrate?

Some background is probably in order. I'm a Software Tester here at Microsoft. I work in the...

Author: jpapiez Date: 07/21/2004

New Databinding in ASP.NET 2.0

First off, my hat's off to the ASP.NET team for some very cool new controls. I have been developing...

Author: jpapiez Date: 07/12/2004

Visual Studio 2005 Beta Install Woes

I was all psyched to install Visual Studio 2005 Beta 1 today. After launching Setup, I got a nice...

Author: jpapiez Date: 07/09/2004

My First Post

I suppose everyone has to have one of these, so here's mine. Not much to say right now at this late...

Author: jpapiez Date: 07/08/2004