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I noticed the other day a team member was having exceptions being thrown every second when idle in a...
Date: 01/05/2012
I don't have to do this often but when I do I occasionally forget the steps. For those wanting to...
Date: 01/28/2011
If you first choose online help then go into Help -> Manage Help Settings, then choose Install...
Date: 08/18/2010
Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate Current Version: 10.0.30319.1 (RTM) .Net 4.0 Current: 4.0.30319 (RTM)...
Date: 07/09/2010
Most of you are familar with the PageAsyncTask class...
Date: 02/09/2010
After a long journey, the work I did along with others has finally paid off. The VS2010 Guidance is...
Date: 01/14/2010
Generally speaking it is better to have less large DLLs versus many smaller DLLs for the following...
Date: 12/28/2009
A friend asked about some sites to learn about Visual Studio and programming. There is a lot of...
Date: 11/10/2009
A friend asked about some sites to learn about Visual Studio and programming. There is a lot of...
Date: 11/10/2009
Steps to add programs to Send to folder Navigate to your SendTo folder (Windows XP location is...
Date: 10/09/2009
Started a article that will contain lots of free/commerical add-ons and website articles for TFS....
Date: 10/01/2009
TFS is one of the greatest development productivity tools I have seen in a long time from Microsoft....
Date: 10/01/2009
As a Microsoft VSTS ranger, I come across some interesting TFS add-ons on occasion. The recently...
Date: 10/01/2009
ScenarioWeb application wants to pop-up a window as a certain size, chromeless, etc. However doesn't...
Date: 08/25/2009
ScenarioA parent document contains a frame that loads a file which content is dynamic and you want...
Date: 06/12/2009
Scenario Have some perl code that wants to access Microsoft SQL Server 2005. The SQL Server is...
Date: 06/04/2009
Scenario Download your favorite image (or create one) and you want to exchange files with the guest...
Date: 05/28/2009
Ever tried to install a printer by just giving users a link? Well here is a small snippet of one way...
Date: 02/13/2009
For those interested in installing VSTS and using with IIS7 on Vista (and possible with Win 7) you...
Date: 02/10/2009
Scenario You have a normalized table that has values in rows. Let's take an example that has a...
Date: 12/15/2008
Scenario Recently I ran into a security issue that has a simple fix. Here is the situation: SSIS...
Date: 11/06/2008
I was working on a common scenario and found an interesting side effect. Applications typically have...
Date: 07/29/2008
ScenarioA table that contains several columns that you need to take and change into rows in order to...
Date: 06/16/2008
I know several people have blogged about this and it is available in the help files somewhat. I...
Date: 04/29/2008
You can use the following to move your sharepoint location on your existing TFS Sharepoint sites or...
Date: 04/16/2008
Working with a friend at work, we were discussing how to create some SQL to go after records in a...
Date: 03/01/2008
Some things to consider ... Make sure you can recover your server and database prior to issuing...
Date: 01/26/2008
Have you ever run across this error before when trying to delete or disable a SQL server job (or...
Date: 01/26/2008
Well I wouldn't say impossible ... just not supported. I had a conversation with a client that asked...
Date: 01/02/2008
This was a strange occurance I found recently. If you encounter the error SQL Server Setup failed to...
Date: 10/22/2007
Symptom The incoming tabular data stream (TDS) remote procedure call (RPC) protocol stream is...
Date: 10/18/2007
This particular issue was interesting. I was troubleshooting an issue where an individual had rights...
Date: 10/14/2007
My friend Alfredo helped with some SQL code and I thought it would be interesting to share. I was...
Date: 09/19/2007
Here is the scenario: SQL Agent account (NETWORK SERVICE or some DOMAIN ACCOUNT) does not have...
Date: 07/23/2007
Here is one way I have found in order to get all tables space used. Effectively it queries the...
Date: 07/17/2007
When designing reports it is important to be aware that the report may be exported to Excel. This is...
Date: 06/28/2007
Ever wanted to launch a VPC without going through the console? You can through the command-line:...
Date: 06/21/2007
Periodically, I have seen issues with connecting to a remote SQL Server from SQL Server Management...
Date: 06/21/2007
Microsoft eScrum Version 1.0eScrum is a Web-based, end-to-end project management tool for Scrum...
Date: 06/14/2007
I was at TechEd and was involved in a conversation that thought the MSSCCI provider did not work...
Date: 06/11/2007
My good friend Lenny (and fellow VSTS Ranger) released the Project Server 2007 Connector to TFS. I...
Date: 06/11/2007
Well, I just got back from TechEd and WOW! lots of things happening. Along with the great sessions...
Date: 06/11/2007
Although this has been out for a while, I got reminded recently about a tool from Microsoft that...
Date: 05/22/2007
Here is some code to get an idea. Note that if a stored procedure sends back a temp table this does...
Date: 03/06/2007
So what is the deal with ASP.NET web parts and SharePoint web parts? Well, glad you asked. I am not...
Date: 02/28/2007
Team Foundation Server is happy to announce the release of version 1.2 of Team Foundation Power...
Date: 02/21/2007
For those anxiously awaiting, SQL Server 2005 SP2 is now available at...
Date: 02/20/2007
I know there are several articles on the internet describing varous methods to send excel output...
Date: 02/20/2007