Technical Weblog of Eric Charran
A Journal of My Technical Achievements and Challenges
Hi all. It's been some time since I've thought about documenting what has changed in my eHome...
Date: 03/12/2012
Here is a great post on how to resolve an error in Windows Live Messenger when it suddenly stops...
Date: 10/12/2011
HOWTO: Windows 7 SP1 Error during installation: “Service Pack Installation failed with error code 0x800f081f”
When I...
Date: 02/23/2011
I recently ran into this problem when I had to set up Direct Access with a Hyper-V machine. ...
Date: 07/02/2010
Here is a quick page that details the different editions and features for SharePoint 2010....
Date: 05/26/2010
Great article on virtualization for SharePoint 2010....
Date: 05/11/2010
Here is some great information via MitchP on the number and characteristics of SharePoint including...
Date: 04/29/2010
Here are some “Show Notes” for the SharePoint Solution Designer course for WCM that Mark Arend and I...
Date: 04/27/2010
Here is a great post from Maxime on the behavior differences between IE6 and IE 7/8 when browsing or...
Date: 04/27/2010
Here is a great resource on how to build team projects for SharePoint in TFS 2010 (also lists steps...
Date: 04/21/2010
Here is a great reference for configuring SharePoint 2010 for Kerberos authentication. ...
Date: 02/11/2010
Hi all, Before writing something that would...
Date: 12/09/2009
When browsing the network map in Windows 7 or Vista, you may be able to see some computers, but not...
Date: 11/26/2009
Just so I don’t forget, here is how to convert a string to a byte array: System.Text.ASCIIEncoding...
Date: 11/18/2009
When trying to create a unit test in a test project, the “Create Unit Tests” screen shows no types,...
Date: 11/13/2009
Here are some of my most recent technical articles that I wrote (and helped write) as part of the...
Date: 05/11/2009
I usually build a Virtual Machine that consists of the following for SharePoint development: Windows...
Date: 05/11/2009
Here is a great utility to migrate SPD workflows and content types across site collections....
Date: 03/31/2009
This codeplex project allows developers to package list lookup columns as a feature and as part of a...
Date: 03/31/2009
HOWTO: Resolve “Cannot connect to the virtual machine because the authentication certificate is expired or invalid”
Great forum post on how to resolve the error “cannot connect to the virtual machine because the...
Date: 02/28/2009
What is the best way to judge social networking IQ? In my mind its not necessarily your...
Date: 01/05/2009
Every now and then I like to update folks on what I’m running on my hardware. Below you’ll...
Date: 12/15/2008
Because I am running Windows Server Enterprise 2008 on my Laptop with Hyper-V enabled, I...
Date: 11/23/2008
See this link for methods to enable Remote Debugging:...
Date: 10/08/2008
Scenario: A Visual Studio Workflow Foundation Workflow needs to terminate with approval given the...
Date: 09/24/2008
The SPFieldChoice usually holds the Int32 part of a choice field that is comprised of 2 values (the...
Date: 09/19/2008
One trick is that you have to follow the steps outlined here: https://support.microsoft.com/kb/954282...
Date: 08/08/2008
Just so I don’t forget, here is a link to some great MOSS Stencils for use in Visio. This...
Date: 06/09/2008
Here is a link to grab the bits for Windows Search 4.0 for all editions of Windows (including...
Date: 06/04/2008
An Internet connected machine can now run all the sysinternals tools. Sysinternals Live
Date: 06/01/2008
Here is a great post on how to conduct a large scale service-based SharePoint implementation....
Date: 05/26/2008
One critical thing when using proxy classes is to be aware of how to properly call methods and then...
Date: 05/22/2008
One of the greatest resources for examining the differences between all versions of Visual Studio....
Date: 05/16/2008
Virtual PC 2007 SP1 is available!...
Date: 05/15/2008
So I don't forget where the links to the Service Packs are: Here are the links to the WSSS &...
Date: 05/12/2008
Charran Home Infrastructure and Media Strategy This article has been a long time coming. However, I...
Date: 05/08/2008
The new SharePoint Administration Toolkit was recently released as reported here:...
Date: 04/30/2008
There are two methods to updating content types following deployment. Everyone familiar with...
Date: 04/30/2008
Great MSDN article on how to setup a MOSS development environment that includes a fully capable...
Date: 04/28/2008
Here is a great new resource on MOSS load testing tools and VSTS Web and Load Test projects...
Date: 04/23/2008
Here is a great SPC 2008 MOSS overview slide deck to intro the technology platform and discuss all...
Date: 04/23/2008
Great post on how to enable Ent Lib 3.1 with full IDE integration with VS2008 How to get Enterprise...
Date: 04/22/2008
For those folks attending the MOSS and ECM class I delivered in Boston/Waltham, please find the...
Date: 04/08/2008
So most folks know that Hyper-V contains the capacity to allow backups of Virtual Machines while...
Date: 03/28/2008
Recently a domain I had a domain running inside Hyper-V on Windows Server 2008. The challenge...
Date: 03/18/2008
Here is a great post on something that I know I'll forget and that isn't that intuitive. When...
Date: 03/17/2008
Sometimes things are really simple but take some time to figure out. I was just going to write...
Date: 03/06/2008
Check out the documentation here for the final release of the WSS tools for Visual Studio. A...
Date: 03/04/2008
Since this is probably the most common scenario that enterprises will face, here is a link on how to...
Date: 02/20/2008