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Clean startup programs in registry in Vista 64 bit
Sometime you wonder why the machine is running slow after installing a bunch of programs even if you choose not to run them through Administrator Tools/Services. Look at the following location in … more
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Off Topic: Buy.com Customer Service Phone
<RANT_BUYDOTCOM> I'm very surprised to notice that there's no (absolutely no) phone number listed for the customer service on the web site. How the hell am I supposed to "talk" to somebody … more
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Revolutionary desktop – BumpTop
I came across the BumpTop almost a year ago and glad that I had subscribed for the future development news. The Beta is now available to download for XP/Vista. Let me summarize in a few words. It’s … more
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More reading...to become better
The use of the "Regular expressions" always challenges me in my day-to-day programming life. Most of the times I just google and find the solution but not always. So, in order to polish my technical … more
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Better error message please...SQL Error '...is not a recognized table hints option'
I was getting the following error in a stored procedure that I had written. Nothing fancy in it as far as concern with using any new features of SQL 2005. Msg 321, Level 15, State 1, Line 5"sql_ … more
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Javascript Debugging Feature Request
It's very helpful to have the intellisense in the Visual studio 2008 for JavaScript. I thank MS a lot for it. I request if the intellisense can be also provided while debugging in the immediate … more
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OnPageIndexChanging not working in GridView within UpdatePanel
I'm working on a demo ASP.Net page that has multiple User Controls (.ascx) and one of the user controls has the ScriptManager and the UpdatePanel. The GridView control is within the ContentTemplate … more
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Change Server Url in Email for Reporting Services
When you schedule something to run in the Reporting Services and when the report gets emailed to the requestors, by default, in the email, you'll see http://servername/reportserver/report.... So … more
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Download sucks on Live Meeting
Why the heck is Internet Explorer necessary to download a webcast/presentation? You really can't download (so called Microsoft Office Live Meeting High-Fidelity Presentation) using Firefox. Forget … more
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ASP.NET 4.0 ??
As Bertrand Le Roy has mentioned here. ASP.Net Ajax vNext being a part of ASP.Net 4.0. Damn! I have just started looking at ASP.Net 3.5/Silverlight stuff a few days back. :) I thought I can catch up … more
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Learning SQL Server Broker
Working on some project, I have started delving a lot with Microsoft SQL Server Broker for 2005. I can see that the initial learning curve is very very steep and it's very easy to give up on SSB … more
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Performance Object Showing Numbers instead of Names
I noticed a problem in our Dev Window 2003 box with the Performance Objects (PerfMon). One of our Windows Services uses the Performance Counter API in the code. It was failing because of not being … more
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Windows XP Service Pack 3
The Windows XP Service Pack 3 is now available to download. It's 300MB+ in size. Happy downloading! more
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SQL Server Service Broker & WCF
I've started digging into SQL Server Service Broker 2005 and how I can use WCF with it. My current project requires some kind of reliable queuing and I've two choices: MSMQ & SSB. So, I'm trying … more
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Search in All Stored Procedures Views
For me, the following SQL syntax turned out very handy when I wanted to see where either a table or a view or a stored procedure is being referenced. I've so many stored procedures in one of the … more
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Broken Windows Update with IE8 Beta1
I'm using IE8 VPC (XP) and am trying to see how Windows Update site looks, I get this. :) Of course, if I turn on "Emulate IE7" button, it works. more
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Bad GUI Design
This is the screen shot from MS Visio 2007 Pro. What if I don't want to save a copy, there's no CANCEL option. Even if I click on the 'X', it pops up the "Save As" dialog. Bad GUI design, … more
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For Better Performance of Visual Studio
Update: I'm re-posting this as I accidentally deleted the original one. I noticed many times that the performance of the Visual Studio 2005/2008 is very sluggish. Also, the computer meets all the … more
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Online Alternative to Money and Quicken
I personally use Quicken 2007 to track my finances. I don't use for each and every thing like how much cash I use but use it for where I can sync my accounts online so I can have history. Quicken is … more