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Best Code Syntax Highlighter for Snippets in Your Blog

Scott Hanselman — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 20:48:45 GMT

Scott Hanselman writes, "I use Windows Live Writer to post all my blog posts, and it has a great plugin model. I've actually written a WLW plugin for the CueCat...it's really easy. I use a plugin..." more

Tue, 02 Dec 2008 20:48:45 GMT

PowerShell Script Location

James ONeill — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 23:11:08 GMT

James ONeill writes, "I’ve been working on a PowerShell script over the last few days which uses an XML file. I had a nagging question about how to figure out where the script file is in order to because that’s where the XML file needs to be loaded from....To determine the location of the currently executing script, use this function..." more

Fri, 17 Oct 2008 23:11:08 GMT

Reactions to the SQL Server 2008 Implementation and Maintenance Beta Exam

Steve Jones — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 23:27:01 GMT

Steve Jones writes, "I'm a little concerned about the exam process. This is the first time I've taken a beta exam before the product was released. I think that's a mistake as there are bound to be problems and issues identified...Also, the exam writers are people like me..." more

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 23:27:01 GMT

Entity Framework's Golden Rule and its Platinum Rule

Julie Lerman — Fri, 09 May 2008 01:52:36 GMT

Julie Lerman writes, "I created a new order and attached the order to the customer. But I did NOT add or attach the order to the context. Yet, the order was suddenly within the context and being change tracked. Why?" more

Fri, 09 May 2008 01:52:36 GMT

XP SP3 Install Requies Prerequisites

Harry Waldron — Fri, 09 May 2008 00:39:41 GMT

Harry Waldron writes, "It's important to read an research all pre-requisites prior to installing. For example, in testing Internet Explorer 8 beta, I discovered it must uninstalled, then..." more

Fri, 09 May 2008 00:39:41 GMT

Last Straw Vista

Ken Cox — Fri, 09 May 2008 00:37:07 GMT

Ken Cox writes, "... I've spent the day fighting to add the PDF plug-in to Office 2007 Ultimate so I can create an electronic invoice from an Excel file. Although my version of Office is activated, Microsoft says my "Office software cannot be classified as genuine" and therefore...." more

Fri, 09 May 2008 00:37:07 GMT

Workaround for Communicator 2007 Certificate Error

Desmond Lee — Thu, 08 May 2008 21:22:02 GMT

Desmond Lee writes, "If the issuing CA is trustworthy, such as from an internal PKI source, you can manually import the missing certificate as follows:..." more

Thu, 08 May 2008 21:22:02 GMT

Installing SCVMM 2008 Beta Part II

Justin Zarb — Thu, 08 May 2008 21:18:49 GMT

Justin Zarb writes, "I’ll show how to add a Hyper-V host to SCVMM both using the console or by using PowerShell. First you install the console and here again...." more

Thu, 08 May 2008 21:18:49 GMT

SPAM is 25 years old

Harry Waldron — Thu, 08 May 2008 21:14:09 GMT

Harry Waldron writes, "In fact, the earliest documented junk e-mailing I've uncovered was sent May..." more

Thu, 08 May 2008 21:14:09 GMT

Debugging IronPython Code in VS

Harry Pierson — Thu, 08 May 2008 21:11:44 GMT

Harry Pierson writes, "In case I'm not the last person on the planet to figure this out...In VS, click on File->Open...." more

Thu, 08 May 2008 21:11:44 GMT

Utility for building Linq Queries

Steele Price — Thu, 08 May 2008 21:06:59 GMT

Steele Price writes, "...This is very helpful in letting you see the big picture when you have particularly complex queries. I'd really like to see this integrated with something like LinqPad so we could get" more

Thu, 08 May 2008 21:06:59 GMT

Fix for AMD-based computer boots after installing XP SP3

Jesper Johansson — Thu, 08 May 2008 18:29:04 GMT

Jesper Johansson writes, "...To fix the problem, boot into safe mode, or boot to a WinPE disk, or into the recovery console, and disable the intelppm.sys driver. You do not need it on an..." more

Thu, 08 May 2008 18:29:04 GMT

One of the Smartest Silverlight 2 Demos

Tim Sneath — Thu, 08 May 2008 18:24:51 GMT

Tim Sneath writes, "... this demo does a great job of showing how Silverlight 2 can transform web-based application development..." more

Thu, 08 May 2008 18:24:51 GMT

Moral of this Story - Test Under Load

Hunter French — Thu, 08 May 2008 18:18:56 GMT

Hunter French writes, "...The weeks crawled by and Oracle was installed on our Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition x64 R2 servers (we couldn’t use Linux because..." more

Thu, 08 May 2008 18:18:56 GMT

Sql 2008 Intellisense and Backward Compatibility Petition

Bill Ryan — Thu, 08 May 2008 18:13:55 GMT

Bill Ryan writes, "...little disappointed that the RTM version of Sql Server 2008 will not support backward compatibility with respect to intellisense...got a petition going to try to get the Sql Server 2008 team to..." more

Thu, 08 May 2008 18:13:55 GMT

Solved 404 Problem on Windows 2003 IIS 6.0 Server

Dave Campbell — Thu, 08 May 2008 18:11:56 GMT

Dave Campbell writes, "...I had trouble with a new web app on a brand new state-of-our-art Windows 2003 IIS 6.0 web server. The app runs in ...Depending on the install order, you may have to re-register the .Net 2.0 framework to IIS..." more

Thu, 08 May 2008 18:11:56 GMT

Can my system support Hyper-V?

Jeff Guillet — Thu, 08 May 2008 17:02:08 GMT

Jeff Guillet writes, "...So how do you tell if your machine will support Hyper-V? Well, the easiest way by far is to use a utility by..." more

Thu, 08 May 2008 17:02:08 GMT

When Intellisense doesn't do what you expect

Bill Ryan — Thu, 08 May 2008 16:53:39 GMT

Bill Ryan writes, "...finding out if a specific ConnectionString was present in the setting of a .config file. This is a big oversimplification but it's close enough to explain. So I wrote the following:" more

Thu, 08 May 2008 16:53:39 GMT

LDAP is the COBOL of the identity layer..

Gil Kirkpatrick — Thu, 08 May 2008 16:49:44 GMT

Gil Kirkpatrick writes, "....nailed it on this one. It's the best description of LDAP I've heard..." more

Thu, 08 May 2008 16:49:44 GMT

Service Level Dashboard - What it's worth to you

Richard Riley — Thu, 08 May 2008 16:03:11 GMT

Richard Riley writes, "...I heard someone say you can’t manage what you can’t measure – with this solution accelerator you will be able to better measure" more

Thu, 08 May 2008 16:03:11 GMT