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I’m not sure where I had seen some of this base code, but this comes up time & time again on projects. Here’s a little method that copies all the R/W properties (public) between 2 distinct class definitions: It’s called as follows: private static...
Well, in the past we had ADAM – which has migrated to AD LDS for Windows – under Vista, we really only had a hack to get it (ADAM) running on Vista. Now, we have it for both Server and Client – and it’s known as Active Directory Lightweight Directory...
I’ve taken that macro that’s been passed around for years, and put it into a VS Addin. The following links for the full VS Solution and the MSI installer http://cicoria.com/downloads/VsAuto/CollapseProjectsSln.zip http://cicoria.com/downloads/VsAuto/CollapseProjectsSetup7z...
An old colleague of mine from Avanade has apparently put out a very cool tool for managing re-usable “snippets” of code from a repository. This is a tool that could be used every day, or even for demos… This is a smooth application that takes advantage...
Many times, your coding, etc. SharePoint features. You’ll code something up, deploy, activate, etc. Using WSP builder, while a convenient tool, it also leaves some orphans around. It forcibly deletes the solution leaving any place it...
This get’s even easier. The Microsoft store has released a utility that will, from an ISO (eg. one you get from the Microsoft Store) create a bootable USB flash drive. The direct link is here to the description page http://store.microsoft.com/Help...
For some reason all of a sudden I started getting PPP errors during connection on VZW broadband on my Mobile phone. So, I had to re-initialize the connection on the phone. This also works when tethering the phone and you don’t have to use the VZW...
When upgrading to Enterprise Library 4.1 on an x64 machine, even though you’ve run the 4.0 uninstaller, and even removed the registry key, you’ll still end up with an installer complaining that you can’t do side-by-side install. The issue is the...
This set of posts is about a "Mini URL" service that I created initially to help provide a means to automate shortening of URL's for sending in emails to users in SharePoint. If you've used SharePoint and at times you need to send a...
I have an old Toshiba that has no optical drive. To install Win7, I needed a bootable USB stick. Here are the basic steps 0. Download Win7 http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-7/ 1. Get a USB stick – need a 4 gig one here – the ISO is...
Visio is my primary diagramming tool. I wanted to point out a couple of recent links I came accross that help in diagramming various things. The first are stencils that are used on MSDN and TechNet diagrams – these are a set of stencils that can...
I wanted to post about one of the best tools I’ve found for getting Kerberos properly configured and in the process getting some great HOWTO information on Kerberos, how it works, etc. When working with SharePoint, and the plan is to have your site run...
This post in no way endorses the use of Visual Source Safe, Mesh, or general supportability of this approach. This is entirely at your own risk…. Visual Source Safe (VSS) has been around for some time. There have been a few 3rd parties, then...
I have to give a nod to Startup Delayer from r2 Studios … This tool takes over the “timely” launching of all those startup programs that just seem to bog down a fresh boot. Just not having all these programs competing for resources makes the process...
If you’re running Grisoft AVG with Web Shield and trying the new Windows Live Messenger you might be experiencing connection issues. For me disabling the Web Shield MSN Messenger protection worked…
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