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Google instant preview = epic fail
I’ve been a fan of Google since 1999 or so, back when nobody knew who they were. I loved the simplicity of their site and how well their search techniques worked. And while they are still my favorite search engine, … Continue reading
Hiding dialog box controls in InstallShield
I recently had to modify a Basic MSI installer created with InstallShield so it behaved differently if a certain value was passed in via the command line. That part was easy. What I needed to do next was figure out … Continue reading
WPF browser applications
I have written a number of WinForms applications over the years and while I think they’re pretty great, it’s hard to showcase them to the world at large. It occurred to me that it would be fantastic if there was … Continue reading
Netbooks
Jeff Atwood had a post on his blog the other day about the overall awesomeness of netbooks, and how they signal a new era of open computing. I’m not sure I agree. I like the idea of an ultra-small laptop … Continue reading
Dell hardware replacement
So I bought a Dell Latitude E4300 laptop in June of 2009, the first laptop I’ve ever owned. It’s a beautiful machine, but a few months after I got it the keyboard started acting weird. Certain keys wouldn’t work right … Continue reading
SharePoint extensions for Visual Studio
I’ve been using the SharePoint extensions for Visual Studio 2005/2008 for several months now, and after recently having a chance to see how some of the other tools work (WSPBuilder, STSDev, etc) I can safely say I like the extensions … Continue reading
Windows service management using WMI
After reading this post at StackOverflow, I realized that I was probably wrong to think it was OK to directly access the registry keys that Windows uses to keep track of installed services. Though the names and locations of the … Continue reading
An easy way to update DNN modules from another app
My thanks go out to Mitchel Sellers for informing me that DotNetNuke has a bulk install feature. I had a need to modify an existing Windows service so it could silently update some DNN modules. I was able to make … Continue reading
LDAP queries
A recent project of mine required querying Active Directory for all the groups in which a given user is a member, or if there isn’t a domain then searching the local machine. It also had to return all groups defined … Continue reading
SQL 2008 and the Case of the Misplaced Activity Monitor
We have several new training servers where I work running Windows 2008 and SQL Server 2008. They are the only production machines we have running SQL 2008, and though they work fine, my experience with the latest version of SQL … Continue reading