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The Fall of DomainPeople
Like many of you, I manage a few domains. Mostly, these are on behalf of clients, and as such, great support and reliability are more important to me than rock-bottom prices. I want to keep all my...
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Fixing RSS Feeds in Outlook 2010 Beta 2
I love RSS. I can't believe I'm saying this, because for years, I never really 'got' it. I knew how it worked technically, I saw how it could possibly be useful, but I just never really cared enough...
View ArticleOutlook 2007 Inbox Renamed
We’ve been a little shy on updates lately folks. It has been a busy time of year, Paul is down in South America having the time of his life, and spring is fast approaching. Still none of this excuses...
View ArticleMy SBS CALS Have Disappeared
So here I ask, is there anything more intensely irritating than a boy dragging his nails across a dry dusty chalkboard? Probably not, but I must admit, every time I open up a licence manager on a SBS...
View ArticleHosting and the Cloud
Hello folks. It really seems like an eternity since I updated this blog. I have been busy implementing some projects at work and Paul spent a fair chunk of time gallivanting around Europe and South...
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Working with the Auto-Complete Cache
“Fire!!” “Earthquake!!” “Tornado!!” – all of these desperate screams for help pale in comparison to the shriek heard from end users after getting a new mail profile. As the words “Hey, my contacts are...
View ArticleOffline Installer for Windows Live Essentials
I constantly find myself amazed at just how good some of the free applications included with Windows Live essentials are. I particularly like the movie maker which is easily as good as any of Mac’s...
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Configuring Windows 7 AppLocker
Today, we have decided to post a video that will briefly go over how to use Windows 7 AppLocker. This is a great new Windows 7 feature that will make securing individual machines a lot easier. Click...
View ArticleVisual Studio is Getting Expensive
Microsoft has made a lot of mistakes in its day, but one thing it’s always done right is to treat developers like royalty. Giving developers really compelling reasons to choose Microsoft ensures that...
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Quick Fix: “Find in Files” Button is Disabled
Okay, so this is a pretty simple one. Perhaps I should have figured it out way, way faster than I did, and perhaps nobody else will ever have trouble with this, but I never promised to be helpful. Or...
View ArticleChoosing a .NET Framework Version
Whether you’re starting a new project or just releasing a new version of a tried-and-true application that’s been around forever, one major decision you need to make – and make right – is the framework...
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Fix IE9 Address Bar Search
So the IE9 beta is out. The rest of the Internet is busy reviewing it today, so I won’t bother. I will, however, show you how to fix one little problem. It has to do with a little-used feature that...
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Fix: Cannot import the following key file
Here’s another quick fix for a small issue you may encounter when upgrading your project to Visual Studio 2010. You may find that the import works okay, but when you go to compile, you get the...
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Speed up the Visual Studio Development Web Server
Here’s a fix to a problem many people don’t realize they’re having! When you debug a web site project in Visual Studio, by default, a simple little web server called ‘Visual Studio Development Web...
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OneNote not syncing–Windows Phone 7
It’s finally here, and it seems that it is getting better and better each and every day! While the new Windows Phone 7 does follow an Apple-like model by excessively locking down the device, it does...
View ArticleChoosing Between C# and VB
Here’s a question most .NET developers have to deal with: C# or VB? This can be a pretty heated debate; people love to defend the tools they love. Once you get down to work, though, both languages are...
View ArticleEasy URL Rewriting With ASP.NET Routing
URL rewriting is a great way to avoid the problems typically associated with the standard .NET way of building web apps. Take this typical URL, for example:...
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Outlook 2010 Auto Complete Cache Corruption
A while back, I had written a fairly complete article on restoring the Outlook auto complete cache and working with .NK2 files. Well, just when we thought that we could all return home in a victorious...
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DNS Issues with Server 2008 R2
RFC 2671. This shouldn’t mean much of anything to most of us. This RFC Code, however, can literally mean hours and hours of frustration and troubleshooting if you have created a Server 2008 R2 domain....
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Hot New iPhone Game – Gem Shock
For those of you that come to our blog regularly, you would know that we have never done a game review before. This isn’t because we don’t game or because we have anything against game reviews...
View ArticleWindows 8–A Catastrophe or Sheer Genius?
Well, here we are back again and just in time as we are on the cusp of the next Windows revolution? Or are we? Others are voicing some concerns and seem to feel that we may instead be on the cusp of...
View ArticleHyper-V on Windows Server 2012
Enterprise IT managers and techs all over have become increasingly familiar with names such as Xen, Open Xen, KVM, Virtual Box, VMWare and Hyper-V as the virtualization revolution swings in. With buzz...
View Article70-410 Installing and Configuring Windows Practice Questions
So I have recently undertaken the endeavour to upgrade my Microsoft cert and attain the full MCSE Server 2012 Server Infrastructure designation. As part of this, I thought it would be helpful to our...
View ArticleCrossed OWA Sessions
OWA has become one of the most coveted features in any Exchange installation. The ability to safely and securely access email from any web browser is hugely convenient and loved by all. However, the...
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Windows 10 Space Issues
After a couple of years of being out in the wild, Windows 10 is finally coming into its own. I have a lot of mixed feelings about the OS overall to be honest, and I do feel that Microsoft is officially...
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