How to Setup a VPN connection on Windows 7
Go to Control Panel and open Network and Sharing Center. Click on Set up a new connection or network. Select Connect to a workplace then click on Next. Select Use…
Passthrough NTLM Authentication for FireFox
In Firefox In the Address Bar, type: about:config and either press the ENTER key on the keyboard or click on the GO button On some machines you may get the…
Windows Server 2008 as a Super Workstation
http://blogs.msdn.com/vijaysk/archive/2008/02/11/using-windows-server-2008-as-a-super-desktop-os.aspx http://blogs.msdn.com/b/vijaysk/archive/2008/02/20/using-windows-server-2008-as-a-super-workstation-os-cont-d.aspx http://www.win2008workstation.com/win2008/installing-custom-gadgets http://blogs.technet.com/yungchou/archive/2008/06/25/adding-vista-sidebar-and-aero-to-windows-server-2008-desktop.aspx http://www.savilltech.com/docs/win2008desktopos.htm http://www.win2008r2workstation.com/win2008r2/sidebar Windows_Sidebar.7z (3.81 mb)
Design Time Support for Data in Blend and Visual Studio 2010
Here are a few great articles on adding support for having sample data within Blend and Visual Studio 2010 http://karlshifflett.wordpress.com/2009/10/21/visual-studio-2010-beta2-sample-data-project-templates/ http://karlshifflett.wordpress.com/2009/10/28/ddesigninstance-ddesigndata-in-visual-studio-2010-beta2/ http://www.robfe.com/2009/12/the-curious-case-of-the-designdata-msbuild-target/
Installing Office Web Apps 2010 Beta 2
I just deployed the Office Web Applications 2010 Beta. I followed the deployment document Microsoft has provided: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=4AC8442D-0974-4902-84FE-1ADE382AB2A1&displaylang=en, but I ran into an error in the Activate the Office Web…
A useful tool set for working with DBF files
CDBF from WhiteTown cdbfwgui.zip (2.29 mb) DBFViewer from cooolutils DBFViewer.exe (1.62 mb) And a nice shell extension for getting quick information about a DBF file cdbfinfo.zip (341.77 kb)
Update to RDP Gadget
I added support for more screen resolutions, fixed the connect to console bug on windows 7 and cleaned up some of the javascript code . fxRDP.gadget (359.08 kb)
A few helpful articles on SharePoint 2010 Beta 2
http://blogs.msdn.com/opal/archive/2009/11/16/installation-notice-for-sharepoint-2010-public-beta.aspx http://sharepoint.microsoft.com/blogs/fromthefield/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?ID=112 http://www.hezser.de/blog/archive/tags/SharePoint/default.aspx
How to Alter a SQL Server Database as Single User Mode and as Multi User Mode
Original Link: http://www.kodyaz.com/articles/alter-single-user-multi-user-mode.aspx You can use the SQL Server Enterprise Manager for SQL Server 2000 to set a database to a single user mode or to multi user mode. Similarly,…
How to make an AJAX call from inside Silverlight
Here is a little snippet that will let you make a remote AJAX call from inside Silverlight - the only catch is that you will get a "security warning" dialog…