-
I’ve had a miserable experience with RSS feeds in Outlook. There are feeds (suc as those from teh Stack Overflow Trilogy sites) that I just know should update at least every few minutes, yet Outlook often takes an hour or more to show any changes. Today after an email exchange with Jeff Atwood (@CodingHorror...
Posted to
Tim Long
by
Tim Long
on
Tue, Feb 2 2010
Filed under:
Filed under: HowTo, Hacks, 2007 Office System, Technology, Troubleshooting, Workarounds, Hints and Tips, Internet, Web, Microsoft Office, Social Networking
-
I’ve recently being doing a server migration from SBS 2003 to SBS 2008, using Microsoft’s migration method. I ran into a problem where the SBS08 install finished with an error. I didn't make a note of the exact wording, but the general gist was “I couldn't DCPROMO myself to a domain controller...
-
I’ve run into a problem in Windows 7 RC where the ‘All Programs’ menu goes completely blank, making it a pain to access installed programs. The search feature still works and programs can be accessed that way. This happens when there are more than about 70 folders in the ‘All Programs’ menu. The workaround...
Posted to
Tim Long
by
Tim Long
on
Wed, Aug 19 2009
Filed under:
Filed under: IT, HowTo, Hacks, Beta Testing, Technology, Troubleshooting, Workarounds, Hints and Tips, Bugs, Windows 7
-
Since the original computer bug shown in the image was documented by Grace Hopper , computer software sometimes fails in mysterious ways. This is frustrating for end users and developers alike, but there are a few do’s and don’ts that will get the problem fixed faster. I’m placing this here as something...
Posted to
Tim Long
by
Tim Long
on
Sun, Aug 9 2009
Filed under:
Filed under: Software Engineering, HowTo, Hacks, Beta Testing, Windows, Windows Vista, Home Computing, Technology, Help Me, Troubleshooting, Workarounds, Debugging, Hints and Tips, .NET, C#, Visual Studio, Bugs, Windows 7, D'oh!
-
Having problems with your sleep? Well, I can’t help you with that. Try reading an RFC or something. However, if it’s your computer that will not go to sleep, I have a suggestion. In the network adapter’s properties is a Power Management tab. There are three checkboxes that control Wake-On-LAN. Make sure...
-
If you’re having a hard time running your unit tests in Visual Studio 2008, you’ll be amazed to discover that there is a bug that is triggered if your computer name is in lower or mixed case. Setting your computer name to ALL UPPERCASE enables unit tests to run again. I spent a whole day trying to work...
-
Technorati Tags: HowTo , Hacks , Small Business Server , Beta Testing , Windows 7 , Microsoft , Technology , Workarounds No, I haven’t had a falling out with Windows 7, we’re still friends. But, I did have a little problem I needed to solve that left me unable to log in. I’m using Windows 7 RC in a Small...
Posted to
Tim Long
by
Tim Long
on
Sat, May 16 2009
Filed under:
Filed under: HowTo, Hacks, Small Business Server, Beta Testing, Microsoft, Technology, Workarounds, War Stories, Emerging Technology, Windows 7
-
Windows 7 Release Candidate (build 7100), 32-bit (x86) version has a serious bug due to incorrectly set ACLs (file permissions) on the root folder. This could cause some applications not to work, or some installs to fail. In the English version of Windows 7 Release Candidate (build 7100) 32-bit Ultimate...
-
The Windows 7 Release Candidate (RC) is finally here, but – shock, horror – it doesn’t allow you to upgrade from Windows 7 beta. Microsoft’s rationale for that is that they want people to have a ‘real world experience’ with the RC. Personally, I think they’ve...
Posted to
Tim Long
by
Tim Long
on
Fri, May 1 2009
Filed under:
Filed under: IT, HowTo, Hacks, Beta Testing, Microsoft, Technology, Workarounds, Hints and Tips, Emerging Technology, Windows 7
-
In a recent article I described how Windows can prevent certain types of files from being launched, particularly Help (.chm) files which are essentially HTML and therefore can contain script and so are potentially harmful. Several people have commented to me that they either don’t see or can’t find the...
Posted to
Tim Long
by
Tim Long
on
Mon, Mar 30 2009
Filed under:
Filed under: IT, HowTo, Hacks, IE, Security, Windows, Technology, Workarounds, Debugging, Hints and Tips, Internet, Web, Online safety
-
This is a common problem that occurs with Windows Help (.chm) files that have been downloaded from the Internet. Ever seen this? Most people assume there is a problem with the help file, since the Help application opens, the Table of Contents is visible and can be navigated, but none of the content displays...
Posted to
Tim Long
by
Tim Long
on
Mon, Mar 16 2009
Filed under:
Filed under: IT, Software Engineering, HowTo, Security, Windows, Technology, Workarounds, Hints and Tips, Internet, Web, Online safety
-
Is your ISP patched against the DNS cache poisoning ( US CERT advisory ) exploit? There are confirmed attacks in the wild . My ISP is patched. I asked them, and actually got an intelligent response. They escalated my ticket and a day later came the response: “Thank you for contacting us And again thanks...
Posted to
Tim Long
by
Tim Long
on
Thu, Jul 31 2008
Filed under:
Filed under: Hacks, Security, Small Business, IT Industry, SBSC, Technology, Small Business Specialist, Workarounds, Internet, Web
-
When installing SQL Management Studio Express on Windows Vista x64 (and, perhaps, x86 too) you may well get an error code 29506, the installation will fail and roll-back. This appears to be a security issue with Windows Vista. I've seen this happen a few times on products where the installation does...
-
I just did a hack for one of my customers to stop one problem employee surfing on Facebook all day. While I'm no fan of blanket barring of web access, in this instance we needed some simple, short-term measures that didn't warrant any real expenditure on full-blown web filtering tools. The technique...
Posted to
Tim Long
by
Tim Long
on
Sat, Apr 12 2008
Filed under:
Filed under: IT, HowTo, SBS, Hacks, Small Business Server, Business, Small Business Specialist, Workarounds, Partners, Internet
-
I've recently experienced a problem in the CRM 4.0 client for Outlook (both the desktop/online and laptop/offline versions) where Outlook would inexplicably crash every 15 minutes (the default CRM synchronisation interval is 15 minutes). We had narrowed down the problem to a few contacts and had...
Posted to
Tim Long
by
Tim Long
on
Mon, Apr 7 2008
Filed under:
Filed under: Microsoft, 2007 Office System, Microsoft CRM, SBSC, Business, Small Business Specialist, Troubleshooting, Workarounds, CRM, Partners