Oracle 8i and 11g export compatibility


I couldn’t wait for the x64 version of Oracle 11g for Vista so I downloaded and installed the x32 version and installed it under Vista x64.  The install went perfectly and the management web site worked flawlessly, I don’t have a metalink account so I couldn’t configure that portion of the install. I had a […]

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SharePointPedia – The “source” for information about SharePoint


The Microsoft SharePointPedia Team just announced SharePointPedia 1.0 a social computing platform built on top of Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS) 2007 where people can post and find information related to SharePoint. Cool, and it supports Windows Live ID.  If you want to add WLID support to your SharePoint site check out the CKS project […]

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Outlook Connector: Error: 4102. Client. Cannot change immutable data: MessageClass.


  Error in MailThere is an error synchronizing your mail account. Please verify your account has been configured correctly by first accessing your mail on the web.Error: 4102. Client. Cannot change immutable data: MessageClass. If you use the Outlook connector for your MSN or Hotmail account you may have started to receive this error (and […]

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Visual Studio Team Foundation Server 2008 Beta 2 VPC Expires Early


  It has been discovered that the operating system for this particular VPC will expire November 1st.  While this may seem like a major pain in the ass, Microsoft is releasing an updated VPC image next week and moving your TFS databases is straight forward.  Here is the link to the Orcas docs at MSDN […]

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Free Vista Gadgets for use with Team Foundation Server


If you’ve been thinking the Vista SideBar could be more useful besides just displaying the weather or the Microsoft 2008 Global Launch Wave Count Down and you use Team Foundation Server you have to check out these FREE gadgets from Application Aspect. My Team Foundation Server Projects Gadget My Team Foundation Server Projects gadget will show […]

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Free ASP.NET Hosting until January 2010


This is awesome news!  This is what you get from Verio: .NET Framework 3.0 SQL Server 2005 Express ASP.NET 2.0 w/Ajax support 100 MB of disk space Now you can have a home to showcase all those Microsoft technologies you’ve been playing with besides http://localhost on your dev machine. Here is what you need to do: Have a […]

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4GB SD cards and ReadyBoost


So this time I decided to get serious with ReadyBoost on Vista.  I went out and purchased a 8GB SD card not knowing that SDHC is a format not supported by any of my laptops….luckily I checked before opening the package and returned it.  In its place I got two 4GB SD cards….what a circus […]

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Dubbelbock TFS: Access Version Control From Windows Explorer


  Dubbelbock TFS 2.0 lets you access Team Foundation Server (TFS) version control from Windows Explorer (explorer.exe).  Now you can go to any file in an existing TFS Workspace, right-click and you’ll then see the Dubbelbock TFS context menu with options like Check In, Check Out, Undo, and Get Latest. This tool is similar to […]

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Team Edition for Database Professionals Power Tools


This release includes 5 new refactoring types, a new dependency viewer, additional data generators and editors, 2 new MSBuild tasks for Schema and Data Compare as well as the introduction of the TSQL Static Code Analysis feature. You can download the Power Tools here. It requires that you have Service Release 1 installed, you can download that […]

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Windows Vista Performance and Reliability Updates Released


  Windows Vista Performance Update This is a performance update. Install this update to improve the performance of Windows Vista in certain scenarios. Additional information about this update can be found in KB Article 938979. x86 versionx64 version Windows Vista Reliability Update This is a reliability update. Install this update to improve the reliability of […]

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