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I’ve been an MCDBA for quite some years now, and since we always had the idea that T-SQL is T-SQL in no matter what SQL Server version, I didn’t pay much attention to all the changes in SQL Server 2005 and SQL Server 2008 T-SQL. Therefore, it wasn’t ‘till yesterday that I found out about [...]

After 15 years, the curtain finally falls for Windows for Workgroups 3.11. On November first, Microsoft pulled the plug on the first Microsoft Operating System with TCP/IP support. Although the system hasn’t been available to customers since 2001, some hardware vendors still incorporated an embedded version of Windows for Workgroups 3.11 in their appliances. The [...]

There are situations where you do not want a user to start multiple instances of the same Windows Forms application more then once. There are solutions for this out there, that require writing some file and locking it (sort of File Share Witness thingy) and solution that check the running processes on the machine. (What [...]

Yesterday, I installed Internet Explorer 8 (beta 2). Great. It appears to work a lot (and I mean a LOT) better then the first public beta. Yet, there’s one this that strikes me… Try to open Outlook Web Access 2003 (the one that comes with Microsoft Exchange Server 2003) in the beta 2 of Microsoft [...]

Today, June 27th 2008, Bill Gates will close the doors at Microsoft behind him for the last time. Bill Gates will be leaving Microsoft to put all his energy and efforts in his foundation.

Today, on my birthday, Microsoft has release Hyper-V to RTM! This time, they have released something before the planned date. (It was initially said that Hyper-V would be released within 180 days after RTM of Windows Server 2008. Well it is within that timeframe, but not many expected it this soon!)

First, install the IIS7 Web Server on your Windows Server 2008 Core machine, including the FastCGI and some other (required and optional) components: Start /w pkgmgr /iu:IIS-WebServerRole;IIS-WebServer;IIS-CommonHttpFeatures;IIS-StaticContent;IIS-DefaultDocument;IIS-DirectoryBrowsing;IIS-HttpErrors;IIS-ApplicationDevelopment;IIS-CGI;IIS-HealthAndDiagnostics;IIS-HttpLogging;IIS-LoggingLibraries;IIS-RequestMonitor;IIS-Security;IIS-RequestFiltering;IIS-HttpCompressionStatic;IIS-WebServerManagementTools;WAS-WindowsActivationService;WAS-ProcessModel Download PHP from the PHP Web Site (http://www.php.net) and extract the files to C:\PHP. Please check if there is a php.ini file in the folder. If not, take [...]

During TechEd 2008 Marcus Murray (http://truesecurity.se/blogs/murray/default.aspx) asked the audiance if they were aware of a ‘secret backdoor password’ in Windows. Although half of the audiance acknowledged this, the ‘demo’ following the statement had nothing to do with a ‘backdoor password’ in Windows (Vista or XP). What he showed was that, if you (1) can gain [...]

There appears to be a bug in the publishing of ASP.NET sites that use Membership components to a remote web server. If you create a new Visual Studio 2008 ASP.NET project that uses Membership components, and use the ASP.NET Web Site Administration Tool to secure access to folders within the project, these permissions are, by [...]

Windows XP users can now download Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) via Windows Update or the Microsoft Download Center. Windows XP SP3 includes all previously released updates for the operating system, in addition to a small number of new updates. It will not significantly change the Windows XP experience. If you are a TechNet [...]