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Launching Process Explorer elevated
Process Explorer is an excellent replacement for the default Windows Task Manager. Process...
Date: 10/26/2009
Windows: Run elevated shortcut
You can launch any item shown in the Windows Start menu elevated by highlighting the item and either...
Date: 09/10/2009
Excel Tip #4: Adjust the Width of the Horizontal Scroll Bar
It’s not obvious unless you are looking for it, but you can change the width of the horizontal...
Date: 08/25/2009
Excel Tip #3: Worksheet Tab Color
For workbooks that contain more than one category of worksheet, you can use color to add visual...
Date: 07/18/2008
Excel Tip #2: Identifying Precedent and Dependent Cells, Method 2
Excel can help you understand or troubleshoot cell references by identifying the cells dependent...
Date: 07/07/2008
Excel Tip #1: Identifying Precedent and Dependent Cells, Method 1
Excel can help you understand or troubleshoot cell references by identifying the cells dependent...
Date: 07/07/2008
Complex scripts in PDF
There is currently a bug in our SQL Server 2005 PDF renderer which may cause it to generate...
Date: 10/24/2007
SQL Server 2005 SP2 Cumulative Update 4 is available
The latest SQL Server 2005 SP2 Cumulative Update (CU4) is now available. You can get it by...
Date: 10/17/2007
Rendering reports via Url Access
Querying Reporting Services for a report couldn't be easier with Url Access...
Date: 10/12/2007
Unit testing a Katmai Reporting Services renderer
I am in the process of documenting the way my Katmai unit tests work. There’s nothing inventive...
Date: 09/25/2007
PowerPoint Branching
I was experimenting with using PowerPoint to create self-guided training material and discovered the...
Date: 09/24/2007
Home wireless network
A week or so ago, I finally upgraded my home wireless network to 54MBit/s via 802.11g. A bit of...
Date: 08/22/2007
Vista: Open Command Window Here
Another useful but hard to discover feature of Vista's Windows Explorer is the ability to...
Date: 08/01/2007
Vista: Copy as Path
Useful but hard to discover feature in Vista. To copy a filename with full path information to the...
Date: 08/01/2007
Reporting Services: PDF Renderer FAQ, part 2
This is a continuation of my work on FAQ for the PDF renderer. A compiled version of these postings...
Date: 07/20/2007
Having fun debugging Reporting Services...
Do you know about tracepoints? They're a way to simulate the effects of a Debug/Trace.WriteLine in...
Date: 07/16/2007
Useful IE Shortcuts
Ones I use all the time are: Alt-D Moves focus to address bar and selects the current location...
Date: 06/27/2007
Learning Chinese
Below is a collection of resources I've been using as I try and learn Mandarin. Do you have other...
Date: 06/25/2007
TFS + Visual Studio = Better Together
In a world where TFS and Visual Studio work together, I’d like to see the IDE make use of more of...
Date: 06/21/2007
Virtualization Notes
Notes on making virtual machines run faster inside of VirtualPC/Virtual Server Make sure the VHD and...
Date: 06/20/2007
Virtual Files in Visual Studio
I’d like to see the idea of virtual files be added to the Visual Studio IDE. By this, I mean being...
Date: 06/20/2007
Stuff I ...
... wouldn't want to live without OneNote Awesome tool to help that helps keep me organized. I love...
Date: 06/19/2007
UPNP == Shared Gaming?
UPNP media servers like TVersity allow some degree of two-way communication between server and...
Date: 06/19/2007
Smarter Intellisense
While I'm on the topic of improvements I'd like to see done to Visual Studio, how about smarter...
Date: 06/19/2007
Persistent Notes
I'd like to have the ability to attach “notes” to the code that bubble up and down (for example,...
Date: 06/19/2007
Improved Visual Studio Code Navigation
An area I'd like to see improved in a future release of VS is around code navigation. Specifically,...
Date: 06/19/2007
about:blank
I like being able to specify multiple home pages that automatically load when I launch IE, but I...
Date: 06/07/2007
Neat keyboard trick in Windows Vista
If you haven't hidden the Quick Launch toolbar from your taskbar, pressing the Windows key plus the...
Date: 05/24/2007