Archive for the ‘Windows’ Category
Thursday, February 25th, 2010
Is it just me?? I've searched the web a lot and can't find anybody complaining about this - it drives me mad on a daily basis as I work with an XML based webservice that loves spitting out reams of the stuff.
I'd love to hear if anybody else suffers ...
Posted in Windows | 1 Comment »
Tuesday, December 15th, 2009
I like Windows 7 – there I’ve said – happy now? I normally reserve judgement on new Windows OSs until the first service pack. Vista was a big heap of cack and though I see Windows 7 as only an upgrade (read as 'fix') of Vista it does look like ...
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Wednesday, November 26th, 2008
This was easier in 2000. This annoyed me for ages but not enough to actually look into why I could no longer filter by Database (well not obviously!).
The trick is to click the "Events Selection" on the "Trace Properties" when you create a new trace, and check the "Show all ...
Posted in SQL SERVER, Windows | 1 Comment »
Monday, September 22nd, 2008
Occassionally I need a quick and dirty look at what a string will look like in various fonts.
I use this (quite hacky) VBA macro. Be warned it can take a while to run on older systems - SAVE YOUR OPEN WORD DOCS FIRST!
Sub SampleFonts()
' Output a text string in each ...
Posted in VBA, Windows | 2 Comments »
Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008
It might just be because of my botched SQL Server installation, Vista or the fact I just can seem to rid the laptop I use at work of the evils of SQL Express but if like me you have this update stuck try the following;
1) Open your Services (CONTROL ...
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