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Good Customer Service Example
Here’s another good customer service example for you! My wife purchased a Galaxy last week and she loves the phone. She asked me to add it to our AT&T Microcell last night. I purchased the...
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New Working Environment Starting November
This is actually a post dated update. After I’ve been working in the private sectors for so many years (the 2 years when I was working as IT trainer in a secondary school is not counted, as I was...
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mywickr.com
Its a nice thought that you can send a message that goes poof.However all you need is an iphone to save the message forever by taking a picture.Sorry wickr, there is a flaw in thy logic.
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context with big data
If data can encapsulate context, there is huge value in collecting loads of it.Context is the key to big data, without it, they may as well be swimming in an ocean.Once context can be deciphered, then...
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Powershell Run-As Script
Disclaimer: This script is not of my own making. I found it on a share somewhere and it is so handy I started using in a bunch of scripts. To the writer: If you're out there, somewhere, when you see...
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Powershell Test Reg Key function
Disclaimer: Code is not mine but forgot where I got it. Ping me if this is yours and you will receive full kudos to it :)function Test-Key([string]$path, [string]$key){ if(!(Test-Path $path)) {...
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Powershell: Get-Framework-Versions.
This function will use the test-key function posted earlier. It will check which .NET frameworks are installed (currently only checking for .NET 4.0) but can be easily adapted and/or expanded. function...
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Powershell: Install-dotNET4 function
This function will download and install ,NET 4.0. It uses the Get-Framework-Versions function to determine if the installation is necessary or not. Internet Connectivity will be required as the script...
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Powershell: Connect to Exchange server powershell
Connecting to Exchange powershell is, for normal operations, as simple as opening the shortcut on you start menu :).However, if you have the need to have some scripts perform actions against your...
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Powershell: If statements dependent on installed exchange role
Something I need to keep for usage in the future:$hostname=hostnameIf (get-exchangeserver $hostname | where {$_.isClientAccessServer -eq $true}) { } else { } If (get-exchangeserver...
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Nokia Windows Phone 8 App Collection
I recently upgraded to a Nokia Lumia 920. Along with it came the availability of a number of Nokia developed apps or apps that Nokia has made available from other developers. Below is a summary of...
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Making document storage in Sharepoint a breeze (leave the Web UI behind)
Hey everyone, I know many of us regularly use Sharepoint for document storage in order to make documents available to several people, have it version controlled, etc. Doing this through the Web UI can...
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Open Source MariaDB, the MySQL fork to replace MySQL?
Frankly speaking, I’ve been out of touch with the Open source world for quite some time. Until recently, after I’ve joined the new government agency, I managed to do some research while given time to...
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TiVo Follow-up…Training Opportunities
A few posts ago I talked about my experience with TiVo Customer Service. While I didn’t receive bad service per se, I felt like the reps could have communicated better. I made the argument that it...
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Upcoming GWB Site Maintenance & Downtime This Weekend
We'll be performing routine maintenance and a code release this weekend, from late Saturday night to early Sunday morning. There will be moments of site downtime but we'll minimize this as much as...
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ssrs: the report execution has expired or cannot be found
Today I got an exception in a report using SQL Server Reporting Services 2008 R2, but only when attempting to go to the last page of a large report: The report execution sgjahs45wg5vkmi05lq4zaee has...
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Implementing Search for BlogReader Windows 8 Sample
The BlogReader sample is an excellent place to start speeding up your Windows 8 development skills. The tutorial is available here and the complete source code is available hereCreate a project called...
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Microsoft Changes Developer Account Registration Requirements
Over the last couple of weeks I have noticed that Microsoft seems to have changed the requirements for Corporate accounts. These requirements were not in effect when I originally setup the account for...
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Troubleshooting Blocked Transaction in SQL Server
While troubleshooting a blocked transaction issue recently, I found this code online. My apologies in not citing its source, but its lost in my browse history some where. While the transaction is...
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ssis: data flow path editor
Ever wonder why when you click on the green line in SSIS the Data Flow Path Editor doesn't actually let you edit anything? I did. Then I realized I needed to make the changes I wanted in the source...
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