Posts Tagged ‘Microsoft’
IE6 PngFix in Javascript
As a web developer you will know just how much we all love hate Internet Explorer 6 – one of the most dreaded browsers and browser versions that still exists in the deep dark corners of the interwebs – and you will probably have figured out that it doesn’t play well with PNG images. So here is how you can resolve this problem. It’s not as nice as an actual…
MSSQL Select Not Null
I mainly use MySQL these days, so get screwed over for a few minutes when I have to do something in MSSQL that is slightly different when it comes to it’s custom syntax. If you want to show all entries in a specific column and where it is not Null then you can do the following: SELECT [columnNameHere] FROM [databaseNameHere].[dbo].[databaseTableNameHere] WHERE [columnNameHere] IS NOT NULL
Why we don't choose MSSQL!
Everybody always raves how great Microsoft SQL Server is, and how much data it can hold, and how much bigger it’s “package” is than your own. But the truth is that I hate it with a passion! I use RDBMS‘ on a daily basis and never used to hate MSSQL so much until recently when I had to modify a very large site that was built in Classic ASP(yuck) and…
Error 29506 while installing SQL Server Management Studio Express
I was trying to install Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio Express (what a long name) on a machine and kept getting error 29506 right near the end with a Rollback action thereafter. To get this program installed you will need to run Command Prompt as Administrator and then run the MSI (installer) from there. Navigate to C:\Windows\System32\ then right click on cmd.exe and select Run as Administrator. Once the console…
USB Device Not Recognized! in Windows
Believe it or not, this one is super easy to fix! It’s actually a temporary problem with your motherboard, all you need to do is: turn off your computer if it’s a desktop then unplug it from the wall/powersupply if it’s a laptop then remove the battery let it sit for a minute plug it all in again reboot VOILA! No need to uninstall/reinstall drivers or anything!
Microsoft apps never care!
I often seem to have this issue when dealing with Microsoft software. You click “Cancel” and it just carrys on going, so you click it again a few more times and instead of it just stopping in it’s tracks, decides to rather tell you it’s cancelling and then shows a cancelling dialog box for the next 10 minutes! Cummon guys, that’s not very professional!
Outlook Tasks
I use Outlook for email and because of that I ended up using the Tasks feature which turns out to be pretty damn useful. It is called the To-Do Bar and if you don’t immediately see it you can open it by clicking on View->To-Do Bar. Select “Normal” and make sure the “Task List” is checked in that list. When a work email comes in that needs attending to, I…
