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Data Backups
I'm a bit obsessive about backups, I suppose ever since I did FORMAT C: instead of FORMAT A: when I was in work about 10 years ago. My C Drive at the time was only 2GB but I always have backups of my...
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Vue
No, it's not the cinema of the same name, it's a program by e-on Software called Vue. I first saw it in the Vue gallery at Renderosity.com, there are some amazing pictures there.Take a look at the Vue7...
View ArticleSQL Scripts
Some useful SQL scripts I've picked up over the years:Find Server NameSELECT @@SERVERNAMEChange Server Namesp_dropserver ''gosp_addserver '', 'local'gothen Restart SQL Server ServiceCursor LoopsDECLARE...
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Desktop Background Switcher
If you ever get bored of your desktop backgrounds use this free program - John's Background Switcher. It does everything you could possibly do with backgrounds - use folders from your PC, from the web,...
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SQL Server Online Backup Server
A while ago I was looking into how to have a backup server for our live SQL Server. The backup server had to be able to be accessible while the live server was running, this is so that we could use it...
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VRay Documentation
I've been playing with VRay. It's a rendering engine similar to Mental Ray but which gives better results for interior/exterior renders.Anyway, the documentation is all online and I wanted to be able...
View ArticleCall Recording
For reasons I wont go into here I wanted to be able to record calls on my Treo Pro. I thought this would be simple enough. I tried two programs:1. Resco Audio Recorder for Pocket PC (v4.51)2. Vito...
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Windows XP Reinstall
My sister had a virus on her PC which resulted in it going in a reboot loop when starting Windows. None of the safe boot options fixed it and it was due a reinstall. Unfortunately it was manufactured...
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Video Playback Error
My Palm Treo Pro can record videos, it saves them as MP4 files. I was getting the following error when I was trying to play them back with QuickTimeError - 2041: an invalid sample description was...
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Office 2007 Document Upgrade - No Thanks
If Microsoft had it's way we'd all upgrade our PCs every time a new version of Windows/Office/DirectX came out.Every time you save an encrypted document in Office 2007 it prompts you to upgrade your...
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Backup Windows
I don't normally backup my Windows as I usually just reinstall if I have any issues. As the amount of viruses and spyware is increasing I thought I'd take a backup of Windows with the programs I use...
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Disable AutoPlay
To disable auto-playing of CD/DVDs or removable drives you can do it by modifying the registry. Or you can use the excellent TweakUI, it's part of the Microsoft PowerToys for Windows XP.
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Photo Fun
I found a really good site for doing interesting things with your photos, it's PhotoFunia.
View ArticleSQL Generate INSERT Statements
A good site that gives a stored procedure to generate INSERT statements from a given table - lots of options too. Here
View ArticleSQL Server 2008 Install Error
I was trying to install the Client components of SQL Server 2008 when it failed on "performance counter registry hive consistency" during the install.After much searching on the web the simple solution...
View ArticleSSIS Import - Primary Key Violation
It took me 4 hours to re-import some tables from an Oracle database using SSIS. It kept coming up with Primary Key Violations at random points during the import.I finally found this...
View ArticleSQL Server - Create a table from Select
I was quite surprised that SQL Server was able to do thisselect *into test_tablefrom handheldThis creates a table based on the results from the select. This means that you can do thisselect *into...
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VRay Light Lister Button in 3DS Max
If you use the VRay renderer with 3DS Max you should use the VRay Light Lister, it's a handy way of controlling your VRay lights from one dialog - it looks like thisIt should be under the Tools menu...
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Enter the Tab character in Gmail
If you use Gmail you might have come across a situation where you wanted to enter a Tab in an email. This could be for formatting items in a list, to line up columns. (You could put the data into Excel...
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Compress folders into separate files using WinRar
If you have files/folders you don't use very often it can be handy to compress and file them so they don't take up valuable disk space. You can use an application like WinRAR (or the free 7-Zip) to...
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Search File Contents
OK, so you're running Windows 7 and you want to find all files that contact a certain piece of text. It's simple isn't it - just go to the folder type in the text at the top right, and all the files...
View ArticleRobocopy copy date/time of folders
I use Robocopy for some of my backups (here). I hadn't realised that Robocopy doesn't copy the modified date/time of any folders it copies. This isn't a huge problem but I like to sort some of my files...
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SSMS Tools Pack
I spend a considerable amount of time using SQL Server Management Studio,it's the GUI interface to Microsoft SQL Server (Server and the free Express edition). There's an add-on called SSMS Tools Pack...
View ArticleTransfer of large files (> 200MB)
Occasionally I want to transfer files from my work PC and home PC or vice versa. There are a number of ways of transferring large files:1. Dropbox - 2GB limit but the files will also be copied to...
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Fixing Blurry Images in Adobe Bridge
I've been using Adobe Bridge to browse my photos for a while and recently noticed that the images weren't very sharp. I thought it was a problem with my lens or camera but it turns out it's a setting...
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