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  • Using the DroboPro with VMware ESX and ESXi

    Using the DroboPro with VMware ESX and ESXi

    Regardless of the fact that I am a fan of engineering my own products, such as the OpenSolaris iSCSI custom SAN, I have always been attracted to the Data Robotics product line, the Drobo. I am not much of a Apple fan either, however, similar...

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  • Master Page error and the Erroneous <SCRIPT /> tag

    Master Page error and the Erroneous <SCRIPT /> tag

    FrontPage auto-code strikes once again. This time under the different name of SharePoint Designer. Frustrating… Recently I have been doing a significant amount of development in Windows SharePoint Services and I have once again hit a frustrating issue that has incurred long hours trying to...

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  • SharePoint Designer is FREE!

    SharePoint Designer is FREE!

    For me, SharePoint is a love and HATE relationship. The love comes from the feature rich environment that is SharePoint and the hate comes from the fact that development in SharePoint is thoroughly frustrating. I am both excited and disappointed to find out today that...

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  • {$SharePointDesignerQuirk}

    {$SharePointDesignerQuirk}

    Personally, I have never been a fan of using GUI development tools for web design, especially Microsoft web development tools. FrontPage has never even been on my list for necessary web development tools and I have never recommended it to anyone that wanted to design...

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  • Echo Without Carriage Return or Line Feed (CR LF)?

    Echo Without Carriage Return or Line Feed (CR LF)?

    Recently, I wanted to make a terminal application automatically use the current signed-in Windows user name as the terminal session user name. When I first started on the task, I thought this will be easy; what acclaimed terminal program with heavily definable session settings is...

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  • Windows 7 Student Edition Bootable Installation DVD

    Windows 7 Student Edition Bootable Installation DVD

    Although the student deal for Windows 7 is at an exceptional price when compared to purchasing it from other retailers, it seems to follow the “you get what you pay for” saying when it comes to creating a bootable DVD for installation. I am uncertain...

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  • "The requested operation requires elevation."

    "The requested operation requires elevation."

    I am sure that someone could argue the security benefits for requiring additional steps to gain Administrator access that I thought I had already gained by signing in as an Administrator. Well, quite frankly, I hate these extra steps. In Windows Vista, if you open...

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  • Add Printers Using VBScript on an Intranet Site

    Add Printers Using VBScript on an Intranet Site

    Recently I had been tasked to create an Intranet site that simplified the process of adding printers to workstations. In addition, the process had to be completely in the user’s control, eliminating the need for IT to be involved with workstation printer drivers. If a...

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  • Using Querystrings in a SharePoint DataFormWebPart

    Using Querystrings in a SharePoint DataFormWebPart

    Throughout my adventure of SharePoint development, there have been a few times when I needed to use a querystring variable in a DataForm WebPart that was not a part of the data being queried. An example is to use a DataForm Web Part as a...

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  • Creating an MSI Package

    Creating an MSI Package

    I have been thinking about adding some of the applications I have written to my web site for my viewers to use. Although I try to keep most of my program contained in one executable, sometimes this is not an option – particularly if I...

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