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SharePoint 2016 Beta – Azure SQL PaaS Content Database
New with SharePoint 2016 is the hidden ability to use Azure SQL PaaS as a content database. While the product is still in preview I have found that the sites spawned in this database respond fairly well and function correctly. My server architecture is SharePoint installed to Azure IaaS with a SQL database also installed…
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Error installing .net framework on Windows Server 2012 in Azure
I recently ran into this error while trying to activate the .net framework feature on Windows Server 2012 in azure: The source files could not be found. Use the “Source” option to specify the location of the files that are required to restore the feature. For more information on specifying a source location, see http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=243077.…
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SteamCMD Error When Updating 0x1
If you receive and error like this when using SteamCMD to update your servers try deleting the Steam directory in the root of your game server, the old hldsupdatetool is not compatible with SteamCMD! app_update 740 validate Steam> Initial App state (0x2) update required App state (0x10102) reconfiguring, progress: -nan (0 / 0) Error!…
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VMWare Workstation Performance Settings
If you are hosting large performance intensive virtual machines in Windows 7 / Vista you will start to notice even if you allocate a large amount of memory to the virtual machine windows will not use it and will even start having paging issues trying to clean up memory used by the machine. Below are…
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New iPad Application Release: Kid Letters
A new kids learning application for iPad has been released, Kid Letters. This application is geared to 6m – 2 years to teach children hand eye coordination, letter recognition and sounds for each letter. The application does not allow children to leave the application so there is less parent involvement needed. The application will be updated to…
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Disney Vacation Club Calculator
Well, it’s that time of year again, vacation time! Many of us are going to Disney and may even go back every year. For those people there is a special timeshare called the Disney Vacation Club. While it is a very expensive club to join it could save thousands if used wisely. With all large…
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vmx86.sys bluescreen when starting VMWare Virtual Machines
Running Windows 7 64 bit a common VMWare (and many other programs) problem is that a driver will cause a Blue Screen of Death, or BSOD. An easy way to allow these drivers to run and have windows ignore the issues is by disabling “Driver Verifier” in windows 7. These is a quick and easy…
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Windows Media Center Movie Library with xbox 360
Easily get Movie Library working with the Xbox 360
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Permalink for WordPress – IIS 6 mod_rewrite FIXED – Free
If you install WordPress on IIS you will notice your friendly URLs do not work. This is because WordPress wants to use an apache add-on called “mod_rewrite.” The quick rundown of that this does is it will take your friendly browser URL and actually change them to index.php on the back end. One problem with…
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Steam Version of BioShock – Cheats working!
How to enable cheats on the steam version of bioshock
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