- Free SQL Server 2005 Report Packs
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Posted by oVan on Friday, March 31, 2006 | PermaLink | 0 commentsDownload 8 Free SQL Server 2005 Report Packs here. These free report packs will simplify your report tasks, improve your business visibility and speed your decision making.
For peer-to-peer support and collaboration on the SQL Server Report Packs, join the GotDotNet CodeGallery SQLRptPack (membership is free).
- SyncToy White Paper
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Posted by oVan on Friday, March 31, 2006 | PermaLink | 0 commentsThe SyncToy White Paper provides an overview of SyncToy, and explains how it can be used to enhance your file management workflow.
Here's the overview:
Increasingly, computer users are using different folders, drives, and even different computers (such as a laptop and a desktop) to store and retrieve files. There are new sources of files coming from every direction: digital cameras, e-mail, cell phones, portable media players, camcorders, PDAs, and laptops. Yet managing hundreds or thousands of files is still largely a manual operation. In some cases it is necessary to move files from one place to another; in other cases there is a need to keep two storage locations exactly in sync. Some users manage files manually, dragging and dropping from one place to another and keeping a mental card catalog in their heads. Others use one or more applications of one sort or another to provide this functionality for them.
Now there is an easier way. SyncToy is a free PowerToy for Microsoft Windows XP that provides an easy to use, highly customizable program to help copy, move, and synchronize different directories. Most common operations can be performed with just a few clicks of the mouse, and additional customization is available without adding complexity. SyncToy can manage multiple sets of directories at the same time; it can combine files from two folders in one case, and mimic renames and deletes in another. Unlike other applications, SyncToy keeps track of renames to files and will make sure those changes get carried over to the synchronized folder.
- SyncToy 1.2 Released
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Posted by oVan on Friday, March 31, 2006 | PermaLink | 0 commentsMicrosoft has silently released SyncToy 1.2.
Release notes for this minor update:In March 2006 we again listened to feedback and release v1.2, which fixes a bug caused by Daylight Saving Time changes, and also added some documentation updates.
- Attensa for Outlook 1.1 - Theming
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Posted by oVan on Wednesday, March 22, 2006 | PermaLink | 0 commentsAttensa for Outlook 1.1 now supports theming. Here's a quote from the support section:
Attensa for Outlook version 1.1 introduces themes, so you can customize the way your feeds look in Outlook.
To choose a theme in Attensa for Outlook:
1. Click the Attensa button to open the Attensa configuration application.
2. Click Options.
3. Select Outlook Defaults.
4. Under Outlook Article Content, use the drop down to select a theme.
Theme folders in a typical installation are located at C:\Program Files\Attensa\AttensaData\css\themes\.
- Attensa for Outlook 1.1 - Dynamic Feed Management
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Posted by oVan on Wednesday, March 22, 2006 | PermaLink | 0 commentsAttensa for Outlook 1.1 has been released! Here's a description of the new dynamic feed management:
Attensa for Outlook version 1.1 makes managing your feeds a snap, now that your news feed folders are drag-and-droppable in Outlook's mail folder pane. Get granular with your feed organization without opening Attensa's configuration application by right-clicking on your Attensa folder, right in Outlook. Select New Folder, give it a name, drag some feeds into it, and spend less time looking for the news you need right now.
- Internet Explorer 7: Beta 2 Preview - released on March 20th
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Posted by oVan on Monday, March 20, 2006 | PermaLink | 0 commentsFirst the good news:
Ok, so the new refreshed beta 2 of Internet Explorer 7 has been released today.
Next, the annoyances:
Why is it that Microsoft has the right, or they think so, upon installing this new beta version, to change your sound scheme definition? Every time they add this really annoying sound to the "Start Navigation" event. If you are a web developer, you are probably "starting navigation" a gazillion times a day, so this stupid little sound slows down the navigation and gets on your nerves as well. The biggest annoyance is not that sound per se, it is the fact that they change the sound scheme without renaming it.
You can't just (re)select your own scheme, because it now contains this stupid sample, and you have to manually set it to "(none)" after scrolling the ever growing list of sound events.
Actually, the same thing happens when you choose a different display theme as well. Some idiot at Microsoft decided to add that sound to every new theme you select, uxtheme hack or not.
- Fairytale Wood
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Posted by oVan on Monday, March 13, 2006 | PermaLink | 0 commentsHere's a picture I shot today, no post-processing other than custom white balance and a little noise removal. Click the thumbnail to zoom.
Camera: DSC-R1
Aperture: F/4.8
Exposure: 1/125 sec
ISO: 160
- SyncToy 1.0: Exception during run
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Posted by oVan on Thursday, March 02, 2006 | PermaLink | 0 commentsSometimes when you use the fantastic SyncToy powertoy from Microsoft, you get a dialog box with this error message:
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SyncToy
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Exception during run: The event log file is full
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OK
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The fix is easy: open the Start menu, click on "Run...", and type "eventvwr". This will open the Event Viewer and there you can right click on any of the available logs to clear all events. Before you do that however, I suggest browsing these logs to see if any real problems are listed there... actually, you should do this regularly anyway!