Foxworthy?
I think “first world problems” is the intelligentsia’s “you may be a redneck if…” To wit: If you’re complaining that your download from MSDN is running at a measly 650KB/sec average, you’re...
View ArticleMore cmd.exe help
So you’re in cmd.exe and you type ‘ls‘ expecting to get a directory listing. Instead cmd.exe gives you the finger. You give cmd.exe the finger back. Just then your boss walks by and sees you flipping...
View ArticleMajor upgrades on instance transforms
Holy crap. The degree of dislike I have for Windows Installer service is already kind of pegged. An object lesson in overengineering for very little gain. Well, it could work awesomely if it wasn’t a...
View ArticleAnd you think my statuses are impenatrable
Doing my weekly tour of WriteIIsConfig FAILED Google search results I came across something in the Microsoft KnowledgeBase with this heading: You receive error code 0x80071a90 during Standalone or...
View ArticleSymbolix
Welcome to the 1970’s [1], Microsoft. On the other hand, better late than never. This very much resolves an issue in a less kludgey way. [1] http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc753194.aspx
View ArticleAutomation
Trying to automate all the crap we have to do since corporate policy doesn’t allow static service account/password combos any longer. Hey, no problem, we could use RSA keys. Except, hey, Windows...
View ArticleFinally
Ding dong the witch is dead. The wicked witch is dead! Windows Aero’s Shake “feature” [1] has to be the single most annoying GUI behavior I’ve ever run across. In fact it took more than a year to...
View ArticleSupport site hell
Go to Microsoft’s support page regarding VisualStudio 2013 Update 3 Look for a link to download VisualStudio 2013 Update 3 In lieu of finding said link, find a link “Download the latest Visual Studio...
View ArticleDeath by fire
Yet another reason for hating on Microsoft: NTLM. Specifically, that some folks insist on running SOAP services protected by NTLM. More particularly, SOAP services that are intended to be consumed by...
View ArticleNerd humor cubed
Funny: April Fools’ Tech joke Funnier: Sharing the joke 11 months after the joke was posted Funnier still: The resulting Microsoft v. Linux flame war
View ArticleLosing my edge?
So I haven’t really been actively involved in the Microsoft/Windows development crowd in years (ever?). I have gone spelunking through the KB and the MSDN site on occasion and come back scarred and...
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