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Mar 09 2010

SQL Server 2008: The server principal is not able to access the database under the current security context

Looks like SQL Server Management Studio guys didn’t properly tested the tool with unprivileged users. If, like me, you have a shared SQL Server database that lives among others, probably your DB user will only be able to see and operate with your specific...
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Aug 10 2009

KartonesNet CS2007 Addon Pack 1.3.3

This small revision of the CS2007 Addon Pack just contains two improvements: TwitterAutoPostingAddon and UserTwitterAccountPostingAddon modules have been refactored. Now both use the same helper class (“Tweeter”), which does better handling of Twitter...
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Aug 05 2009

Resource exhaustion and other uncommon testing scenarios

The idea of this post and part of the contents are from the fantastic book The Pragmatic Pogrammer . We don't usually test for most of the following resources: Anti-virus software : Some of them have aggressive heuristics that can confuse a binary...
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Apr 18 2009

Tip: Logging to a file results of a MSI installation

If you’ve worked creating MSI installers (for example with WiX ) and you’ve built a “silent installer” (one without GUI or wizards), sometimes the error message box or looking at the Windows Event Log is not enough to discern why the installer failed...
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Mar 14 2009

Tip: Modify Windows Vista network connections priorities

This is a quick tip for a problem that I had with my development laptop at home. I have a LAN network, and a Wireless subnetwork (for those pcs outside my “workshop” room). If I booted my laptop with the wireless router switched on (and the LAN cable...
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Feb 18 2009

Installing Debian 5.0 in Virtual PC 2007

I’ve spent most of this morning installing the newly released Debian 5.0 under Virtual PC 2007 (SP1). As usual with VPC, all non-Windows OS installs usually give headaches, but this one has been a real pain. Just after creating a new VM and launching...
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Jan 21 2008

KB946932: Disabling UAC Prompt for certain apps. Not that useful...

When I found a reference earlier today to this interesting KB I thought " wow, maybe I can finally get rid of the UAC prompts on my gaming PC " (I won't remove them from the development PC under any circumnstance), so I've just finished...
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Jan 03 2008

Dark color themes support on Windows [UPDATED]

All my friends know that my favourite color is black. I wear black, my iPod is black, my phone is black... And of course both my Vista Aero and Office 2007 are in black color :) But recently my friend Lobo666 sent me his "Darkness theme", which...
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Nov 11 2007

Fighting with Windows XP

Last night, after coming early home I decided to install Windows XP Professional 64, to play the (growing) list of Vista-incompatible games and to not need to tweak DirectX (after Crysis , I've lost my faith in DirectX 10, it just slows down any game...
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Jun 06 2007

ExitWindowsEx not working with Windows XP if computer is locked

Just a quick post of a problem I addressed today while finishing my current assignment. I used the ExitWindowsEx() API call to logoff the user (with the force close flag). In Vista it worked without any problem, logging out the user whenever he was using...
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