Fix for IntelliSense feature in SQL Server Management Studio 2008 R2 may stop working after you install Visual Studio 2010 SP1
Today , i encountered a wiered thing in my SQL Server Management Studio 2008 R2 where the intellisense was somehow not working in SSMS 2008 R2 . I had only SQL Server 2008 R2 Express installed on my machine and had recently installed the Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Service Pack 1 on my Windows 7 System and assumed that this could have caused the issue . If you are one of those users who faced the same issue , th Read More....Categories: SQL Server, Visual Studio 2010 Tags: Fix, Intellisense, Management STudio, SQL Server, SSMS 2008, Visual Studio 2010 SP1
Excel 2010 specifications and limits
Found this interesting post on the Excel specification and limits for Microsoft Excel 2010 . The Excel specification and limits talks about various specifications and limits for Microsoft Excel 2010 that includes Worksheet and workbook specifications and limits Calculation specifications and limits Charting specifications and limits PivotTable and PivotChart report specifications and limits Shared workbook specifi Read More....Categories: General, Others Tags: Excel 2010, limits, microsoft, specifications
Use Internet Explorer in Google Chrome
Here’s an interesting extension to Google Chrome called “IETab” that lets you use Internet Explorer from Google Chrome browser. To use Internet Explorer in Google Chrome , download and install the IETab Extension for Chrome . You can now start using Interner Explorer directly from Google Chrome without opening Internet Explorer You can also configure Internet Options with this extension. Once yo Read More....Categories: Others, Windows Tags: Google Chrome, howto, Internet Explorer
How to block Ads in Internet Explorer 9 ?
If you are one of those users who wants to block Ads in Internet Explorer 9 , you can do it easily with the Tracking Protection feature . “Tracking Protection helps you stay in control of your privacy as you browse the web.” You can enable the Tracking Protection Lists in Internet Explorer by following the below steps 1. Navigate to Settings -> Manage Add-ons How to block Ads in Internet Explorer 9 ? Read More....Categories: Others Tags: Ads, block, Internet Explorer 9
Find your Windows 7 Product Key with Windows Product Key Finder
If you want to know the Windows 7 Product key or Serial key directly on your PC, here’s a simple software that lets you find it easily. It is called Windows Product Key Finder. Windows Product Key Finder is a tool that lets you find out what is your Windows Product Key. So in case you want to reinstall your Windows and forgot your Windows 7 Serial Key or License Key, you can use the Windows Product Key Finder Read More....Categories: Windows Tags: c#, windows, windows 7, Windows Product Key Finder
Open DBDiff for SQL Server 2008
Last few weeks , i have been playing around with this cool tool called Open DBDiff . As the name suggests Open DBDiff tool lets you compare the database schema for SQL Server 2005 or SQL Server 2008 . Its a simple and effectve tool for database schema comparision . Open DBDiff is a open source tool and reports differences between two database schemas and provides the SQL Script that synchronizes both databases so Read More....Categories: SQL Server Tags: compare, Open DBDiff, Schema, SQL Server
Different ways to open the Command Prompt in Windows 8 in Metro UI ?
If you are one of those users who use command prompt more frequently , then below are different ways to open the Command Prompt in Windows 8 . Different ways to open the Command Prompt in Windows 8 in Metro UI ? 1. Press the Windows Key + R and type cmd in the “Run” Window . 2. Press Windows Key + X .This will open a context menu where you could select the “Command Prompt” or “Command Read More....Categories: Windows Tags: Command Prompt, Metro, UI, windows
How to Close Metro App in Windows 8 ?
In this blog post , i will share a small tip on how to Close Metro App in Windows 8 . I have been using Windows 8 Consumer Preview on one of the Virtual Machine and have often used the below shortcuts to close the Metro App . First one is the traditional Windows shortcut (Alt + F4) which works in Windows 7 and now in Windows 8 Consumer Preview too . The Other way to close the Metro App in Windows 8 is to hover the Read More....How to find the Top 5 largest files in Windows 7 ?
I learnt something with the PowerShell today when searching for a largest file on my Windows 7 PC If you are one of the users who want to find 5 largest file in Windows 7, you could use the below code in PowerShell… You can launch PowerShell from Start -> Accessories -> Windows PowerShell folder. gci -r D:\ -ea 0 | sort Length -desc | select -f 5 The above example will search for the files in D: drive Read More....Auto generate change scripts in SQL Server Management Studio
SQL Server Management Studio has a feature that lets you to automatically generate Create or Alter scripts when using the table designer . By deafult , this option is disabled . You can enable it by following the below steps 1. Start SQL Server Management Studio 2. Click Tools -> Options Auto generate change scripts in SQL Server Management Studio - 1 3. Click Designers in the TreeList in the Options Dialog and Read More....Categories: SQL Server Tags: Alter Scripts, SQL Server Management Studio
How to find if your Compuer is a boy or a Girl in your Windows PC ?
Here’s an interesting blog post that helps you to find if your Computer is a boy or a Girl … Although , its a pretty old one , wanted to share it here There are 2 ways to find this . 1. Open Speech Recognition in your Windows 7 Control Panel and then click “Text to Speech” from the left sidebar . You will see a Dialog “Speech Properties” . In this Screen , you will only find an Read More....What’s your favourite Programming tool ?
During the Great Indian Developer Summit ( GIDS ) every year , Saltmarch Media honors and awards technologies , frameworks , platforms , toolc etc that makes the developers life easier . The voting to pick the winners in each categories has started and you could vote and also possibly see your favourite tool getting selected as winner in the categories defined by GIDS . These Categories includes Content Management Read More....Microsoft Design case study: iPad to Windows 8 Metro style app
Microsoft in its Windows Developer Center has posted a design case study documentation that compares iPad App development with Windows 8 Metro style app development. The Design case study documentation is more of a design comparision of iPad and Windows 8 Metro style app showing hoe iPas based photo journal app works and compared with the Windows 8 tablet. The case study also explains that “In this case study Read More....How to add My Computer to the Start Screen in Windows 8 Consumer Preview ?
If you want to add My Computer to the Start Screen (Metro UI) in Windows 8 Consumer Preview . You can do that by pinning it to the start screen . To Pin My Computer to the Start Screen in Windows 8 , follow the below steps 1. From the Windows 8 Metro Start Screen , open Windows Explorer using the shartcut key Windows Key + E . You will now see the Windows Explorer opened with the screen “Computer”. 2. R Read More....Categories: Windows Tags: Consumer Preview, My Computer, start screen, windows
Windows 8 Consumer Preview and Start Screen
I just started using the Windows 8 Consumer Preview version and in this blog posts and in the next few blog posts, I will share my experiences and the features of Windows 8 that are purely non-developer related one’s. After that, I will cover the developer related articles on Windows 8. Windows 8 comes with an interesting Start Screen. Probably all Windows Phone users would have got used to the Metro Start Screen Read More....Categories: Windows Tags: Consumer Preview, start screen, windows
When does Windows 8 Consumer Preview Expires ?
Do you want to know when your Windows 8 Consumer Preview expires ? Here’s a simple trick to find it . 1. Press Windows Key + R to open the command prompt . 2. Type winver and press enter key. 3. This will display a window that shows the information of your Windows 8 installation along with the expiry date of the evaluation copy. When does Windows 8 Consumer Preview Expires ? Here’s you will find 16th Ja Read More....Categories: Windows Tags: Consumer Preview, Expires, windows
Windows 8 Consumer Preview license or Serial key
Few days back, Microsoft had released the Windows 8 Consumer preview which can be downloaded from Microsoft’s Download Center. I just got the Windows 8 Consumer Preview installed on one of the Virtual Machine (VM). During the installation of the Windows 8 Consumer Preview, you will be asked to enter the serial key or license key. Windows 8 Consumer Preview license or Serial key If you are looking for Win Read More....Nightfall and Starlight Panoramic for Windows 8
Yesterday , Microsoft had made the Windows 8 Consumer Preview available for download . Now , a new Windows 8 Theme called “Nightfall and Starlight Panoramic Theme” is updated in the Windows Personalization gallery. Nightfall and Starlight Panoramic Theme for Windows 8 is designed to extend seamlessly across dual monitors with identical resolution settings. The Nightfall and Starlight Panoramic Theme for Read More....Categories: Windows Tags: Gallery, Nightfall and Starlight Panoramic, theme, windows
How to convert your Windows 7 UI to resemble Android Look and feel?
Are you a Windows 7 user and wish to have your Windows PC have the look and feel of Android? Here’s the Android Skin Pack from Hamed, DevianArt user that transforms your Windows 7 to the look and feel of Android OS. Just Download the Android Skin Pack from the below link and install it on your Windows PC. Download Android Skin Pack (32 bit) Download Android Skin Pack (64 bit) Make sure that you take the b Read More....How to postpone the expiration date of Windows 8 Developer Preview ?
If you are using Windows 8 Developer Preview , you would be aware that the expiration date for Windows 8 Developer Preview is March 11 , 2012 . How do we postpone the expiration of Windows 8 Developer Preview from March 11 , 2012 ? Its easy now … Microsoft has released an update that postpones the expiration date for Windows 8 Developer Preview from March 11 , 2012 to January 15 , 2013 . You can install the u Read More....Categories: Windows Tags: Developer Preview, expiration date, Windows
Kinect for Windows Media Center
With the recent release of the Microsoft’s Kinect for Windows SDK and hardware , here one of the app that is released by an developer called Kinect for Media Center. Kinect for Windows Media Center interacts with the Media Center Remote Command Listener to control media center computer and brings gesture and voice support to Windows 7 Media Center. The Kinect for Windows Media Center 1.0.1 is currently priced Read More....Categories: Windows Tags: Kinect for Windows Media Center, windows 7
Mozilla’s Metro Style Firefox for Windows 8
Mozilla has announced that it plans to release a Metro Style Firefox for Windows 8. The new Metro Style Firefox for Windows 8 will be based on the open source Gecko based browser engine and will include a full screen and touch interaction enhancements . The Metro Style Firefox for Windows 8 will also include the Appbar that contains some of the common navigation controls like back , refresh etc. It is also mentione Read More....Windows 8 Consumer Preview On February 29 ?
Long wait after the release of the Windows 8 Developer Preview version is finally over . Microsoft will be releasing Windows 8 Consumer Preview or Beta on Feb 29 , 2012 at Mobile World Congress in Spain . The Windows 8 Developer Preview that was released few months back did get some good response from different sections of people especially its new interface specailly the Metro UI on Windows 8 Start Screen which i Read More....Windows 8 First Apps Contest
Microsoft is organising Windows 8 First Apps Contest which will select eight winning apps to be the very first apps in the Windows Store when it opens . The Windows 8 First Apps Contest ensd on February 3 , 2010 and includes 2 Rounds Round 1: ending on January 8, 2012 Round 2 – Finals: ending on February 3, 2012 Windows 8 First Apps Contest For the first round , you should create a Windows 8 Metro S Read More....Service Pack Center for Windows
When a new Service Pack for Windows operating system or Microsoft is released , Microsoft makes it available via Windows Update . If you have turned on the Automatic Windows Update feature in your Windows Operating System , you should see the service pack availability notification when they are ready to install or download . Service Pack Center for Windows Service Pack Center for Windows Operating System If you hav Read More....Categories: Windows Tags: Service Pack Center for Windows, windows 7, Windows XP
iPadian – iPad Simulator for Windows 7
Do you want to try iPad on Windows 7 ? Here’s an standalone program / Simulator called iPadian for Windows 7 . iPadian comes with some iPad extras application preinstalled in the simulator and also supports full screen mode . Some of the Apps you can run on iPad Simulator includes eBooks Angry Birds Safari Browser and more… To try iPadian on your Windows 7 , follow the below steps 1. Download and inst Read More....Evaluating NDepend Professional
NDepend is a Visual Studio Add-In / extension that helps the developers to analyze code and achieve high quality Code . NDepend uses a number of Code Metrics and provides the data with Visual Graphs , Charts and Tree Maps . I should thank Patrick Smacchia for providing me the opportunity to try the licensed version of NDepend and share my experiences both positive and Negative I just got the NDepend Professional Read More....Categories: Others, Others Tags: Deployment, NDepend, quality, Visual Graphs, Visual Studio, XCopy
Convert your Windows 7 UI to Metro UI with Windows Phone Mango Skin Pack
Are you a Windows 7 user and wish you have your Windows 7 PC look like Windows Phone Mango ( Metro UI ) ? What is Metro UI ? Wikipedia states that “Metro is an internal code name for a typography-based design language created by Microsoft, originally for use in Windows Phone 7. Here’s an Windows Phone Mango Skin Pack from the Devian Art user hameddanger . Convert your Windows 7 UI to Metro UI with Win Read More....Categories: General, Others, Windows Phone 7 Tags: DevianArt, Skin, theme, Windows Phone, Windows Phone Mango Skin Pack
Codelobster PHP IDE – How to Install and Activate Codelobster PHP IDE ?
In my previous post , i wrote about the Codelobster PHP IDE and its features . In this blog post , i will provide a step by step procedure for installing the same . To be frank , its very simple to install Codelobster PHP and with just few clicks you are ready to use the Codelobster PHP IDE . How to Install and Activate Codelobster PHP IDE ? 1. Download the Codelobster PHP IDE from my previous post and click the se Read More....Categories: PHP Tags: CodeLobster, Developers, IDE, PHP, windows
