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The Death of Microsoft is greatly exaggerated…
Not a day goes by without someone predicting the untimely death of Microsoft. Either due to declining Windows Revenues or due to their failed MOBILE venture (misventures). Here is why…
Change default chart colors in EXCEL
If you have tried to change the default chart colors in Excel, prior to 2013, it was a bit of a challenge. From Excel 2013 onwards, themes is the way…
Insert mode on keyboard stops working in Visual Studio
The text cursor changes and you are unable to INSERT anything in between text. Symptoms In Visual Studio (any version), the text cursor changes to a blinking grey box which…
Some telerik kendo mvc script issues
I love telerik - I hate working out the correct inclusion order of javascript references. Here are some common issues I encountered with Telerik MVC (Kendo) UI . Controls not…
Publish from Visual Studio to IIS Server – Tips
Lots can go wrong with this simple task. Basically, you want to create a publishing profile within Visual Studio - but unless you are setup correctly on the IIS Server,…
Sharepoint – Avoiding Full Crawls
The idea (in Sharepoint) is to try and avoid a FULL crawl as much as possible – since it is a resource (CPU) hog – and can bring a server…
Enabling ports in Windows Firewall (for SQL Server Access)
If you are having trouble connecting to a newly created default instance on SqlServer , try this msdn article (it DOES seem to contain every possible thing that could be…
Hide gridlines in Excel
Select multiple sheets , On the View tab, in the Show/Hide group, check/uncheck the Gridlines check box.
Pie Charts, Pivot Tables and multiple data series in Excel
Pivot Tables - the first step to creating a pie chart Pivot tables help you summarize data in either a single column (typically) or multiple columns. Select your data (both…
Default instance SQL Server
Each SQL server can contain many INSTANCES ( a set of SQL Server Services). An instance is either the default, unnamed instance, or it is a named instance. When SQL…