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SharePoint Document Library as a Network Drive

SharePoint can be fun if you just let it… This post applies to SharePoint 2010 as I haven’t yet to play with the features of SharePoint 2013, although I am confident the same method would apply. To map a SharePoint 2010 Document Library as a network drive you need to first copy the SharePoint document library URL. For example, I am […]

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Debian Wheezy Released

Hello all,. Just a reminder and a notice to those who have waited many months of development. The Debian Project has finally released #wheezy For those of you not in the know: Debian is a free operating system (OS) for your computer. An operating system is the set of basic programs and utilities that make your computer run. This new […]

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SQL Server Database Error: 661

One of my customers had an issue where they failed to open a connection to a particular database they had been testing. The error read: ‘the database e:somepathsomefolderjermsmit.mdf’ cannot be opened because it is version 611. The server supports version 655 and earlier. A downgrade path is not supported. This issue is caused because you […]

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SharePoint 2010 – Deploying Webpart Solution

The process of installing a custom webpart solution doesn’t have to be a complex task. In fact all you need to do is run two commands In Power Shell and activate the custom webpart and you are done. So here are some steps I took recently: Copied the webpart to the local disk of my SharePoint server, I placed […]

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Windows 8 Controller App

For the small price of a cup of coffee you can… Turn your phone into a multi touch controller for you Windows 8 Computer giving you the full natural touch experience of Windows 8 from your smartphone. For less than $2.00 US you can purchase this cool app and have all of the fun functions […]

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Virtual CD-ROM Control Panel

Finally Microsoft has released a utility for Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7 that will mount ISO disk image files as virtual CD drives. What does this mean for most. No more third-party ware riddled with instability problems. Did I say it was ‘free‘. So systems admins such as myself can get one more […]