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Solved occasional VPN RAS error 812
I had the exact problem Roger describes: occasionally a disconnect of my VPN and then unable to reconnect, with error message 812: The connection was prevented because of a policy configured on your RAS/VPN server. Specifically, the authentication method used… Continue reading
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Check your compiler warnings and hints. They may still be errors.
I try to follow a zero hints and warnings policy for my code. (I admit I don’t always succeed though. 😉 ) But I was initially confused on how to solve this, and because of that learned something about not… Continue reading
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ReSharper Postfix Templates plugin
Developers: ever notice how you often, when typing some piece of code, most often a variable or other class reference, have to track back your keystrokes to surround it or prefix it with something else? The Postfix Templates extension for… Continue reading
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Keeping Java updated without installing the Ask toolbar
Not only does the Oracle Java installer for Windows come with a useless toolbar from Ask, it is not enough to uncheck it at installation time. With every Java update you get, which you are recommended to install, you will… Continue reading
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An underrated operator: using EXCEPT in MS SQL Server to track changes
Working with a colleague who is a longtime Oracle user, I noticed he used an operator I didn’t know of, to grab hold of the differences in rows between two nearly identical tables: he used a “minus”. I couldn’t imagine… Continue reading
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Free up space on your OS disk by moving the Delphi XE6 installer files elsewhere
I noticed the free space on my SSD was getting smaller. Searching for ways to clean up a bit I discovered a ± 10 Gb hidden folder under c:\users\(account)\appdata\local\(guid). Inspecting its contents, it turned out to belong to the RAD… Continue reading
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Solving I/O Error 103 in LoadXMLDocument
In a Delphi console application that reads its configuration from an XML file, I unexpectedly ran into “I/O error 103”. I/O error 103 will look familiar to most of you Delphi developers, it means “File not open”. I traced it… Continue reading
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Update to SQL server tooling for Visual Studio
MS recently released the “March 2014” update to the SQL Server tooling for Visual Studio 2013, which was named SQL Server Data Tools for previous Visual Studio versions. Among the most notable new features are support for SQL Server 2014… Continue reading
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Registry setting may block nVidia driver updates
Not completely development related, this post, but since I am developing on a dual full hd monitor display setup, I like to keep my (nvidia) graphics card drivers up to date. I was unable however to update to the latest… Continue reading