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How to add pdf search to your sql server instance in about 40 steps ;^) It’s probably worth mentioning that installing the ifitler also adds the ability to search pdf files to the full text index for windows. So disk searching for content in pdf files should be possible as well but haven’t looked into this.
A very useful article for improving speed of .NET applications, has an excellent section on webservices. Improving .NET Application Performance and Scalability
It’s part of the Patterns and Practices section of microsofts site which you can find at http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-gb/practices/default.aspx
No its not what happens when your out in the wilderness… at least I hope it isn’t! Redsn0w is a windows and MAC software for jailbreaking and unlocking your iPhone. It comes in a long line of pieces of software for unlocking letting you install your own software and jailbreaking to allow the user to use any mobile phone provider. Apple have continue to evolve the protection software to prevent users from doing this but it appears 3.0 has been broken wide open days after its official release. http://blog.iphone-dev.org/post/126908912/redsn0w-in-june
Downloaded from http://blog.tmcnet.com/blog/tom-keating/microsoft/remote-desktop-slow-problem-solved.asp
Remote Desktop slow problem solved
April 19, 2007
Remote Desktop iconRemote Desktop 6.0, the latest version of Microsoft Remote Desktop client, which comes pre-installed with Vista was slower than molasses when I tried connecting to some Windows 2003 servers. In particular, I was trying to manage a Windows 2003 R2 64-bit Server running Exchange 2007 with 4GB of RAM and a fast 1.83Ghz dual-core processor. I’d click on something and wait and wait for my click to register. Moving a Window would also be painfully slow. It didn’t seem related to network connectivity since the screen redraw was fairly fast, but it just took a long time for the server to respond to keystrokes, mouse-clicks, etc. It had all the earmarks of a server’s CPU being overwhelmed.
c:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\aspnet_regiis -i
In some cases, when you browse to locate a file, it may not get added to the Open With dialog. To resolve the problem, you may use the utility discussed in this page to add a program to the Open With dialog.
Download OpenWithAdd.zip and run it. Locate the application that you want to add to the Open With dialog.
Type the command-line parameter (if the application requires one) in the appropriate text field. And optionally, type the personalized name text. This text will appear in the Open With dialog, describing the application. Once done, click the Add to Open with button.
Your application is now added to the list.
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For the more advanced among you its quite easy to sort out using Regedit cruise to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT then the APPLICATIONS folder inside this folder you will find the EXE file your trying to add (such as biteing.exe). Simply delete the Biteing.exe folder for example and then use the Open With dialog box as normal.
If you are constantly being asked by windows to tell it where its setup cd is, like when you setup windows using cdrom e: and now your using f:. You can tell windows what path to use on all future querys by opening up REGEDIT and going to
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Setup and change SourcePath to the new location of our XP install files. In may case I set it to F: Now as long as I have the CD in the drive I won’t be prompted to select a location. If you want to do away with the need to keep putting your CD in the drive, just copy your I386 directory to the hard drive and point SourcePath to the location you’ve copied the files to. Simple.
A number of these are taken from http://blog.project84.net/ be sure to go and pay homage there lol!
Many companies will probably hate me for posting this but I think it is pretty cool. All you need to poke your own hole through a corporate firewall is putty and a linux box. The proceedure is simple. Setup your linux box so that it can accept connections for ssh on port 443. Test it to make sure it works.
Then at work grab putty and set it to use your proxy server, which will allow port 443 out. Type the IP address for your linux box and change the port to 443. You also need to go to tunneling and tunnel the remote desktop port through to your local machine and bobs your uncle. Then you can use your PC from work and do whatever you like. Cool hey!
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