Microsoft reduced the amount of TechNet keys (argh...
If you have a Microsoft TechNet subscription, Microsoft reduced the number of keys per product from 10 to 2. Although, if you have a Professional Subscription, you get 5 keys. However, the largest issue here is that they never informed anyone of the change. If you had 10 keys available for Windows 7 and activated 2 of them,...
Downloading large files using ASP.Net and C#
I was recently working on a problem where a legacy asp web application was using Response.Binarywrite which has a well documented problem of loading the file into the servers memory buffer for IIS. Downloads over a few hundred megabytes would throw an exception to the web browser. Unfortunately, almost everyone has this problem...
How to install Office 2010 by Group Policy
Pushing out Microsoft Office 2010 by group policy is not as difficult as it was with earlier versions of Microsoft Office. However, you need to start with the right version of Office 2010, a version that ships with OEM installs (on new laptops or desktops from the manufacturer like Dell or HP) won’t work with volume license keys. Also, all...
C# – Windows Form Application: How to hide t...
If you are working on a coding project where you only want to have your application load in the System Tray, you probably want the startup form hidden. To hide the startup form in a C# Windows Form Application, add the following code to the Load event for the form: { this.WindowState = FormWindowState.Minimized; Hide(); } Also, in the...
