This post is being written in mind with people who are used to wiring 3-way switches and other home electronics. If you are inexperienced with […]
ASPCONFIG: Could not load file or assembly or one of its dependencies. Access is denied.
Problem While publishing a web application you get a puzzling error that reads like the following in the output window: 1>C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\aspnet_compiler.exe -v \ -p C:\Dev\WebApp\obj\Release\AspnetCompileMerge\Source […]
How to find the current profile required to send an email in SQL Server
Problem You are trying to send an email using “msdb..sp_send_dbmail” but you keep getting one of the following errors: Msg 14636, Level 16, State 1, […]
Visual Studio 2015 Update 3 – KB3165756 VC_VSU3.4.msp missing
The stupid problem Visual Studio 2015 Update 3 – KB3165756 VC_VSU3.4.msp file is missing. It doesn’t have to just be this file, it could be […]
Flushing your A/C drain line with a custom made jig
Uh-oh! There is water everywhere and the A/C just shut off On occasion (especially when an A/C is working too hard) your drain line will […]
SQL Server rows appear to not be deleting
The Stupid Problem You are working on a database that you are not very familiar with as a developer – meaning that you are not […]
NuGet package references are not found after getting latest from a new branch in TFS
NuGet is incredibly fragile and brittle One of the reasons I don’t like using NuGet together with TFS is that it always manages to get […]
Using the WCF Test Client without Visual Studio
Introduction There are times when you need to use the WCF test client in places where Visual Studio is not installed, namely a production server […]
Toilet tank fill valve is hissing
Don’t change your toilet tank fill valve just yet Most of the posts I have seen about this automatically assume that you have to replace […]
Copy and zip up IIS Logs newer than a certain date
This script will actually work for anything of the form “Copy stuff from static location and zip it up using PowerShell”, however the focus for […]