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Using Gmail for SMTP access

by: admin2020-07-26

Introduction When you search for this on google you will find one hundred million results that all pretty much say exactly the same thing. The […]

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ASPCONFIG: Could not load file or assembly or one of its dependencies. Access is denied.

by: admin2017-05-25

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 […]

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Recycle Application Pool using WMI via Powershell

by: admin2014-10-06

Introduction I handle the builds for a particular piece of software at my place of work. I am responsible for deploying any new versions of […]

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Windows Service Installer Error 1001: Cannot start service on computer %1 is not a valid Win32 application

by: admin2013-04-29

Problem I was working on a windows service I haven’t looked at in ages. We recently updated some dlls that broke the windows service, so […]

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Setting Up WCF with Windows Authentication

by: admin2013-02-28

Introduction Configuring WCF to do anything for the first time is very time consuming, frustrating and just generally a hassle. My coworker and I mucked […]

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Work Around to Opening up a Local Folder from an HTML Link

by: admin2013-01-10

Introduction (solution below) In general in web programming at one point you may need to or be asked to open up a local folder from […]

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HTTP Error 503. The Service is unavailable.

by: admin2013-01-07

This error reads: Service Unavailable – HTTP Error 503. The service is unavailable. I’d like to open up by saying what we are all thinking […]

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Flottery: Florida Lottery Checker

by: admin2012-09-27

I finally published my first Android Application… It was not easy to do, it was actually quite torturous. This experience started off as a fun […]

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Repairing an ASP.Net installation for IIS7

by: admin2012-02-09

This will more often than not fix many obscure and just plain ridiculous errors that IIS7 somehow manifests. I have worked with IIS7 plenty and […]

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Can’t Run Web Application After Renaming Web Project

by: admin2012-02-08

This solution applies to many problems, but this one in particular. If you get a yellow screen of death when trying to run a Web […]

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