Introduction I usually like to keep any explanation I write to be straight to the point, but informational and no fluff. There are times where […]
ASP.Net Forms Authentication IsAuthenticated is always false
Obscure problem You have a web application that uses Forms Authentication The code has been working fine for months if not years because it’s boiler […]
Cannot ping or RDP to Windows 10 machine
Problem This is a particularly stupid gotcha. For a long time now I haven’t been able to RDP into my Windows 10 Surface Pro 4. […]
Service Unavailable: HTTP Error 503. The service is unavailable. – Your Application + SSRS + Reports folder = obscure mess
Introduction Wow… another error message that tells you NOTHING! This error message reads: Service Unavailable: HTTP Error 503. The service is unavailable. I need to […]
Seagate DiscWizard Acronis True Image Imaging Software Failure
I have used the Seagate DiscWizard Acronis True Image imaging software before, and I rather like it. However it failed for me on bootup recently from […]
Windows Service Installer Error 1001: Cannot start service on computer %1 is not a valid Win32 application
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 […]
How to Uninstall CollabNet Desktop Version 3.1.2.0
What is CollabNet? CollabNet is a site that has a lot of nice almost free tools for you to use in a variety of places. […]
WCF: Why isn’t my object showing up on the client side?
I had a minor head-palm moment a few minutes ago. Problem I declared an object in my WCF service with the correct DataContract and DataMember […]
New cannot be used on a type parameter that does not have a new constraint
This is not such an obscure problem as it is just not straight forward to solve. Simply put you cannot instantiate a new instance of […]
HTTP Error 404.2 – Not Found, Error Code 0x800704ec
HTTP Error 404.2 – Not Found The page you are requesting cannot be served because of the ISAPI and CGI Restriction list setting on the […]