Gotcha Imagine you have a dot net core application you initially created as a console application. You can easily run it as a windows service […]
The Poor Man’s Way to Sync Multiple Cloud Storage Services
Scenario You have multiple cloud storage services you want to keep in sync Or you want to migrate from one service to another one, but […]
WCF Asynchronous Service Methods and Timeouts Gotcha
Asynchronous Methods in WCF I have tested WCF asynchronous service methods on several occasions and I have come to a few conclusions. These of course […]
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 […]
WCF Security: Requiring Authorization to lock down your Exposed Services
Introduction WCF Security is definitely not something that can be picked up easily. It isn’t plug and play or something that can simply be turned […]
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 […]
Setting Up WCF with Windows Authentication
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 […]
HTTP Error 503. The Service is unavailable.
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 […]
ASUS Com Service (atkexComSvc.exe) Memory Leak Work Around
The Problem So I have noticed after leaving my fairly new PC on (only about 6-9 months old now) for about a week, I was […]
Easy Way to Start/Stop SQL Server on a Multipurpose Machine
I have been doing a lot of development on my gaming machine and as all gamers know, you want to have as much free RAM […]