I thought Microsoft learned their lesson with Vista, Windows 8 and the failed Windows phone; but here we are again. I love Microsoft because I […]
Installing Lua for development on Windows
These instructions may not be accurate in the future, so just know this was written on 05/19/2024. Rant you can skip Windows is largely an […]
Executing shell scripts from C# for a Windows developer
Shhh, I just want the answer You can skip all of my ramblings. Just scroll to the bottom for the code or click here. I […]
dot net core windows service hosting order of operations
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 […]
SSIS Custom Task XML Corruption
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 […]
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. […]
ASUS P8Z68-V GEN3: Video rendering choppy and PC slows to a crawl
Had a scare last night… Out of no where, after restarting my computer after installing some windows updates my computers performance went to shit. My […]
Recycle Application Pool using WMI via Powershell
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 […]
Dell Latitude E6400, Topaz Signature Pad and Broadcom USH Drivers
Introduction Dell is special… Latitudes are not good development machines, they are business grade, but somehow organizations think that cheap laptops are okay for developers […]
SSRS Windows Integrated Security: Login failed for user ‘NT AUTHORITYANONYMOUS LOGON’
The Overly Complicated Problem I spent about 2 days trying to figure this problem out, until we had some professional help step in to help […]