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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
DataGridView Loses Formatting and Columns After Setting DataSource a Second Time
Problem This was particularly annoying. If you have a DataGridView you are working with, you have setup the DataGridView through the designer and you have […]