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iis localhost blank page

admin — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 08:46:18 +0000

When browsing my local iis sites i found myself in from of blank pages. I checked the IIS Manager and the Default Web Site was stopped. When i tried to start it up, it complained that another program was using the service.

I found out that it was Skype that caused this trouble. You have to go to Tools -> Options -> Advanced ->Connections and disable the option: ” Use port 80 and 443 as alternatives for incoming connections”

Connecting to media… ready error media player vista

admin — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 22:17:42 +0000

After using Windows Vista for some time, i had suddenly the following error when i tried to connect to an online radio station through internet explorer: “connecting to media…” then “locating media…” and then “Ready”.

I do not know what the problem is coming from. But i solve it by running Internet Explorer “as Administrator”

Excel export to csv double quotes

admin — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 12:15:13 +0000

Microsoft Excel has limited or no options regarding the export to csv feature. For example, you can not select that exported values will be included inside double quotes.

Here is a script that will do the job:

Sub subExportCSV()
On Error GoTo subexport_exit
Dim strDelimiter As String
strDelimiter = Chr(9)
Dim strQualifier As String
strQualifier = “”"”

Dim arrRng
arrRng = ActiveSheet.UsedRange.Value
Dim f As String
Dim i As Long
Dim j As Long
Dim strTemp As String

f = InputBox(”Enter a filename for saving”, , “c:\test.csv”)
If Trim(f) = “” Then Exit Sub
Open f For Output As #1

strTemp = “”

For i = 1 To UBound(arrRng, 1)
strTemp = “”
For j = 1 To UBound(arrRng, 2)
strTemp = strTemp & strQualifier & arrRng(i, j) & strQualifier & strDelimiter
Next j
Print #1, Left(strTemp, Len(strTemp) – Len(strDelimiter))
Next i

subexport_exit:
Close #1
End Sub

Paste text or HTML code inside SQL Server table

admin — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 09:52:39 +0000

Sometimes you want to paste a block of text or HTML code inside a table of SQL Server using the SQL Server Managment Studio. Problem is that usually the text or code has line breaks in it, resulting in truncation of the pasted text.

A solution that i found to the problem above was to use a text editor like Notepad++. You first paste the text or Html code inside notepad++, mark the text and use the command “join lines” from the edit menu. In that case, notepad++ removes the line breaks and you have one line of text. That is the text that you want to paste into the cell of the SQL Server Table in order not to have problems with truncation.

Adobe Fireworks flickering problem – tools flicker

admin — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 19:30:26 +0000

I had a problem with Adobe Fireworks CS3 edition in Windows Vista. Every time i selected a tool like the brush tool or the eraser tool, i could barely use them due to a strong flickering that could not let me control them.

So i followed the next steps:

- Right-click on Fireworks shortcut on the desktop and select Properties
- Select the the Compatibility tab
- Under Compatability mode label, select the checkbox for Run this program in compatability mode for: and select Windows XP (Service Pack 2) from the drop down box.
- Under the Settings label, check Disable desktop composition

Teamviewer remove delete session id

admin — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 19:15:02 +0000

In TeamViewer, you may want to remove a session id that you do not need any more, or you accidentally mistyped.

You can just click on the “ID” Label next to the session list and a popup window open with the id and the alias. There you have the option to “remove id”

Sql Server Windows Authentication fails in Windows Vista

admin — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 18:41:57 +0000

When you open SQL Server Management Studio and try to connect to an SQL Server 2005 instance in Windows Vista, you get the following error: “Login failed for user “admin” (where admin is your administrator username).

The solution is to run SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) as Administrator.

Fireworks CS3 Crash – The application Fireworks has unexpectedly quit

admin — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 08:52:21 +0000

After using FireWorks CS3 for a few weeks on my pc (Vista Business) it suddenly stopped working, giving the folloing message: “The application Fireworks has unexpectedly quit” and asked me if i wanted it to generate a crash report that is sent to Adobe.

After searching for a while, i found a solution in a post by user “nedsbeds” on Adobe Forums

You must delete the following registry key:

“HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Adobe\Common\9\Sites”

Of course, after doing that, you will lose your site setting in Adobe Dreamweaver.