Need to uninstall xquartz but keep running into the following error?
macbook:~ clem$ sudo launchctl unload -w /Library/LaunchAgents/org.macosforge.xquartz.startx.plist launchctl: Error unloading: org.macosforge.xquartz.startx
For whatever reason, you have to run this particular unload as a regular user and not as root …
Read MoreRecently, a colleague requested that I perform a backup of a development site collection at https://sp.ad.local and restore it to the test site collection https://test.ad.local/sites/sp.
The test site collection was one of two site collections on the test.ad.local web app. It's been a while since I've done anything in …
Read More- I've known about SQL Database Snapshots for a while, but never really took the time to use the feature. Lately, I've gotten into mirroring again and decided to play around with Database Snapshots. I should clarify at this point that I'm speaking about the native SQL snapshot capabilities, and not a filer technology …
Read More It appears Apple changed the way NAT works, starting in Lion and this upset a lot of people. Apparently, nat would just stop working for some folks after they upgraded to Lion from Snow Leopard.
Finding really in-depth information about Apple's NAT implementation is surprisingly hard. While attempting to figure out how …
Read MoreI recently modified my Parallels DHCP settings because I'm really particular about the internal subnets I work with in the lab (192.168 is the ugliest subnet ever). Once I modified the file at /Library/Preferences/VMware\ Fusion/networking (OS X) my Parallels Desktop erred out and said
Interface vmnet1 is not present. …
Read More- Each time I start a new contract, the first thing I do is search for all SQL Servers across any network/subnet to which I have access. While the documentation I get is usually paltry or non-existent. When it does exist, it's usually only for the production SQL Servers. Sometimes, most production SQL Servers aren't even …
Read More I recently assisted in migrating a very large system from SQL Server 2005 SP3 to SQL Server 2008 R2 SP1. The actual migration of the database went off without a hitch, but we soon encountered an odd error with the application querying a view over a linked server.
The application was web-based and began throwing an …
Read MoreThis setup is so unlikely, I doubt anyone on the 'net will be looking for this solution but: if you're an eBook loving Windows developer who uses a Macbook Pro for your primary workstation, this may appeal to you.
My Macbook Pro runs Windows 7 within Parallels. It's fast and slick and I <3 it. My eBook reader of …
Read More- Relatively linking to local documents is much simpler you'd expect. Just save the Excel file and the documents in the same directory and =HYPERLINK(filename,filename). No need for "file://" or any fancy hyperlinking. This method works anywhere -- your local drive, a CD-ROM drive, USB stick, or a networked …
Read More Google is kind of hiding this French guy's webpage (at least in America) so I thought I'd point it out. You can install Project Server 2010 and few other Office App Servers on Windowes 7 by making two changes: modify the setup\config.xml and adding a faux ServerManagerCMD.exe to your System32 directory.
To compile your …
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