Sunday, 16 February 2014

Replace your iTunes media Library by an existing media library

1) Change iTunes library:
Hold down Shift while clicking on the iTunes shortcut.



Choose Libarary... to point to your original library

2) Import existing library folders:
File menu is not enabled by default, to enable it press Alt + F

File --> Add Folder to Library... (Select your original library folder)



-- iTunes 11.1.4.62 (Windows)

Monday, 10 February 2014

SharePoint: Calculating duration in days

Create a new calculated column with the formula:

=IF(OR(ISBLANK([Start Date]), ISBLANK([End Date])),"",DATEDIF([Start Date],[End Date],"d"))

The outcome will be the number of days difference for [End Date] -[Start Date]

Thursday, 6 February 2014

Warning: Unable to update auto-refresh reference...

e.g.Unable to update auto-refresh reference 'ajaxcontroltoolkit.dll'.

I deleted the .refresh file for the problematic dlls; that solved it!


Wednesday, 22 January 2014

Wednesday, 15 January 2014

Enabling Microsoft IIS logging feature

1) Notice the Site ID, since this will guide you later to the correct logs file for your site, in case multiple sites are hosted under the same IIS instance.


2) Open "Logging" from the "Featues View".


3) Notice the target logs location when the logs are stored, and make any required changes to the log content.




4) Sample log file should look like:



5) Lookup the status code against the below MSDN list of HHTP status codes:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa384325(v=vs.85).aspx


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Snapshots from IIS version 7.5.7600 under Windows 7 Professional.

Monday, 6 January 2014

Sunday, 5 January 2014

Can not start debugging for ASP.NET 1.1 Visual Studio projects

Issue:
Whenever I start debugging on my project, it starts and ends immediately after launching the web browser; however, all the breakpoints are ignored!

Resolution:
Those two steps solved my issue:
1) Strange enough, I unchecked the option for turning on pop up blocker in IE.
2) Makes more sense, I fixed ASP.NET 1.1: through:

C:\Windows\Microsoft.net\Framework\v1.1.4322\aspnet_regiis -ir

Thursday, 2 January 2014

Creative Sound Blaster Live 5.1 driver for Windows 7 & Windows 8.1 x64

The answer is http://www.kxproject.com
KX Project Saved my card from the trash: http://download.kxproject.lugosoft.com

This file worked for me 64 bit for both Windows 7 and Windows 8.1:
kxdrv3550-x64-full.exe

Settings are as follow on Windows 8.1:



The below was an annoying message on every restart:

Disabling kX mixer from the startup application (from Task Manager) solved it; however, the audio continued to function without any issue:

This one did not work for me:
Creative Sound Blaster Live! 24-Bit Internal Driver 1.01.0090 Beta for Windows 8
And no other file worked for me from Creative Official Website!!
Creative Worldwide Support