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Encrypting configuration information in .NET (web/windows)
There are a number of articles on encrypting configuration information for ASP.NET (eg. an article by Scott Michelle (an authority in security)) using aspnet_regiis (pe or pef switches) or in code using DPAPI. Although almost same principles apply, not much I believe is written for windows so since Job Galloway wrote a post recently on…
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Issue with System.Transactions, SqlConnection and Timeout
Just recently, a post was made in Microsoft Forums regarding a bug/behavior of Committable Transactions and SqlConnection timeout. The same issue is evident for TransactionScope which was posted in 2006. Good thing there is a fix[more] I have used TransactionScope a number of times including in one of my previous posts on Unit Testing (integration…
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Cannot create Scheduled Job on SQL 2005
Unable to cast object of type 'Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.SimpleObjectKey' to type 'Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.Agent.JobObjectKey'. (Microsoft.SqlServer.Smo) I ran into this error for the first time a few hours ago [more]and I have no idea what's causing it since I've been creating SQL Jobs for some time except for the past few days. Maybe some patch or update or an installation…
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Ateneo Professional Schools Prometric Testing Center Experience
UPDATE: Got a number of queries regarding prometric exam locations in Philippines (e.g. Makati) and schedule times etc. To get those information please visit http://www.register.prometric.com/Index.asp For my latest ASP.NET and ADO.NET 3.5 beta exams I took them at Ateneo Professional Schools[more]. Prior exams I have taken where in DBWizards, MISNET and once at EduPro. I…
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Link: Entity Framework and ADO.NET Data Services will RTM with Visual Studio 2008 and .NET 3.5 Service Pack 1
The ADO.NET Team has just announced this in their blog. There is no definite release date for SP1 yet though. See the post from the following link: Entity Framework and ADO.NET Data Services will RTM with SP1
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Link: MCAD, MCSD, SQL 2000 Exams Scheduled for Retirement
Taken from Exams To Retire Page from Microsoft: [more] The Microsoft policy for exam retirement is modeled on the Microsoft Support Lifecycle Policy for technology releases. In accordance with this policy, Microsoft Learning will retire 12 exams on March 31, 2009. These exams focus on technologies that are no longer included in Microsoft mainstream support.…
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Link: Security Development Lifecycle (SDL) Guidance Download
For those not subscribed to Microsoft Security Bulletin, you might be interested to know that Microsoft just released their SDL Guidance (as of 4/9/2008 according to the download detail) Security Development Lifecycle (SDL) Guidance Download Link [more] Overview As part of its commitment to a more secure and trustworthy computing ecosystem, Microsoft is making the details…
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Firefox Bookmarks Location and Moving it
It just so happened that I've been asked where Firefox Bookmarks are stored a number of times [more](and I have to admit I also had to look for it the first time) so I figured I'd post here for everyone's convenience (did the gooling for you) It's usually (by deafult I believe) located at C:Documents…
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Installing Visual Studio 2005 Service Pack 1 – Performance Notes
This is just a quick post as a heads up that installing Visual Studio 2005 SP1 takes a while depending on a number of factors[more]. But generally still takes a lot of time. It has been available for sometime but I just needed to install one into another machine and despite installing it into a…
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Resharper vs CodeRush
I installed CodeRush into one of machines just a while ago and it didn't take me long to decide to uninstall it and have Resharper instead [more](have resharper on another machine). CodeRush have more "eyecandy" as they say, looks more pleasing to the eye (subjectively of course), has very powerful use of templates (type pi…
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