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Windows PowerShell Console Fun
Whilst watching Die Hard 4 the other day I noticed the funky transparent console windows that were being used to battle out cyber warfare, and being a traditional geek I immediately liked the idea of doing the same for my PowerShell console. Sure I know these guys are using Linux and transparent consoles have been [...]
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Tags: Fun, PowerShell
I’m pleased to announce the release of version 1.3.0 of my Windows Live Writer (WLW) Source Code Highlighter plugin for WordPress.com hosted blogs. For those not aware of this plugin it enables you to quickly insert a source code snippet into your blog posts using the WordPress.com source code short codes. For more information and [...]
Filed under: Live Writer, Tools & Tips | 2 Comments
Tags: Live Writer
Whilst checking the Windows Event Log on my server I found this worrying error being reported by the Team Foundation Server Power Tools Backup & Restore Tool : Error: Tfpt Backup Restore : There is an error in XML document (499, 100). I posted an article about using this tool to backup your TFS server [...]
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Tags: Team Foundation Server, TFS, Tips, Tools, Visual Studio
Anyone using my Windows Live Writer plug-in for Source Code highlighting will find that after upgrading to the latest Live Writer version the preview feature is not working. The latest version of Windows Live Writer that ships with the Windows Live Essentials 2011 package has some modifications to prevent script running from within the application. [...]
Filed under: Live Writer, Tools & Tips | 1 Comment
Tags: Live Essentials, Live Writer
I have finally posted a new version of my Windows Live Writer Syntax Highlighter for WordPress.com hosted blogs, you can find it here. Version 1.2.0 has been a while in the making but I have included the features most requested by you guys. Firstly thank you to everyone who had downloaded the plug-in and provided [...]
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Tags: Live Essentials, Live Writer, Tools & Tips
At last – backup is built into the TFS product, well via the Power Tools at least. Backing up TFS has always been difficult and non-intuitive without a SQL DBA in your pocket, even the documentation is at best extensive but at worse confusing. But all that’s history as the September 2010 TFS Power Tools [...]
Filed under: Home Server, Team Foundation Server, Tools & Tips | 4 Comments
Tags: Home Server, Team Foundation Server, TFS, Tools, WHS
Last October I posted about the fact that Microsoft’s Team Foundation Server 2010 was going to be shipping with a “Basic” configuration that more light weight and seen as more of a Visual SourceSafe replacement. In that post I also pointed out that it seemed possible to install this version on a Windows Home Server [...]
Filed under: Home Server, Team Foundation Server, Tools & Tips | 10 Comments
Tags: Home Server, Team Foundation Server, TFS, Visual Studio, WHS, Windows Server
Whether you manage thousands of Windows boxes in an enterprise environment or you just want a more powerful shell environment with which to manage your backup scripts on your PC, Windows PowerShell is an excellent free tool at your disposal. PowerShell V2 comes pre-installed in Windows 7 but how do you get it up and [...]
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Tags: Home Server, PowerShell, Tips, Tools, WHS
If like me you’re always on the lookout for neat little icons and images to add to your shiny .Net applications then you might like to know that Visual Studio includes an image library for you to use. The library is located on your hard drive within the Visual Studio installation at: For Visual Studio [...]
Filed under: .Net, Tools & Tips | 1 Comment
Tags: Tips, Visual Studio
Keeping up with the latest trends, applications, techniques and platforms can be very difficult. The amount of excellent resources available out there on the web is phenomenal, so much so that there are not enough hours in the day to read or watch it all. One source that I find very useful though is Podcasts. [...]
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Tags: Learning, Tips
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