I was assisting one of our customers move their .NET applications from one server to another and run them using Windows Task Scheduler. I did highlight to them that in order to make the application work, we have to make sure that the correct .NET Framework version was installed on the target server, that the […]
There will be cases where you would need to find out the .NET Framework version of an application or assembly running on a machine and you just don’t have the right tools. This is especially true when you need to promote your code from test to production environment. If there is only one version of […]
There might be some cases where you need to transfer Windows Scheduled Task jobs like maybe promoting them from test to production. The simplest way to do it is by simply opening the Windows Scheduled Task in Windows Explorer for the source and the destination servers (you can do this by expanding on My Network […]
I was at the Microsoft Canada Energize IT Windows 7 Installfest event in Ottawa and volunteered to assist with the attendees while they were doing the installation. While the supported installation options during the event were clean install, upgrade, dual boot or virtualization using Hyper-V, Virtual PC or Virtual Server, a few of those who […]
WARNING: This is not a recommended approach. Use at your own risk While SQL Server 2005 has the ALTER LOGIN statement to change the properties of a SQL Server login account, SQL Server 2000 does not have such a command. Unfortunately, there are cases where you need to simply rename the login due to a […]