Author Archives: Job Vermeulen (admin)

Find lower case in case-insensitive SQL

Posted on December 20, 2011 by Job Vermeulen (admin)

To find lowercase values in a case insensitive database run the following query: SELECT * FROM Values CONVERT(varbinary(12), UPPER(Value)) != CONVERT(varbinary(12), Value) It converts the values to binary first before they are compared.

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Error 1402 Visual Studio 2008 installation

Posted on April 27, 2010 by Job Vermeulen (admin)

My Visual Studio installation was delete from a disk, so I tried to reinstall it. In the middle of the installation i received an Error 1402 Could not open registery key <GUI>. I tried to fix it manually but without … Continue reading →

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IIS not showing images and CSS

Posted on April 23, 2010 by Job Vermeulen (admin)

The problem: I loaded a ASP.NET application on my Windows 7 IIS 7.5 installation. The code compiled fine but.. When I opened the website http://localhost/myapp it didnt show me any images or CSS. Only text on a blank page. The … Continue reading →

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Visual Studio 2008 Database edition don’t open dbproj

Posted on March 31, 2010 by Job Vermeulen (admin)

For some reason my VS 2008 Database edition wouldn’t open the database projets. After i started VS with this parameters: devenv /resetskippkgs It worked again!

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Uitzendinggemist on your TV with DLNA

Posted on February 13, 2010 by Job Vermeulen (admin)

Hey people check out the following software: http://code.google.com/p/uitzendinggemist-dlna/ It’s still in a beta, but you can use it for watching Uitzendinggemist, RTL Gemist, Net5, SBS6 and Veronica on your TV. Paul Wagener has started the project as a Pyton script … Continue reading →

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Samsung firmware update cannot find update files

Posted on November 29, 2009 by Job Vermeulen (admin)

Last week I tried to update my brand new Samsung LE40b652 LCD TV. The proccess is quite simple, download the firmware, extract to a USB-stick and load the firmware from the USB-stick. But.. For some reason my TV didn’t find … Continue reading →

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Internet Explorer 7 cannot update to 8

Posted on November 20, 2009 by Job Vermeulen (admin)

If your Internet Explorer 8 installation (upgrade from 7) fails all the time. Run this code: <code> ‘——————–8<———————- Const HKLM = &H80000002 arrNeededSvcs = Array(“BITS”,”wuauserv”) strKeyPath = “SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\SvcHost” strValueName = “netsvcs” strComputer = “.”   ‘ “use “.” for local … Continue reading →

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Cannot send SMS after restore sms.db on iPhone

Posted on November 9, 2009 by Job Vermeulen (admin)

If you have problems sending SMS after a manual restore of the SMS.db. It’s properly a security-rights problem, you iPhone cannot write its outgoing messages to the database file. Fix it this way: Open Putty and connect to your iPhone … Continue reading →

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USB Devices not installed automatically anymore

Posted on May 13, 2009 by Job Vermeulen (admin)

USB install problem: http://www.runpcrun.com/cant-install-usb http://support.microsoft.com/kb/892050

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Download complete website freeware

Posted on April 17, 2009 by Job Vermeulen (admin)

This tool is freeware and works great. It lets you save/download a complete website to your local harddisk. http://www.httrack.com/

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