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Tintin, Tom Sawyer, Robinson Crusoe, Harry Potter, Mowgli, and a shout-out
One drawback of self employment is that I don’t have time for blogging nowadays. When I had a full time job dutifully serving my corporate master, I had time to surf the web, slack off, and write a post or two. Ever since I started on my own, my blog production has dropped. I still…
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Proper ways of setting up Sql Server 2005
Here are some things I’ve learned with many clients when setting up Sql Server 2005 systems. 1. Get 64-bit if you can. Throw in as many processors, memory, good disk system (properly tuned SAN, for example) as you can possibly get; 2. Apply the latest service packs for Windows. At this writing, it is SP2…
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HP DV6253cl laptop wireless not working
As mentioned here, I bought a HP dv6253cl (AMD Turion 64 dual core) laptop around April, 2007. Up to about a month ago, it worked all right, with the wireless indicator on with blue color. Then it stopped working. If memory serves, I think it stopped working after installing Windows Update. The wireless light is…
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Internet connection problem when Symantec anti-virus software is not running
I noticed there were a lot of bloated Symantec anti-virus junk installed on a workstation I work with. So I disabled most of them in Windows services. The next day I came back, I couldn’t connect to the web with my Firefox anymore, but could connect via Internet Explorer. In addition, connecting to remote Sql…
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Database backup compression in Sql Server 2008 Katmai
It looks like database backup compression in Sql Server 2008 will only be available in Enterprise Edition, at least that is what BOL says, in the latest Sql Server 2008 CTP (November, 2007). So I gave it a little spin. I detached AdventureWorks, attached it on a Katmai instance and run two sets of backups,…