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How To Use Microsoft SQL Server with Joomla 2.5

Posted by Johan Cyprich on 25 Jan 2012 | Tagged as: How To

Joomla 2.5 has just been released, and it finally supports databases other than MySQL! You can now use Microsoft SQL Server (including the express versions) with Joomla. Many web developers will probably be using MS SQL Server Express for developing sites on their local machine. The following steps show you how to setup and install [...]

Associating .scr with Screen Saver File Type

Posted by Johan Cyprich on 30 Dec 2011 | Tagged as: How To

When I installed AutoCAD 2012, it changed the file type of .scr to AutoCAD Script. This made it difficult to write screen savers because I wasn’t able to run them anymore after they were compiled. Restoring the file association isn’t very difficult. One solution is to run assoc .scr=scrfile in the command shell. If this [...]

Windows XP is Free with Windows 7

Posted by Johan Cyprich on 28 Nov 2011 | Tagged as: How To

Upgrades to a new operating system almost always causes compatibility problems with older applications that you were using. One way to get around this is to install the previous operating system in a virtual machine so that you can continue using the old apps on any system that can run the VM. One of the [...]

How to Bypass Activation on Palm Pre 2

Posted by Johan Cyprich on 11 Aug 2011 | Tagged as: How To

HP send me a Palm Pre 2 through a developer promotion they had not too long ago, and I had a very difficult time trying to get started using it. The problem occurs when the phone starts for the first time and you need to create an account on it with HP. I couldn’t connect [...]

How to Fix: “The name ‘HttpUtility’ does not exist in the current context”

Posted by Johan Cyprich on 30 Jun 2011 | Tagged as: How To, Programming

The HttpUtility class is a part of System.Web in Visual Studio and should be available in .NET 4.0. If you include this library in your application and an error is being generated, check the properties of the project. In the Application tab, the Target framework should not be a Client Profile, but the full framework, [...]

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